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Porcupine, SD

424 Population
9.6 square miles 44.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.1 ±30.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Oglala Lakota County: 28.2 ±2.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$5,836 ±$4,325 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Oglala Lakota County: $11,771 † ±$1,892
  • less than a fifth of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

79.7% ±30.5% (326  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 57.6% † 7,579 (±7.7% / ±1,048)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

156 ±123 Number of households
  • Oglala Lakota County: 2,923 ±214
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±2.9 (421  ±296) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Oglala Lakota County: 4.5 13,051 (±0.4 / ±430)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

195 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Oglala Lakota County: 3,470 ±95
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

0.7% ±4.2% (3  ±17.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 3.8% † 501 (±1.9% / ±253.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.7% ±81.3% (159  ±121.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 74.4% † 5,300 (±7.5% / ±602.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.2% ±21.4% (28  ±50.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 11.8% † 841 (±3.8% / ±275.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

25% ±26.7% (57  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 3.6% † 311 (±1.7% / ±149)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±74 57 Male ±74 N/A Female ±10

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