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

Harding County is 4th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Size in square miles

Harding County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Harding County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	1,316	65th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,671.4	4th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.5	66th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	33rd	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	42nd	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	46th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.0%	29th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.2%	6th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	96.3%	22nd	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	38th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	40th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	61st	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	26th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	33rd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	36th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	21st	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	46.9%	63rd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	15th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	721	63rd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.0%	65th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	515	65th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.2%	28th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$66,200	45th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	25th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	50th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$22,717	39th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$46,797	23rd	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.8%	35th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harding County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	38	62nd	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	339	55th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	318	48th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,696	61st	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,458	45th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$868	49th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732