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

Hand County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hand County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Hand County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White

Hand County is 9th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Hand County is 19th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	3,388	45th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,436.6	19th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.4	50th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	52nd	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	55th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.5%	4th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	36th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.9%	38th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	98.3%	5th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.1%	65th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	60th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	38th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	58th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	63rd	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	3rd	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.0%	24th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	22nd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,810	41st	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.1%	33rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,555	41st	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.3%	39th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$82,200	29th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.1	60th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	41st	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$23,595	34th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$44,375	36th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.0%	26th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hand County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	120	39th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	958	39th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	416	39th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$30,290	45th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,283	36th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,747	37th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732