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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 60.25
The average living wage for the state of South Dakota is $29.19/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.45/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives South Dakota a minimum wage score of 54.67 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.73/hr, which gives South Dakota a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for South Dakota is $189, resulting in a UI benefit score of 41.23 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X South Dakota does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X South Dakota does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ South Dakota does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X South Dakota does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X South Dakota does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X South Dakota does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X South Dakota does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X South Dakota does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X South Dakota does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X South Dakota does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X South Dakota does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ South Dakota does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ South Dakota does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X South Dakota does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 40

X South Dakota does have a "right-to-work" law.
X South Dakota does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X South Dakota does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ South Dakota does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ South Dakota does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ South Dakota does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Tripp County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 77.1% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 80.16%
Democratic: 18.36%
Libertarian: 1.48%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 57584
Latitude : 43.486710
Longitude : -100.066952
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 1930 ft.
Area Code(s) : 605

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.36
Male Population Estimate : 52.80%
Female Population Estimate : 47.20%
Median Age : 48.8
Male Median Age : 49.0
Female Median Age : 48.8

White Population Estimate : 98.40%
Black Population Estimate : 0.00%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.00%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 4.00%
Other Population Estimate : 0.00%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Witten specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Tripp County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Tripp County: About 147 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Tripp County is about 49% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.