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

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Current population (2012)

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Minnehaha County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	175,037	1st	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	807.1	40th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	210	1st	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	17th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.8%	21st	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.6%	57th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.8%	17th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.2%	9th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	89.1%	44th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.2%	1st	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.8%	33rd	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	4th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	22nd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.4%	47th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.0%	23rd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.5%	2nd	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	72,442	1st	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.0%	3rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	66,238	1st	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.4%	53rd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$147,600	6th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	23rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,461	1st	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,714	11th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$52,758	5th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.3%	51st	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Minnehaha County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,366	1st	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	108,609	1st	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	17,191	1st	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,823,826	1st	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,711	6th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$389,913	1st	$1,622,751	$613,795,732