Lake County, SD

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2022 Population

11,207

1.33% 1-year decline

US Senator

John Thune

Republican Party

US Senator

Mike Rounds

Republican Party

US Representative

Dusty Johnson

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

44.3

0.454% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

9.66%

14.9% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$74,884

11.3% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$196,600

13.8% 1-year growth

2022 Employed Population

6,010

2.24% 1-year decline

About

In 2022, Lake County, SD had a population of 11.2k people with a median age of 44.3 and a median household income of $74,884. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Lake County, SD declined from 11,358 to 11,207, a −1.33% decrease and its median household income grew from $67,297 to $74,884, a 11.3% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Lake County, SD are White (Non-Hispanic) (92.2%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.36%), American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (2.16%), White (Hispanic) (1.42%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.04%).

None of the households in Lake County, SD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.9% of the residents in Lake County, SD are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Lake County, SD are Dakota State University (583 degrees awarded in 2022).

In 2022, the median property value in Lake County, SD was $196,600, and the homeownership rate was 73.4%.

Most people in Lake County, SD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Lake County, SD was 2 cars per household.

Lake County, SD borders Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, and Moody County, SD.

United States South Dakota

Population & Diversity

Lake County, SD is home to a population of 11.2k people, from which 98.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 1.72% of Lake County, SD residents were born outside of the country (193 people).

In 2022, there were 39 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (10.3k people) in Lake County, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 265 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 242 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.9%

2022 Citizenship

99%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.9% of Lake County, SD residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Lake County, SD was 99%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Lake County, SD compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Lake County, SD

White (Non-Hispanic)
10.3k ± 21
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
265 ± 118
American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
242 ± 127

2.8%

Hispanic Population

314 people

2.8% of the people in Lake County, SD are hispanic (314 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Lake County, SD as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for South Dakota.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
3,032 ± 1,350 people
Guatemala
2,803 ± 1,298 people
Ethiopia
2,418 ± 1,206 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of South Dakota was Mexico, the natal country of 3,032 South Dakota residents, followed by Guatemala with 2,803 and Ethiopia with 2,418.

Foreign-Born Population

1.72%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

193 people

1.67%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

190 people

As of 2022, 1.72% of Lake County, SD residents (193 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Lake County, SD was 1.67%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Lake County, SD compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
283 ± 97
Gulf War (2001-)
70 ± 50
Gulf War (1990s)
62 ± 35

Lake County, SD has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4.04 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Lake County, SD employs 6.01k people. The largest industries in Lake County, SD are Health Care & Social Assistance (792 people), Educational Services (771 people), and Manufacturing (721 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($94,500), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($92,550), and Wholesale Trade ($79,063).

Males in South Dakota have an average income that is 1.29 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,552. The income inequality in South Dakota (measured using the Gini index) is 0.438, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

6.01k

2022 Value

± 465

−2.24%

1 Year decline

± 11.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Lake County, SD declined at a rate of −2.24%, from 6.15k employees to 6.01k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lake County, SD, are Management Occupations (755 people), Sales & Related Occupations (683 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (622 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lake County, SD.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in South Dakota (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.01k

2022 Value

± 465

−2.24%

1 Year decline

± 11.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Lake County, SD declined at a rate of −2.24%, from 6.15k employees to 6.01k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lake County, SD, are Health Care & Social Assistance (792 people), Educational Services (771 people), and Manufacturing (721 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lake County, SD, though some of these residents may live in Lake County, SD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$45,888

Median earning men ± $3,078

$34,707

Median earning women ± $1,864

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($93,350), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($92,143), and Wholesale Trade ($79,323).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($78,182), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($42,885), and Public Administration ($39,484).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

Y-Axis

2.37%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 450k people employed in South Dakota. This represents a 2.37% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.96%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in South Dakota.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

31
Construction
19
Other Services (except Public Administration)
18
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$50.1k
Manufacturing
$29.1k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$20.4k
Wholesale Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Lake County, SD went to Donald J. Trump with 62.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (35.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.11%).

John Thune and Mike Rounds are the senators currently representing the state of South Dakota. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Lake County, SD is currently represented by Dusty Johnson in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (62.7%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (35.2%)
Democratic Party
Jo Jorgensen (2.11%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Lake County, SD went to Donald J. Trump with 62.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (35.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.11%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Lake County, SD for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from South Dakota

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John Thune

Senator from South Dakota

Assumed office on January 3, 2005

Mike Rounds

Senator from South Dakota

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

John Thune and Mike Rounds are the senators currently representing South Dakota.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in South Dakota over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Lake County, SD

Dusty Johnson

South Dakota at-large Representative

Republican Party

Lake County, SD is currently represented by Dusty Johnson (Republican Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Lake County, SD have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Lake County, SD awarded 583 degrees. The student population of Lake County, SD in 2022 is skewed towards men, with 2,085 male students and 1,156 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Lake County, SD are White (480 and 84.5%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (29 and 5.11%), Asian (17 and 2.99%), and Black or African American (17 and 2.99%).

The largest universities in Lake County, SD by number of degrees awarded are Dakota State University (583 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Lake County, SD are Computer & Information Systems Security (126 and 21.6%), General Computer & Information Sciences (104 and 17.8%), and Information Science (52 and 8.92%).

The median tuition cost in Lake County, SD for a public four year colleges is $7,616 for in-state students and $10,718 for out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2022 in Lake County, SD, the percentage of applicants admitted was 78.9%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 53.4%. The number of students enrolled in 2022 was 3,241 (64.3% men and 35.7% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2022 there were 3,241 students enrolled in Lake County, SD, 64.3% men and 35.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,493 records, of which 37.6% were women and 62.4% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

General Computer & Information Sciences
55 degrees awarded
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management
31 degrees awarded
Computer & Information Systems Security
86 degrees awarded

In 2022, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Lake County, SD was General Computer & Information Sciences with 55 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Lake County, SD according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Dakota State University

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

583 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Dakota State University with 583 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2022, 394 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Lake County, SD, which is 2.08 times more than the 189 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 480 degrees mean that there were 16.6 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 29 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Public, 4-year or above ($7,616) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2022.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,017) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2022.

Public, 4-year or above ($1,200) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.574% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.482% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (206k), Some college (148k), and Bachelors Degree (133k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Lake County, SD was $196,600 in 2022, which is 0.697 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $172,700 to $196,600, a 13.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Lake County, SD is 73.4%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Lake County, SD have an average commute time of 16.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lake County, SD is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2023, 8.94% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Lake County, SD. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator grew 0.0362%.

Housing

Property

$196,600

Median Property Value 2022

±$21,128

$3,340

Median Property Taxes

±$320

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Lake County, SD the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Lake County, SD compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

73.4%

Homeownership

2022

66.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 73.4% of the housing units in Lake County, SD were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 72.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Lake County, SD compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 9603
Census Tract 9601

The following map shows all of the tracts in Lake County, SD colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$74,884

Median Household Income

± $9,857

4.55k

Number of Households

± 416

In 2022, the median household income of the 4.55k households in Lake County, SD grew to $74,884 from the previous year's value of $67,297.

The following chart displays the households in Lake County, SD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lake County, SD is from South Dakota.

0.438

2022 Wage GINI in South Dakota

0.439

2021 Wage GINI in South Dakota

In 2022, the income inequality in South Dakota was 0.438 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.26% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for South Dakota was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in South Dakota in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in South Dakota across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (80.2%)
Worked At Home (9.06%)
Carpooled (5.14%)

In 2022, 80.2% of workers in Lake County, SD drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.06%) and those who carpooled to work (5.14%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

16.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lake County, SD have a shorter commute time (16.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.768% of the workforce in Lake County, SD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Lake County, SD compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lake County, SD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lake County, SD have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2023, 8.94% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Lake County, SD. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator grew 0.0362%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

9.66% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lake County, SD (1.04k out of 10.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Males 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lake County, SD is White, followed by Two Or More and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 10.2% of the children was living in poverty in Lake County, SD. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 2.2%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

96% of the population of Lake County, SD has health coverage, with 48.8% on employee plans, 10.9% on Medicaid, 19.3% on Medicare, 15.3% on non-group plans, and 1.71% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Lake County, SD see 1561 patients per year on average, which represents a 9.77% increase from the previous year (1422 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 2170 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 678 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.1% were men and 47.9% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

1,561 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Lake County, SD

Primary care physicians in Lake County, SD see an average of 1,561 patients per year. This represents a 9.77% increase from the previous year (1,422 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Lake County, SD in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.6% under 18 years, 19.6% between 18 and 34 years, 36.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.1% were men and 47.9% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

3.97%

Uninsured

48.8%

Employer Coverage

10.9%

Medicaid

19.3%

Medicare

15.3%

Non-Group

1.71%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Lake County, SD declined by 4.82% from 4.18% to 3.97%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Lake County, SD changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.