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Minnehaha County, SD

206,930 Population
806.8 square miles 256.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 38.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,960 ±$2,522 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $40,263 ±$1,194
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,326 ±$4,571 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $71,810 ±$2,132
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.3% ±2.1% (20,841  ±4,230) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 11.8% 104,684 (±1% / ±8,555)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18 minutes ±0.4 (1,794,940  ±45,998) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

87,657 ±1,452 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 378,559 ±3,320
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (201,122  ±124) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.3 887,100
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.5% ±2.4% (3,145  ±1,140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.3% † 12,659 (±0.9% / ±1,904)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

92,807 ±82 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 417,187 ±159
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$297,000 ±$9,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $268,200 ±$4,459
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.8% ±2% (21,985  ±3,999.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 11.6% 104,736 (±0.8% / ±7,585.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.7% ±3.9% (126,899  ±5,435.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.5% 575,227 (±1.7% / ±10,646.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.4% ±2.5% (51,151  ±3,498.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 33.3% 204,967 (±1% / ±6,314.8)
  • a little higher than 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

9.8% (20,241  ±3,626) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 4.3% 39,943
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.3% ±0.8% (9,737  ±1,269) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 54,717 (±0.5% / ±3,525)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,737 Total veterans ±1,269 8,832 Male ±1,194 905 Female ±405

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