South Dakota state Economy Profile

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South Dakota state Economy

68.43% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in South Dakota. Among them 32.44% are females aged 16 and over. 77.35% of South Dakota workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 0.46% use public transportation (including taxicab). Six point four eight percent of South Dakota residents work at home.

The total population of South Dakota is 754,844 people. The median household income in South Dakota is $35,282. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 32.64% of all occupations. 9.09% of South Dakota population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.46% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 14.22% of occupations.

21.9% of families in South Dakota have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. South Dakota median household income is $35,282. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive $29,677, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid twenty-one thousand, five hundred and twenty dollars.

	South Dakota	%, South Dakota	United States
Population 16 years and over	577,129		217,168,077
In labor force	394,945	68.43%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	391,594	67.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	374,373	64.87%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	17,221	2.98%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,351	0.58%	0.53%
Not in labor force	182,184	31.57%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	293,889	50.92%	51.66%
In labor force	187,216	32.44%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	186,672	32.34%	29.65%
- - Employed	178,987	31.01%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	58,823	10.19%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	42,930		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	372,648		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	288,227	77.35%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	38,805	10.41%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,702	0.46%	4.73%
Walked	16,786	4.5%	2.93%
Other means	2,972	0.8%	1.19%
Worked at home	24,156	6.48%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	16.6		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	374,373		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	122,207	32.64%	33.65%
Service occupations	58,573	15.65%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	99,073	26.46%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	7,247	1.94%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	34,031	9.09%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	53,242	14.22%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	30,305	8.09%	1.87%
Construction	23,448	6.26%	6.78%
Manufacturing	41,421	11.06%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	12,431	3.32%	3.6%
Retail trade	44,829	11.97%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	17,419	4.65%	5.2%
Information	8,033	2.15%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	27,615	7.38%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	18,624	4.97%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	82,297	21.98%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	30,906	8.26%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	18,986	5.07%	4.87%
Public administration	18,059	4.82%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	272,883	72.89%	78.47%
Government workers	57,144	15.26%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	41,320	11.04%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	3,026	0.81%	0.31%

	South Dakota	%, South Dakota	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	290,336		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	30,881	10.64%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	22,421	7.72%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	46,823	16.13%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	43,884	15.11%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	55,160	19.0%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	53,817	18.54%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,150	6.94%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	11,090	3.82%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,872	0.99%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,238	1.12%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	35,282		41,994
With earnings	236,308	40.95%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,382		56,604
With Social Security income	81,267	14.08%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,460		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	9,743	1.69%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,836		6,320
With public assistance income	8,787	1.52%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,189		3,032
With retirement income	36,981	6.41%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,972		17,376
Families	195,455		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	11,559	5.91%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,483	4.85%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	24,356	12.46%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	28,004	14.33%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	42,797	21.9%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	46,048	23.56%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,953	9.19%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	9,898	5.06%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,507	1.28%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,850	1.46%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	43,237		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	17,562		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	29,677		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	21,520		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	18,172		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	13,955	76.79%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	7,401	40.73%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	7,696		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	7,174	93.22%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	4,041	52.51%	42.27%
Individuals	95,900		33,899,812
18 years and over	61,935	64.58%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	11,199	11.68%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	32,900	34.31%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	22,698	23.67%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30,624	31.93%	31.63%

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