South Dakota State Library: South Dakota Facts & Stats

South Dakota City Statistics

Profile of 65 cities population,labor, wages, employers, tax structure, education, more...

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: [back to top]

Sales and Use Tax Report by county/city/SIC monthly and annual for 1996+
ZIP Code Business Patterns (1994-1997) industry (4-digit SIC) data on number of businesses and their employment size by ZIP code (also first quarter & annual payroll for the ZIP)
2002 Economic Census sales, payroll, employees by industry by state, county, & city with 2,500+ people. Alternate site with 1997 Economic Census

EDUCATION, K-12: [back to top]

Education in SD: A Statistical Profile 2003-2004 (Adobe PDF) school district & statewide test scores, enrollment, dropouts, staff, revenue, taxable valuations, details; SD Dept of Education: Data & Reporting
Annual High School to College Transition Report presents data on SD Board of Regents' freshman who graduated from SD high schools, including: by high school (student profiles, rank by average GPA, & 1st year performance of graduates) and by university (remedial placements & average ACT scores)
NCES 2000 Census School District Demographics provides school district level data on total population & population under 18 by race for a primary area & comparison area

look also in POPULATION & CENSUS under "A Graphic Summary of South Dakota" and "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

HEALTH & DISABILITIES: [back to top]

Wellmark Reports 1997+ provide rates of asthma, low back pain, pneumonia, gallbladder disease, respiratory infection, sinusitis, otitis, urinary tract infection, diabetis, Cesarean section, mammograms, retinal exam, & cervical cancer screening for state and community in PDF (using Adobe Acrobat)

look also under DRUGS & ALCOHOL and in POPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 & SF4 files"

LABOR EMPLOYMENT & WAGES: [back to top]

Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex for 512 occupations by state, county, & places of 50,000+ based on 1990 census
Wage information by occupation from SD Labor Market Information Center (with breakout for West, NE, SE, Sioux Falls, & Rapid City)

look also in POPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

POPULATION & CENSUS: [back to top]

SD population (2000 & 1990) and race (2000) tables by county, city, and American Indian Area Home Land from the SD State Data Center; includes a map showing population per cent change from 1990 to 2000 by SD county.
American FactFinder Census Bureau's 2000 population, race, Hispanic, & age (18+) tables & maps for states, counties, & places (also includes more detailed 1990 Census data)
Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF4) contains statistics from the questions asked Census 2000 (Adobe PDF) respondents (including the sample data asked of 1-in-6, Adobe PDF). Social, economic and housing data can be selected from 213 population tables/PCT and 110 housing tables/HCT. Each table is iterated for 336 population groups and for various geographies including state, county, place, and census tract. [to select tables, click on "detailed tables" hyperlink near bottom of webpage]
Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF3) presents 484 detailed population and 329 housing tables (such as place of birth, education, employment status, income, value of housing unit, year structure built) collected from questions asked of a 1-in-6 sample (Adobe PDF) and weighted to represent the total population for various geographies including state, county, place, census tract, and block group. [to select tables, click on "detailed tables" hyperlink near bottom of webpage]
Population Estimates for Cities & Towns 1990-1999
Population Estimates for State, Counties, Cities & Townships (arranged by county) 1990-1999
Look-up 2000 & 1990 Census Tracts by street number at the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) website (includes the tract profile)
Historical population totals for SD counties (Adobe PDF) from 1890 to 2000

CONSTRUCTION & HOUSING: [back to top]

Building Permits for new privately-owned residential housing units by place (usually a city) & county updated monthly 1996+

look also in POPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

CRIME: [back to top]

Crime in SD annual statistics on murder, rape, robbery/burglary/larceny, motor vehicle thefts, assaults, arson--statewide (with detail) and by reporting agency (each county sheriff & city police report is found under "Offenses by Contributor") in PDF (using Adobe Acrobat)
Crimes reported (MS Excel): in 2001, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, theft, for counties of less than 25,000 population, including these SD counties: Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Harding, Hughes, Hyde, Lawrence, McCook, Meade, Sanborn, Stanley, Walworth, & Yanton

ELECTIONS: [back to top]

Federal Campaign Finance Reports: FECInfo non-partisan federal candidate campaign money page with breakout by residence of contributors

GOVERNMENT FINANCE: [back to top]

Sales and Use Tax Report by county/city/SIC monthly and annual for 1996+
Consolidated Federal Funds federal expenditures at the state & county level (for 1994+); place level data can be downloaded. An alternate site provides data at the state, county, sub-county, and city level: Census Bureau's 1993-2001 & includes expenditures by funding program at the state and county level.

INCOME: [back to top]

Median family income created by HUD as "income limits", provides 30% of median, low, and very low income estimates for various sized families by county & MSA (click on map)

look also under POVERTY and in POPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

LITERACY: [back to top]

Adult literacy estimates by state,county, & major cities based on 1990 census data

look also underPOPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

POVERTY: [back to top]

Census Bureau's 1995 & 1997 School District poverty estimates: overview, explanation of 1997 data, 1997 data for SD districts (needs to be FTP'ed), FTP instructions

look also under INCOME

TOURISM: [back to top]

Airport passenger volume for Sioux Falls & Rapid City

TRANSPORTATION: [back to top]

look also in POPULATION & CENSUS under "Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 files"

TRAFFIC SAFETY: [back to top]

South Dakota Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Summary county, city (2,500+), detailed state & historical data, 59 pages

WEATHER: [back to top]

South Dakota Climate & Weather provides historical precipitation, heating degree days, growing degree days, temperature averages (some back to 1893) for Airport Stations and Automatic Stations, as well as frost predictions, climate maps, archived radar maps (2001+), and current weather & time-lapse radar