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

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Current population (2012)

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Households

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Housing units

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Pennington County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Pennington County is 3rd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	104,347	2nd	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,776.6	3rd	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	36.4	7th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	21st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	26th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.3%	51st	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	13th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.7%	12th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	84.1%	51st	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	5th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	9.7%	17th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	9th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	5th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.1%	53rd	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	50.0%	22nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.1%	8th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	45,421	2nd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.5%	8th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	40,306	2nd	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.1%	50th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$153,700	4th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	32nd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	588	2nd	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$26,451	14th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$48,378	12th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	32nd	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pennington County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,577	2nd	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	43,610	2nd	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,645	2nd	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,967,791	2nd	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,388	8th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$286,549	2nd	$1,622,751	$613,795,732