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Fort Thompson, SD

1,147 Population
10.4 square miles 110.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.8 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 22.8 † ±2.9
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,924 ±$3,747 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buffalo County: $17,360 † ±$2,770
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,159 ±$11,052 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Buffalo County: $47,045 † ±$11,995
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.6% ±12.2% (474  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 33.9% † 609 (±8.2% / ±164)
  • 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)

11 minutes ±3.9 (3,665  ±1,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 13.4 † 6,655 (±2.9 / ±1,956)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

337 ±57 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 508 † ±54
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.4 ±0.2 (1,147  ±210) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Buffalo County: 3.6 1,808 (±0.2 / ±210)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±5.1% (18  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buffalo County: 4.5% † 18 (±3.6% / ±15)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

386 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 578 ±51
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,000 ±$82,980 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $117,800 † ±$38,765
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

86.4% ±5.4% (482  ±87.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 88.1% 747 (±6.2% / ±103.2)
  • 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)
7.2% ±5.9% (40  ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buffalo County: 9.9% † 84 (±4.4% / ±38.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.7% ±4.8% (77  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 10.6% † 116 (±4.2% / ±48)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±37 73 Male ±37 4 Female ±6

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