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Lincoln County, SD

73,238 Population
577.3 square miles 126.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,767 ±$10,651 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $40,263 ±$1,194
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$98,015 ±$7,172 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Dakota: $71,810 ±$2,132
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

2% ±0.8% (1,482  ±559) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 11.8% 104,684 (±1% / ±8,555)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.1 minutes ±0.5 (648,135  ±22,639) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,842 ±793 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 378,559 ±3,320
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (72,913  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.3 887,100
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.9% ±2.8% (1,232  ±510) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.3% † 12,659 (±0.9% / ±1,904)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,105 ±31 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 417,187 ±159
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$359,800 ±$19,004 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $268,200 ±$4,459
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.1% ±2.4% (7,271  ±1,745.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 11.6% 104,736 (±0.8% / ±7,585.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.8% ±6.7% (46,540  ±3,296.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93.5% 575,227 (±1.7% / ±10,646.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
46.3% ±4.6% (22,278  ±2,214.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 33.3% 204,967 (±1% / ±6,314.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.7% (1,951  ±902) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 4.3% 39,943
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.8% ±1.8% (3,142  ±970) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 54,717 (±0.5% / ±3,525)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,142 Total veterans ±970 2,725 Male ±826 417 Female ±362

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