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Rapid City, South Dakota Neighborhood Profile

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The approximate number of people residing in Rapid City, South Dakota is 59,607. The number of males living in Rapid City, South Dakota is 29,224, females - thirty thousand, three hundred and eighty-three. The media age of Rapid City, South Dakota residents is 34.8 years old. Median household income in Rapid City, South Dakota is thirty-five thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight dollars. 4.49% of Rapid City, South Dakota housing units are vacant, 95.39% percent of Rapid City, South Dakota housing units are occupied, and thirty-eight point eight three percent are renter-occupied units.

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 Rapid City, South Dakota United States
Total population59,607 281,421,906
StateSouth Dakota 
CityRapid City 

Rapid City, South Dakota Population

 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
Male29,22449.03%49.06%
Female30,38350.97%50.94%
Median age (years)34.8  35.3
18 years and over44,54474.73%74.31%
21 years and over41,36169.39%69.97%
62 years and over9,16715.38%14.66%
65 years and over7,88813.23%12.43%

 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
White50,26684.33%75.14%
Black or African American5790.97%12.32%
Asian5941.0%3.64%
Some other race6,51510.93%5.46%
Two or more races1,6532.77%2.43%

Rapid City, South Dakota Housing

 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
Total housing units 25,127 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 1,1274.49%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 23,96995.39%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 14,21156.56%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 9,75838.83%30.77%
 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 20006,292 26.25%19.95%
1995 to 19987,400 30.87%28.9%
1990 to 19943,582 14.94%16.07%
1980 to 19893,306 13.79%15.58%
1970 to 19791,863 7.77%9.86%
1969 or earlier1,569 6.55%9.65%
 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
Total households23,969  105,480,101
Family households (families)15,211 63.46%68.06%
Nonfamily households8,758 36.54%31.94%
 Rapid City, South Dakota United States
VALUE
Less than $50,0007005,457,817
$50,000 to $99,9996,32616,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9992,93413,110,384
$150,000 to $199,9991,0298,075,904
$200,000 to $299,9995466,583,049
$300,000 to $499,9992183,584,108
$500,000 to $999,999781,308,116
$1,000,000 or more31313,759
Median (dollars)89,700119,600

Rapid City, South Dakota Education

 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 16,101 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool1,0546.55% 6.47%
Kindergarten7804.84% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,59040.93% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)3,46121.5% 21.38%
College or graduate school4,21626.18% 22.81%

Rapid City, South Dakota Economy

 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
Population 16 years and over46,430  217,168,077
In labor force31,948 68.81%63.92%
- Civilian labor force31,089 66.96%63.39%
- - Employed29,586 63.72%59.73%
- - Unemployed1,503 3.24%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force4.8  5.8
- Armed Forces859 1.85%0.53%
Not in labor force14,482 31.19%36.08%
Females 16 years and over24,020 51.73%51.66%
In labor force15,569 33.53%29.72%
- Civilian labor force15,415 33.2%29.65%
- - Employed14,699 31.66%27.92%
Own children under 6 years4,633 9.98%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force3,330  12,787,501
With earnings19,521 42.04%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)45,361  56,604
With Social Security income6,419 13.83%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)11,056  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income923 1.99%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,233  6,320
With public assistance income870 1.87%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,725  3,032
With retirement income3,923 8.45%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)15,057  17,376
 Rapid City, South Dakota %, Rapid City, South Dakota United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households24,054  105,539,122
Less than $10,0002,291 9.52%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,9991,625 6.76%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,9994,080 16.96%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,9993,765 15.65%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,9994,537 18.86%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,9994,263 17.72%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,9991,782 7.41%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9991,057 4.39%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999288 1.2%2.2%
$200,000 or more366 1.52%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)35,978  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.