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Dewey County, SD

5,275 Population
2,302.4 square miles 2.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,657 ±$1,217 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $36,850 ±$445
  • about half the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$55,077 ±$4,545 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $69,457 ±$788
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

30.9% ±4.8% (1,609  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 12.3% 105,542 (±0.3% / ±2,944)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

16.9 minutes ±0.9 (28,725  ±2,386) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 17.5 7,168,230 (±0.2 / ±96,996)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

1,675 ±53 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 351,182 ±1,415
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
3.1 ±0.1 (5,214  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 858,141
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7.8% ±3.8% (91  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.4% 12,228 (±0.4% / ±712)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

1,934 ±35 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 396,623 ±196
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$74,800 ±$15,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in South Dakota: $219,500 ±$1,723
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

4% ±1.6% (204  ±81.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 14.3% 125,277 (±0.4% / ±3,541.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

86.6% ±6% (2,418  ±,169.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 92.7% 545,925 (±0.8% / ±4,777.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
17.9% ±2.9% (499  ±79.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 30.4% 178,861 (±0.5% / ±3,020.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

0.5% (25  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 3.8% 34,093
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

5.6% ±1.3% (182  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,488 (±0.2% / ±1,608)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
182 Total veterans ±43 158 Male ±36 24 Female ±17

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