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Pennington County Facts

Census Statistics

	Pennington County	South Dakota
Population, 2003 estimate	91,881	764,309
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.7%	1.3%
Population, 2000	88,565	754,844
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	8.9%	8.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.1%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.6%	26.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.8%	14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	86.7%	88.7%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.1%	8.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.7%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.6%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	85.6%	88.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	47.7%	55.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.1%	1.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.1%	6.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	25.0%	21.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	13,784	114,619
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	17.3	16.6?
Housing units, 2002	38,417	332,360
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.2%	68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	21.6%	18.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$90,900	$79,600?
Households, 2000	34,641	290,245
Persons per household, 2000	2.49	2.50
Median household income, 1999	$37,485	$35,282
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,938	$17,562
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.5%	13.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,282	24,032
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	42,953	310,035
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.9%	1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,104	48,177
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	867,319	12,305,468
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,132,043	11,707,133
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$13,013	$16,018
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	3.9%	2.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.4%	21.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	822	4,816
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	651,891	6,314,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	2,776	75,885
Persons per square mile, 2000	31.9	9.9
Metropolitan Area	Rapid City, SD MSA	?
FIPS Code	103	46

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