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

Lake County is 12th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lake County is 13th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lake County is 13th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lake County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lake County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Asian

Lake County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Lake County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Lake County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lake County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Lake County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	11,771	16th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	563.3	56th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	19.9	13th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	51st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.4%	58th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.1%	33rd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	12th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.6%	13th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	96.3%	21st	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	17th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	50th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	14th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	65th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	43rd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	31st	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.5%	23rd	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	48.7%	52nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	17th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	5,554	15th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.4%	18th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	4,509	15th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.3%	40th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$114,900	17th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	41st	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	34	16th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$24,503	29th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$46,412	25th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	31st	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lake County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	348	14th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,451	15th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,086	15th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$134,741	15th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,723	24th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,312	20th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732