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

Aurora County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Aurora County is 11th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

Aurora County is 13th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Asian

Aurora County is 16th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Aurora County is 19th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,742	52nd	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	708.4	46th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.8	45th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	28th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.5%	16th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.0%	24th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.2%	22nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.9%	61st	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	96.2%	24th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	23rd	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	39th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	13th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	63rd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	31st	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	48.4%	55th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	47th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,326	50th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.2%	60th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,060	51st	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	11th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$65,500	47th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	22nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	10	38th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$21,974	45th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$46,205	26th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.9%	58th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Aurora County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	89	45th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	572	49th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	273	52nd	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$38,083	39th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,292	19th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	66th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732