Box Elder, South Dakota Demographics

Box Elder is 47th out of 6,406 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Box Elder is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Box Elder is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Box Elder is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - Two or More

Box Elder is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Box Elder is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Box Elder is 2nd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in People per household

Box Elder is 2nd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Box Elder is 3rd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Foreign born residents

Box Elder is 3rd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Box Elder is 3rd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	8,753	13th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.9	6th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	561.1	17th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	12.3%	1st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	33.6%	1st	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	2.9%	17th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.1%	12th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.3%	14th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	79.5%	17th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.1%	1st	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.4%	3rd	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	3rd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.0%	1st	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2nd	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.7%	17th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	48.1%	17th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.0%	3rd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	2,828	16th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.4%	15th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,643	15th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	49.1%	16th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,600	12th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.7	2nd	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Box Elder	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$18,075	16th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$39,639	11th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.4%	16th	13.8%	14.3%