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South Dakota Facts

Census Statistics

	South Dakota	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	764,309	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.3%	3.3%
Population, 2000	754,844	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	8.5%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.8%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.8%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.3%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	88.7%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.3%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.3%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	88.0%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.7%	54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.8%	11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.5%	17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.5%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	114,619	49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	16.6	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	332,360	119,302,132
Homeownership rate, 2000	68.2%	66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	18.9%	26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$79,600	$119,600?
Households, 2000	290,245	105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000	2.50	2.59
Median household income, 1999	$35,282	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,562	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.2%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	24,032	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	310,035	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.1%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	48,177	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	12,305,468	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	11,707,133	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$16,018	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.5%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.5%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4,816	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	6,314,756	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	75,885	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	9.9	79.6
FIPS Code	46

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