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

Custer County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home median value

Custer County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Custer County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Custer County is 11th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Custer County is 12th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Custer County is 13th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Custer County is 13th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Custer County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per household

Custer County is 16th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

Custer County is 16th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	8,339	21st	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,557	16th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.3	35th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	64th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.2%	61st	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.2%	13th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.5%	7th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.4%	7th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	93.6%	32nd	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	26th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.3%	26th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	21st	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	26th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	22nd	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.6%	33rd	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.6%	34th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	37th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	4,686	17th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.1%	54th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	3,737	17th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	16th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$164,300	2nd	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.1	65th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	69	12th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$25,525	16th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$48,125	14th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.4%	56th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	269	19th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,276	33rd	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,225	13th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$51,478	28th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,529	48th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$27,837	11th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732