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Buffalo County, SD

1,808 Population
471.4 square miles 3.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.8 ±2.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,360 ±$2,770 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,045 ±$11,995 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.9% ±8.2% (609  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • 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)

13.4 minutes ±2.9 (6,655  ±1,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

508 ±54 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.6 ±0.2 (1,808  ±210) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±3.6% (18  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

578 ±51 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,800 ±$38,765 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.7% ±1.1% (13  ±20.5) Moved since previous year
  • 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

88.1% ±6.2% (747  ±103.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.9% ±4.4% (84  ±38.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

10.6% ±4.2% (116  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
116 Total veterans ±48 106 Male ±47 10 Female ±10

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