Brookings County, South Dakota (SD)

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• • 31,16989.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0993.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,0833.1%Asian alone
  • 4881.4%Two or more races
  • 4581.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3711.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

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 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,647 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,308 (1.2%)

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.

2018 air pollution in Brookings County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.032 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 18.4 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.8 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below 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: 95.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 41.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,442 (23.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,5062010 or later
• 5682000 to 2009
• 2031990 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: 8,652
• One, attached: 752
• Two: 228
• 3 or 4: 470
• 5 to 9: 1,248
• 10 to 19: 1,146
• 20 to 49: 874
• 50 or more: 251
• Mobile homes: 1,147

Housing units in Brookings County with a mortgage: 4,595 (227 second mortgage, 339 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,239

Religion statistics for Brookings County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Brookings County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Dakota Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4527, Natural disaster type: Other
• South Dakota Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: September 9, 2019 - September 26, 2019, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4469-SD: November 18, 2019, FEMA Id: 4469, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding, Incident Period: March 13, 2019 - April 26, 2019, FEMA Id: 4440, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• 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
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.97% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,762 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.67% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($20,938 average AGI)
3.30% relocated from other states ($23,823 average AGI)

Brookings County:	3.30%
South Dakota average:	3.70%

from Minnehaha County, SD	0.92% ($37,327 average AGI)
from Codington County, SD	0.27% ($35,065)
from Kingsbury County, SD	0.25% ($49,964)
from Lake County, SD	0.23% ($33,577)
from Lincoln County, SD	0.23% ($30,769)
from Moody County, SD	0.22% ($37,360)
from Hamlin County, SD	0.20% ($51,435)

8.52% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($43,333 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.21% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($19,771 average AGI)
4.31% relocated to other states ($23,563 average AGI)

Brookings County:	4.31%
South Dakota average:	3.63%

to Minnehaha County, SD	1.28% ($40,075 average AGI)
to Lincoln County, SD	0.40% ($42,674)
to Codington County, SD	0.30% ($41,943)
to Moody County, SD	0.27% ($42,065)
to Kingsbury County, SD	0.24% ($33,111)
to Pennington County, SD	0.23% ($33,577)
to Hamlin County, SD	0.23% ($42,769)

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 2019: 5.9

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:

• Male householders: 7,064 (2,277 living alone), Female householders: 6,170 (2,075 living alone)

• 5,963 spouses (5,934 opposite-sex spouses), 937 unmarried partners, (918 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,836 children (7,188 natural, 207 adopted, 447 stepchildren), 225 grandchildren, 216 brothers or sisters, 79 parents, 16 foster children, 117 other relatives, 2,342 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,717

Size of family households: 3,424 2-persons, 1,286 3-persons, 1,208 4-persons, 653 5-persons, 234 6-persons, 113 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,384 1-person, 1,380 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 70 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

5,679 married couples with children.
1,109 single-parent households (408 men, 701 women).

92.5% of residents of Brookings speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% 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)

• Year house built in Brookings County, South Dakota
• 1,0742014 or later
• 8692010 to 2013
• 2,5642000 to 2009
• 1,7731990 to 1999
• 1,7671980 to 1989
• 1,9901970 to 1979
• 1,0881960 to 1969
• 9971950 to 1959
• 4461940 to 1949
• 2,3771939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brookings County, South Dakota
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 1053 rooms
• 5724 rooms
• 9715 rooms
• 1,4586 rooms
• 1,1857 rooms
• 1,1938 rooms
• 2,3049+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota
• 2371 room
• 6632 rooms
• 1,2383 rooms
• 1,2714 rooms
• 6685 rooms
• 4606 rooms
• 3407 rooms
• 2478 rooms
• 2559+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Brookings County, South Dakota
• 0no bedroom
• 1191 bedroom
• 1,1662 bedrooms
• 2,8693 bedrooms
• 2,4424 bedrooms
• 1,2845+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brookings County, South Dakota
• 237no bedroom
• 1,2631 bedroom
• 2,4182 bedrooms
• 7333 bedrooms
• 5474 bedrooms
• 2395+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Brookings County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 103no vehicle
• 1,6271 vehicle
• 3,2452 vehicles
• 1,6663 vehicles
• 8154 vehicles
• 3685+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Brookings County in renter-occupied apartments
• 495no vehicle
• 2,2171 vehicle
• 1,7932 vehicles
• 4463 vehicles
• 3044 vehicles
• 1665+ vehicles

77.2% of Brookings County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in South Dakota.

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

• This state: 20,259
• Other state: 12,466
• Northeast: 234
• Midwest: 9,398
• South: 1,179
• West: 1,730

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)"