Day County, South Dakota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Day County is 11th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Day County is 18th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income below poverty line

Day County is 19th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	5,613	30th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,027.9	28th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.6	33rd	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	50th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	53rd	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.7%	11th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.1%	28th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.9%	46th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	88.6%	47th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	33rd	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	8.9%	19th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	49th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	30th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	48th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.4%	44th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.4%	41st	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	55th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	3,630	22nd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.1%	24th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,460	30th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.1%	42nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$66,500	44th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	52nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	22	24th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$20,870	51st	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$40,335	50th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.7%	18th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Day County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	173	31st	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,520	29th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	600	28th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$50,954	29th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,023	38th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,297	30th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732