Day County Facts

Census Statistics

	Day County	South Dakota
Population, 2003 estimate	5,891	764,309
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-6.0%	1.3%
Population, 2000	6,267	754,844
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-10.2%	8.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.5%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.5%	26.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	23.5%	14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.3%	88.7%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	7.4%	8.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.4%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	91.2%	88.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	69.3%	55.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.9%	6.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	80.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.4%	21.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,186	114,619
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	17.7	16.6?
Housing units, 2002	3,630	332,360
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.0%	68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.0%	18.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$33,100	$79,600?
Households, 2000	2,586	290,245
Persons per household, 2000	2.36	2.50
Median household income, 1999	$30,227	$35,282
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,856	$17,562
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.3%	13.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	195	24,032
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,454	310,035
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.3%	1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	414	48,177
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	12,305,468
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	D	11,707,133
Retail sales per capita, 1997	D	$16,018
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	21.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	23	4,816
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	67,706	6,314,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,029	75,885
Persons per square mile, 2000	6.1	9.9
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	037	46

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