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Union County, SD

16,916 Population
460.8 square miles 36.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$49,563 ±$4,247 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$84,137 ±$6,432 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7.3% ±2% (1,218  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.7 minutes ±1.1 (148,530  ±10,866) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,124 ±140 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (16,781  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.9% ±2.8% (245  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than 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

7,438 ±36 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$269,500 ±$15,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.8% ±2.7% (1,967  ±447.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.9% ±5.1% (11,070  ±602.8) 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)
36.5% ±3.4% (4,258  ±394.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)
  • a little higher than 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

2.4% (399  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.7% ±1.4% (986  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
986 Total veterans ±184 929 Male ±166 57 Female ±46

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