Spearfish, South Dakota Demographics

Spearfish is 1st in South Dakota out of 14 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Spearfish is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Female residents

Spearfish is 1st in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Home median value

Spearfish is 3rd in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Spearfish is 4th in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Income per capita

Spearfish is 4th in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Spearfish is 4th in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Size in square miles

Spearfish is 5th in South Dakota out of 15 other cities in Retail sales

Spearfish is 5th in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Spearfish is 5th in South Dakota out of 17 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	10,718	11th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	16.3	4th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	642.4	16th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	13th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.6%	15th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.7%	5th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.8%	5th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.7%	4th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	93.5%	7th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	15th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.0%	13th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	8th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	15th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	9th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.9%	6th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	52.9%	1st	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	9th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	5,045	10th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	38.0%	3rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	4,977	10th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	51.5%	14th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$165,600	1st	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	1.9	17th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,686	4th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$35,476	16th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.1%	6th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Spearfish	Rank	South Dakota	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,126	10th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$351,085	5th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$35,331	1st	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,686	7th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732