Plankinton, SD

Census Place

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2023 Population

637

5.12% 1-year growth

US Senator

John Thune

Republican Party

US Senator

Mike Rounds

Republican Party

2023 Employed Population

387

6.61% 1-year growth

About

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None of the households in Plankinton, 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.

89% of the residents in Plankinton, SD are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Plankinton, SD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Plankinton, SD was N/A per household.

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Population & Diversity

Plankinton, SD is home to a population of 637 people, from which 89% are citizens. As of 2023, 12.1% of Plankinton, SD residents were born outside of the country (77 people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Plankinton, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

89%

2023 Citizenship

90.4%

2022 Citizenship

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

Foreign-Born Population

12.1%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

77 people

11.2%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

68 people

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

Economy

The economy of Plankinton, SD employs 387 people. The largest industries in Plankinton, SD are , and the highest paying industries are .

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

387

2023 Value

± 83

6.61%

1 Year growth

± 29.2%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Plankinton, SD, are Production Occupations (67 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (58 people), and Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (42 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Plankinton, 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

387

2023 Value

± 83

6.61%

1 Year growth

± 29.2%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Plankinton, SD, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Plankinton, SD, though some of these residents may live in Plankinton, SD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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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.

Education

Completions

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.

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

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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

People in Plankinton, SD have an average commute time of 18.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Plankinton, SD is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the places in Plankinton, 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.

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Median Household Income

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271

Number of Households

± 55

The following chart displays the households in Plankinton, 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 N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Plankinton, 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 2023

Drove Alone (76.5%)
Carpooled (11.6%)
Worked At Home (8.27%)

In 2023, 76.5% of workers in Plankinton, SD drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.6%) and those who worked at home (8.27%).

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

18.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Plankinton, SD have a shorter commute time (18.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0.563% of the workforce in Plankinton, SD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

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Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Plankinton, SD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Plankinton, SD have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Plankinton, SD (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males < 5 and then Males 6 - 11.

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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.

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.

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

Uninsured People

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Uninsured

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

N/A%

Medicare

N/A%

Non-Group

N/A%

Military or VA

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