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

Hamlin County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White

Hamlin County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Hamlin County is 9th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

Hamlin County is 11th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in People per household

Hamlin County is 11th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Hamlin County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hamlin County is 16th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Foreign born residents

Hamlin County is 17th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Hamlin County is 17th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per household

Hamlin County is 18th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	5,918	29th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	507.2	60th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11.6	18th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	9.0%	8th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.9%	11th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	38th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	26th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.2%	37th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	98.2%	6th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	30th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	59th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	53rd	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	64th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	20th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.8%	15th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.7%	32nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	16th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	2,770	32nd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.8%	56th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	2,008	35th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.7%	9th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,200	20th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.8	11th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	32	17th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$23,244	38th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$47,771	17th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.3%	60th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hamlin County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	157	34th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	966	38th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	319	47th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$49,099	30th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,750	40th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,329	39th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732