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West Oglala Lakota UT, Oglala Lakota County, SD

7,787 Population
1,212 square miles 6.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oglala Lakota County: 28.2 ±2.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,931 ±$2,871 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oglala Lakota County: $11,771 † ±$1,892
  • about one-third of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,000 ±$18,043 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Oglala Lakota County: $41,417 † ±$14,548
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42.1% ±10.8% (3,187  ±903) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 57.6% † 7,579 (±7.7% / ±1,048)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.3 minutes ±1.3 (26,035  ±8,059) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Oglala Lakota County: 13.6 † 34,875 (±1.8 / ±7,740)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,782 ±204 Number of households
  • Oglala Lakota County: 2,923 ±214
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
4.2 ±0.2 (7,441  ±902) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Oglala Lakota County: 4.5 13,051 (±0.4 / ±430)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.6% (20  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 6.2% † 198 (±4.4% / ±140)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,125 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Oglala Lakota County: 3,470 ±95
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$54,000 ±$7,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Oglala Lakota County: $52,900 † ±$7,539
  • about one-fifth of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±3.1% (349  ±239.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 3.8% † 501 (±1.9% / ±253.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±8% (3,531  ±541) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 74.4% † 5,300 (±7.5% / ±602.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.2% ±4.8% (554  ±212.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 11.8% † 841 (±3.8% / ±275.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

0% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 0.2% 22
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.7% (242  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oglala Lakota County: 3.6% † 311 (±1.7% / ±149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
242 Total veterans ±136 242 Male ±136 N/A Female ±15

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