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

Brown County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Brown County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Brown County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Brown County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Brown County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Current population (2012)

Brown County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Brown County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Brown County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Brown County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Brown County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	37,331	4th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,713.0	13th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	21.3	12th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	26th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	35th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	45th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.3%	14th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.0%	16th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	92.8%	37th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	10th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.2%	28th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	7th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	32nd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	39th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.3%	36th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	51.0%	7th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	33rd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	16,956	4th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.0%	5th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	15,201	4th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.8%	46th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$123,100	12th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	44th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	324	3rd	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$24,671	23rd	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$47,327	20th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.7%	54th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Brown County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,320	3rd	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	17,971	3rd	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,130	4th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$692,230	3rd	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,735	9th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$74,059	5th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732