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

Perkins County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Size in square miles

Perkins County is 7th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Perkins County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Perkins County is 14th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Perkins County is 20th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	3,037	48th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,870.5	2nd	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1	64th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	61st	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	57th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.8%	14th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	33rd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.3%	36th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	96.8%	20th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	49th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	41st	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	44th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	48th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	60th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	14th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.1%	44th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	40th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,717	42nd	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.4%	22nd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,307	44th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.6%	33rd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$55,000	59th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.1	59th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	58th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$23,325	36th	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$36,042	55th	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.5%	30th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Perkins County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	135	36th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	749	45th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	479	37th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$28,156	47th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,613	34th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	61st	$1,622,751	$613,795,732