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Spink County, SD

6,283 Population
1,503.5 square miles 4.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,347 ±$2,370 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$73,011 ±$8,374 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.3% ±2.8% (571  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.7 minutes ±2.1 (42,720  ±5,795) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,453 ±117 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (6,067  ±8) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.6% ±3.4% (77  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,989 ±37 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$117,400 ±$12,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.7% ±2.3% (541  ±142.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92% ±5.3% (4,148  ±245) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27.1% ±3.3% (1,223  ±148.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (76  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.1% ±1.3% (345  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
345 Total veterans ±61 339 Male ±60 6 Female ±5

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