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Yankton County, SD

23,414 Population
521.2 square miles 44.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,047 ±$3,858 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,821 ±$7,170 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±2.6% (2,600  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.3 minutes ±1.2 (163,045  ±14,104) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,695 ±258 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (21,521  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±3.6% (350  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,616 ±35 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$225,900 ±$15,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±2.6% (3,215  ±605.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±5% (15,320  ±838.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.4% ±3% (5,141  ±496.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.9% (680  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±1.5% (1,390  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,390 Total veterans ±271 1,306 Male ±261 84 Female ±66

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