Census Reporter

South Dakota

884,659 Population
75,809.7 square miles 11.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,550 ±$839 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$59,533 ±$1,949 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.9% ±1% (101,946  ±8,090) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

17.9 minutes ±0.4 (7,518,850  ±215,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

353,799 ±3,905 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0 (850,641  ±0) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

6.6% ±0.9% (12,568  ±1,760) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

401,749 ±456 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$185,000 ±$3,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.3% ±1% (133,699  ±8,793.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.1% ±1.7% (541,735  ±10,330) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
29.7% ±1% (174,784  ±6,097) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

6.4% ±0.2% (51,929  ±1,925.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

4.1% ±0.4% (36,332  ±3,094) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.6% ±0.4% (57,032  ±2,917) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
57,032 Total veterans ±2,917 51,528 Male ±2,755 5,504 Female ±891

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