South Dakota State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  25,4821 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  1,226,459 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  24.7% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  84.6% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  114,619 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  18.9% Households, 2000  290,245 Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  10,710,187 Persons per square mile, 2000  9.9 Population, 2008 estimate  804,194 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  754,837 Female persons, percent, 2008  50.2% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  88.2% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  86.1% Housing units, 2007  357,240 Nonemployer establishments, 2006  56,015 Total number of firms, 2002  69,536 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  0.2% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $12,626 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  8,280,2621 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  6.5% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  14.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  2.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  1.8% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  6.5% Homeownership rate, 2000  68.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $79,600 Persons per household, 2000  2.50 Median household income, 2007  $43,507 Per capita money income, 1999  $17,562 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  6.0%1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.0% Building permits, 2008  3,884 Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.1% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  55.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  21.5% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  13.2% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  325,1051 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  0.4% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  0.5% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  7,845,096 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  9,601,175 FIPS Code  46 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  8.5% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  16.6 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  22.4% Land area, 2000 (square miles)  75,884.64 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.