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South Dakota

909,824 Population
75,807.9 square miles 12 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,618 ±$998 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,728 ±$2,128 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.5% ±0.8% (109,889  ±7,433) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

18.2 minutes ±0.5 (7,549,940  ±228,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

368,300 ±3,163 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±1,508.4 (877,678  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.5% ±1.1% (14,399  ±2,065) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

408,009 ±479 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$245,000 ±$5,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.4% ±1% (120,461  ±8,995) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.2% ±1.7% (564,362  ±10,239.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
31.6% ±1% (191,317  ±6,292.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

6.4% ±0.3% (52,466  ±2,287.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

3.5% ±2,124.6% (31,657  ±3,487) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

8.3% ±0.5% (56,590  ±3,478) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
56,590 Total veterans ±3,478 49,546 Male ±2,933 7,044 Female ±1,519

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