Mellette County, SD Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Mellette County, South Dakota

People QuickFactsMellette CountySouth Dakota
Population, 2005 estimate 2,088775,933
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.2%2.8%
Population, 2000 2,083754,844
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.8%6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 32.2%24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 13.3%14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.6%50.3%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)43.8%88.5%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)54.6%8.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.3%1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.9%2.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 43.3%86.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 67.2%55.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.4%1.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 15.8%6.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.1%84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.6%21.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 362114,619
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.316.6
Housing units, 2005 845347,931
Homeownership rate, 2000 64.7%68.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.6%18.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $25,800$79,600
Households, 2000 694290,245
Persons per household, 2000 2.942.50
Median household income, 2003 $23,786$38,008
Per capita money income, 1999 $10,362$17,562
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 25.6%12.4%
Business QuickFactsMellette CountySouth Dakota
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 2724,7871
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 184308,0101
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 14.3%0.4%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 9953,954
Total number of firms, 2002 11769,536
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA22.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA10,710,187
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) NA7,845,096
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) D9,601,175
Retail sales per capita, 2002 NA$12,626
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) D1,226,459
Building permits, 2005 05,685
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 17,4066,601,7361
Geography QuickFactsMellette CountySouth Dakota
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,30675,884
Persons per square mile, 2000 1.69.9
FIPS Code 09546
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:13 EST
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