Brookings County, South Dakota (SD)

Races in Brookings County, South Dakota:

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 3
• Thefts: 54
• Auto thefts: 1

Health of residents in Brookings County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,472 (1.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,327 (1.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Brookings County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $487 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $687 a month.

Cities in this county include: Brookings, Volga, Elkton, White, Aurora, Bruce, Sinai, Bushnell.

2012 air pollution in Brookings County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 24.4 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Androscoggin County, Maine , Hancock County, Maine , Kennebec County, Maine , Jefferson County, Oregon , Kingsbury County , Steele County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 6,622
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 43.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,201 (21.0% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 1,1982010 or later
• 7662000 to 2009
• 1461990 to 1999
• 1001980 to 1989
• 601970 to 1979
• 103Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,272
• One, attached: 698
• Two: 241
• 3 or 4: 477
• 5 to 9: 898
• 10 to 19: 1,280
• 20 to 49: 893
• 50 or more: 367
• Mobile homes: 1,097

Housing units in Brookings County with a mortgage: 4,391 (248 second mortgage, 364 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,889

Religion statistics for Brookings County

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Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Dakota Flooding, Incident Period: March 11, 2011 to July 22, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1984: May 13, 2011, FEMA Id: 1984, Natural disaster type: Flood
• South Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 22, 2010 to September 23, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1947: November 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1947, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: November 27, 2005 to November 29, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1620: December 20, 2005, FEMA Id: 1620, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Dakota Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: September 06, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3234: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3234, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Dakota Severe Storms, Incident Period: March 01, 2001 to April 30, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1375: May 17, 2001, FEMA Id: 1375, Natural disaster type: Storm
• South Dakota Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: February 03, 1997 to May 24, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1173: April 07, 1997, FEMA Id: 1173, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storms/Blizzards, Incident Period: January 03, 1997 to January 31, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1156: January 10, 1997, FEMA Id: 1156, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Blizzard
• South Dakota Ice Storms, Incident Period: October 22, 1995 to October 24, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1075: January 05, 1996, FEMA Id: 1075, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• South Dakota Severe Storms, Flooding, Incident Period: March 01, 1995 to June 20, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1052: May 26, 1995, FEMA Id: 1052, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: March 01, 1994 to July 29, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1031: June 21, 1994, FEMA Id: 1031, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.41% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($30,586 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.60% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($15,133 average AGI)
3.81% relocated from other states ($15,453 average AGI)

Brookings County:	3.81%
South Dakota average:	3.76%

from Minnehaha County, SD	1.06% ($28,939 average AGI)
from Moody County, SD	0.25% ($38,074)
from Codington County, SD	0.24% ($23,769)
from Deuel County, SD	0.20% ($32,864)
from Brown County, SD	0.20% ($32,318)
from Lincoln County, SD	0.19% ($35,810)
from Beadle County, SD	0.19% ($30,850)

9.60% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,466 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.98% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($16,461 average AGI)
4.63% relocated to other states ($16,005 average AGI)

Brookings County:	4.63%
South Dakota average:	3.55%

to Minnehaha County, SD	1.62% ($28,124 average AGI)
to Lincoln County, SD	0.46% ($67,800)
to Pennington County, SD	0.35% ($27,921)
to Codington County, SD	0.29% ($32,969)
to Hennepin County, MN	0.28% ($32,290)
to Lake County, SD	0.22% ($24,250)
to Kingsbury County, SD	0.21% ($20,609)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Brookings County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 21,836 (3,834 male householders, 3,076 female householders)

  5,788 spouses, 7,820 children (7,376 natural, 192 adopted, 244 stepchildren), 118 grandchildren, 324 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 190 other relatives, 593 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 8,390 (2,914 male householders (2,121 living alone)), 2,588 female householders (1,880 living alone)), 2,892 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 3,789

Size of family households: 3,397 2-persons, 1,477 3-persons, 1,420 4-persons, 436 5-persons, 136 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,005 1-person, 905 2-persons, 345 3-persons, 131 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

5,343 married couples with children.
1,391 single-parent households (538 men, 853 women).

92.8% of residents of Brookings speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $144,643,000 ($5,137 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,470,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $48,741,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,602,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,926,000
Federal grants: $29,037,000
Federal procurement contracts: $11,150,000 ($404,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,187,000 ($1,759,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,181,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,822,000
Federal Government insurance: $53,632,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-34 per 1000 residents
State:	-1 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.38 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 1072014 or later
• 1,0292010 to 2013
• 2,2652000 to 2009
• 1,7481990 to 1999
• 1,4431980 to 1989
• 2,1571970 to 1979
• 1,1181960 to 1969
• 1,0391950 to 1959
• 4991940 to 1949
• 2,6711939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 21 room
• 02 rooms
• 593 rooms
• 5144 rooms
• 1,0015 rooms
• 1,3136 rooms
• 1,1877 rooms
• 1,3068 rooms
• 1,9129+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 2861 room
• 5122 rooms
• 1,2543 rooms
• 1,1344 rooms
• 7985 rooms
• 4676 rooms
• 3857 rooms
• 1468 rooms
• 1779+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 2no bedroom
• 821 bedroom
• 1,0252 bedrooms
• 3,1003 bedrooms
• 2,1364 bedrooms
• 9415+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 281no bedroom
• 1,2201 bedroom
• 2,2332 bedrooms
• 7403 bedrooms
• 4254 bedrooms
• 2125+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Brookings County, South Dakota in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 31no vehicle
• 1,2111 vehicle
• 3,1252 vehicles
• 1,8663 vehicles
• 7174 vehicles
• 3435+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Brookings County population

• 602no vehicle
• 2,2331 vehicle
• 1,4082 vehicles
• 3963 vehicles
• 3334 vehicles
• 1285+ vehicles

74.4% of Brookings County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in South Dakota.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 20,068
• Other state: 11,671
• Northeast: 357
• Midwest: 8,913
• South: 694
• West: 1,661

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 210
• Number of aged recipients: 18
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 192
• Number of recipients under 18: 29
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 147
• Number of recipients older than 64: 34
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 99
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 91

Brookings County on our top lists:

• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"