Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: The total number of juveniles committed to the Department of Corrections during the reporting period. The figure includes youth who have had multiple petitions committing them to the Department of Corrections with separate dispositional dates during the reporting period. Figures are by county which means the county of record in which the judge conducted the adjudication and dispositional proceedings. It can be county of residence or the county where the offense occurred.

Data Source: Court Services Department of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System - http://www.sdjudicial.com/ Data are for State Fiscal Year.

Footnotes: Judges do not place youth in specific facilities or programs pursuant to a Dispositional Order. They commit youth to the Department of Corrections and the Department of Corrections places the youth in a juvenile corrections facility, residential treatment facility, group care facility, or foster care.

Updated 17 December 2012

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.