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

Potter County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Female residents

Potter County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home ownership rate

Potter County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Potter County is 10th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Potter County is 19th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	2,359	55th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	861.1	34th	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.7	49th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	54th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	59th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	26.0%	2nd	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.9%	37th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.1%	33rd	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	97.2%	19th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	41st	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	46th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	30th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	54th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	52nd	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	10th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	51.3%	2nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	48th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	1,462	46th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.3%	58th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	1,028	53rd	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.9%	2nd	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$57,500	55th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	56th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	49th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$24,833	21st	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$45,682	31st	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	47th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Potter County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	109	40th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	747	46th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	62nd	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$26,799	48th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,226	22nd	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,215	31st	$1,622,751	$613,795,732