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

Lincoln County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home median value

Lincoln County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per household

Lincoln County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per capita

Lincoln County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lincoln County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lincoln County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Lincoln County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Lincoln County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lincoln County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	48,296	3rd	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	577.3	51st	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	77.7	2nd	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	8.9%	9th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.1%	13th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.4%	62nd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	95.4%	1st	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.4%	3rd	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	95.8%	25th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	13th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	52nd	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	8th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	42nd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	44th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.3%	24th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.5%	16th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	13th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	18,665	3rd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.7%	10th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	16,466	3rd	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.5%	21st	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$177,100	1st	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	101	7th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$33,958	2nd	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$70,043	1st	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.1%	65th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,124	4th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,271	6th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,347	3rd	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$444,437	5th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,773	23rd	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$27,621	12th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732