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West South Dakota--Rapid City PUMA, SD

198,862 Population
16,396.7 square miles 12.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±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

$42,474 ±$2,110 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $41,637 ±$971
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,354 ±$5,380 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $76,881 ±$1,990
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±1.5% (18,210  ±2,949) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 10.4% 93,272 (±0.8% / ±7,375)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.6 (2,018,660  ±165,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 18.5 8,086,370 (±0.6 / ±306,436)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

83,329 ±2,506 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 382,302 ±3,562
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (192,750  ±1,836) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.3 892,377
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±1.9% (2,232  ±781) 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

96,222 ±818 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 423,705 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$353,100 ±$16,702 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

14.7% ±2.1% (28,891  ±4,083.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 12.7% 115,735 (±0.9% / ±8,010)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±4.1% (132,645  ±5,958.1) 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)
33.5% ±2.5% (47,017  ±3,536.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 34.2% 213,053 (±1.1% / ±6,679.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.2% ±0.5% (7,677  ±851.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 7.1% 60,461 (±0.3% / ±2,614.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.8% ±0.7% (5,532  ±1,325) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 4.2% 38,359
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±1.6% (17,234  ±2,407) 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)
17,234 Total veterans ±2,407 14,670 Male ±1,967 2,564 Female ±974

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