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

Lawrence County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home median value

Lawrence County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lawrence County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lawrence County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lawrence County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Lawrence County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lawrence County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lawrence County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lawrence County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Lawrence County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	24,397	8th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	800.0	41st	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.1	10th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	59th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.8%	62nd	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	37th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.7%	6th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.2%	5th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	94.1%	31st	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	18th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	35th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	12th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	11th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	27th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.5%	35th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.2%	21st	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	23rd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	12,956	6th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.9%	9th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	10,715	7th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.5%	52nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$163,700	3rd	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.1	64th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	205	5th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,994	9th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$45,137	32nd	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.1%	25th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lawrence County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	992	6th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,533	9th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,633	6th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$435,072	7th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,679	10th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$221,659	3rd	$1,622,751	$613,795,732