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

Mellette County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mellette County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Mellette County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Two or More

Mellette County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in People per household

Mellette County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income below poverty line

Mellette County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Mellette County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mellette County is 10th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,101	58th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,307.3	21st	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.6	60th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	9.4%	7th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	30.8%	10th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	47th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.6%	57th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.4%	56th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	41.5%	59th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.1%	66th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	52.4%	8th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	40th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	61st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.7%	1st	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	46th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	59th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	48.0%	59th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	58th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	835	62nd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	62nd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	633	60th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.3%	54th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$53,600	60th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	3.2	6th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	53rd	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$15,429	61st	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$34,013	60th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	34.2%	7th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mellette County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	25	64th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	0	66th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	66th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,280	60th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,529	56th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	56th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732