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Pennington County, SD

115,979 Population
2,776.8 square miles 41.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,263 ±$2,811 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $41,637 ±$971
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,250 ±$5,011 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $76,881 ±$1,990
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±2% (9,918  ±2,232) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 10.4% 93,272 (±0.8% / ±7,375)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.4 minutes ±1.2 (985,005  ±63,759) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,909 ±1,710 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 382,302 ±3,562
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (112,278  ±73) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.3 892,377
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2.7% (1,308  ±621) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 5.7% † 11,282 (±0.8% / ±1,617)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,227 ±48 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 423,705 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$360,900 ±$20,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $289,600 ±$6,421
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.6% ±2.8% (19,038  ±3,248.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 12.7% 115,735 (±0.9% / ±8,010)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±5.9% (76,965  ±4,817.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 94% 586,059 (±1.9% / ±11,805.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.8% ±3.6% (29,038  ±2,932.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 34.2% 213,053 (±1.1% / ±6,679.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.6% (4,214  ±1,134) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 4.2% 38,359
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.1% ±2% (9,788  ±1,814) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.4% 52,016 (±0.6% / ±3,880)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,788 Total veterans ±1,814 8,051 Male ±1,568 1,737 Female ±787

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