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

McPherson County is 20th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

McPherson County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

McPherson County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White

McPherson County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

McPherson County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

McPherson County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income below poverty line

McPherson County is 15th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,439	53rd	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,136.6	24th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.2	54th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	62nd	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	54th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	29.6%	1st	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.2%	66th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.3%	43rd	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	98.4%	3rd	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	61st	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	65th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	24th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	61st	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	61st	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.4%	5th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.7%	15th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	41st	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,425	48th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.4%	31st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,029	52nd	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.9%	6th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$48,600	61st	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	43rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	11	33rd	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$19,879	55th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$35,065	57th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.3%	14th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	McPherson County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	77	49th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	343	54th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	362	41st	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$15,698	57th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,307	50th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	62nd	$1,622,751	$613,795,732