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

Brookings County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Asian

Brookings County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Brookings County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Brookings County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Foreign born residents

Brookings County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Brookings County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Current population (2012)

Brookings County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Brookings County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Brookings County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Brookings County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	32,629	5th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	792.2	42nd	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	40.3	5th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	41st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	64th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.0%	60th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.4%	9th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.2%	2nd	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	93.4%	33rd	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	9th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	45th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	2nd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	44th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	29th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.6%	34th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	48.7%	54th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	3rd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	13,472	5th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.2%	2nd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	11,597	5th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.6%	58th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$138,500	9th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	28th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	292	4th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$22,036	44th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$46,101	28th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.8%	15th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Brookings County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	854	7th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,939	5th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,269	8th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$338,220	8th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,458	26th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$53,179	6th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732