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

Douglas County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Douglas County is 17th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

Douglas County is 17th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,970	49th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	431.8	65th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7	28th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	56th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	47th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.4%	7th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.6%	65th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	63rd	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	96.2%	23rd	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	43rd	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	34th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	55th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	32nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	51st	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	53rd	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	17th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.8%	30th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	45th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,431	47th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.1%	43rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,230	45th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.9%	17th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$64,800	49th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	34th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	6	45th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$24,814	22nd	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$45,957	29th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.3%	44th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	104	43rd	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	869	41st	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	356	42nd	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$22,468	53rd	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,384	46th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	60th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732