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

Union County is 1st in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per capita

Union County is 2nd in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Income per household

Union County is 5th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Union County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Foreign born residents

Union County is 6th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Race - Asian

Union County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Home median value

Union County is 8th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Union County is 9th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Union County is 9th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Retail sales

Union County is 10th in South Dakota out of 66 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Current population (2012)	14,855	13th	833,354	313,914,040
Size in square miles	460.5	62nd	75,811	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	31.3	9th	10.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	35th	7.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	19th	24.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.4%	50th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.9%	11th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.6%	8th	25.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Race - White	95.7%	26th	86.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	11th	1.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	54th	8.9%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	6th	1.1%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	41st	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	17th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	27th	83.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Female residents	49.6%	35th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.5%	6th	2.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Housing units	6,362	13th	366,540	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.7%	15th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	5,833	13th	318,466	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.2%	29th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$139,000	8th	$127,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	27th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	96	10th	4,178	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Income per capita	$34,310	1st	$24,925	$27,915
Income per household	$63,773	2nd	$48,010	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.9%	66th	13.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Dakota	US
Non-farm private establishments	482	13th	25,494	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,940	10th	326,749	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,142	14th	76,997	27,092,908
Retail sales	$304,153	9th	$12,266,218	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,752	5th	$15,390	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,714	15th	$1,622,751	$613,795,732