Davison County, South Dakota (SD)

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County population in 2005: 18,777 (78% urban, 22% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,684
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,901

% of renters here:	38%
State:	32%

Land area: 435 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 43 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	11.5%
Whole state:	13.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	3.8%
Whole state:	5.8%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.3%), Manufacturing (15.0%), Retail trade (14.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 80%
Government: 9%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Davison County, South Dakota business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Davison County, South Dakota:

White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
American Indian (2.4%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Hispanic (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	36.0 years
South Dakota median age:	35.6 years

Males: 9,087	(48.5%)
Females: 9,654	(51.5%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,166
County population in 2003: 18,791
Jobs in 2003: 12,036

Total labor force in 2004: 10,948
Unemployment rate in 2004: 2.9%

Average household size:

Davison County:	2.4 people
South Dakota:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $38,247 ($33,476 in 2000)

This county	$38,247
South Dakota:	$40,310

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $98,004

Davison County	$98,004
South Dakota:	$101,700

Median montly rent in 2000: $388
Institutionalized population: 332
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Davison County in 2000: $776

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 5
Thefts: 6
Auto thefts: 2

Davison County races chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Davison County South Dakota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 62.1%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 36.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,405 (2.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Davison County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $517 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $663 a month.

Cities in this county include: Mitchell, Mount Vernon, Ethan, Loomis.

Neighboring counties: Aurora County , Douglas County , Hanson County , Hutchinson County , Sanborn County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Davison County: Beulah Township Hall (A), Rome Townhall (B), Prosper Townhall (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Davison County include: Victor Church (A), Immanuel Church (B), Zion Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Union Cemetery (1), Victor Lutheran Cemetery (2), Mount Vernon Cemetery (3), New Home Cemetery (4), Nicolaisen Cemetery (5), Quaker Cemetery (6), Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Rock Creek (A), West Branch Firesteel Creek (B), North Fork Twelvemile Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Davison County: Hubbard Slough State Public Shooting Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.3%
South Dakota:	2.7%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,283
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 188 (38% naturalized citizens)

Davison County:	1.0%
Whole state:	1.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 79
1990 to 1994: 18
1985 to 1989: 23
1980 to 1984: 0
1975 to 1979: 17
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 8
1965 to 1969: 43

Mean travel time to work: 14.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.9%

Davison County marital status for males

Davison County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,381
One, attached: 61
Two: 267
3 or 4: 348
5 to 9: 392
10 to 19: 482
20 or more: 597
Mobile homes: 552
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Housing units in Davison County with a mortgage: 2,011 (162 second mortgage, 204 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,541

Agriculture in Davison County
Average size of farms: 579 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $88860
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $104.41
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 56.28%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $73787
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 64.23%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.94%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $94460
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.85%
Average age of principal farm operators: 50 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.58
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.77%
Corn for grain: 54529 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 10628 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 58950 harvested acres

Davison County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above South Dakota state average. It is 4.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 36 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/21/1962, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 32 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Food (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (12%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Social assistance (5%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (20%)
Nicaragua (20%)
Nigeria (14%)
Mexico (7%)
France (6%)
India (5%)
Guatemala (5%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Davison County:

German (51%)
Norwegian (10%)
Irish (6%)
United States or American (5%)
Dutch (5%)
English (4%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Davison County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,408 (78%)
Carpooled: 988 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
Taxi: 14 (0%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Bicycle: 13 (0%)
Walked: 418 (4%)
Other means: 34 (0%)
Worked at home: 591 (6%)

People in group quarters in Davison County, South Dakota

244 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
181 people in nursing homes
75 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
75 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
38 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
30 people in homes for the mentally retarded
14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $51,042.

8.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,256 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.57%
South Dakota average:	8.40%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.88% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($18,830 average AGI)
2.69% relocated from other states ($11,425 average AGI)
Davison County: 2.69%
South Dakota average: 3.82%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Minnehaha County, SD	0.77% ($24,825 average AGI)
from Beadle County, SD	0.50% ($29,270)
from Charles Mix County, SD	0.39% ($16,379)
from Hanson County, SD	0.36% ($26,667)
from Aurora County, SD	0.34% ($24,320)
from Hutchinson County, SD	0.32% ($22,958)
from Brule County, SD	0.24% ($36,444)

8.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,390 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.48%
South Dakota average:	8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.58% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($16,435 average AGI)
2.91% relocated to other states ($10,956 average AGI)
Davison County: 2.91%
South Dakota average: 3.78%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Minnehaha County, SD	1.70% ($26,960 average AGI)
to Beadle County, SD	0.27% ($25,300)
to Aurora County, SD	0.26% ($21,053)
to Pennington County, SD	0.24% ($32,333)
to Hutchinson County, SD	0.22% ($23,063)
to Lincoln County, SD	0.20% ($31,800)
to Hanson County, SD	0.19% ($22,286)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.2

Births per 1000 population in Davison County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Davison County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Davison County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,553 (3,082 aged, 471 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,064

In family households: 14,798 (3,938 male householders, 877 female householders)
3,939 spouses, 5,426 children (4,910 natural, 137 adopted, 379 stepchildren), 78 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 76 other relatives, 339 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,266 (1,101 male householders (870 living alone)), 1,663 female householders (1,453 living alone)), 502 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 677 (310 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,185 2-persons, 1,028 3-persons, 917 4-persons, 490 5-persons, 124 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,323 1-person, 386 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 16 4-persons.

3,497 married couples with children.
974 single-parent households (259 men, 715 women).

96.9% of residents of Davison County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $112,172,000 ($5901 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,444,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $44,529,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,497,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,905,000
Federal grants: $21,218,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,119,000 ($239,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,904,000 ($5,724,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $520,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,965,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,067,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,306

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 996

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +68

Here:	+4 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -311

Here:	-17 per 1000 residents
State:	-1 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Davison County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.05 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 155
1995 to 1998: 445
1990 to 1994: 407
1980 to 1989: 649
1970 to 1979: 1,609
1960 to 1969: 962
1950 to 1959: 884
1940 to 1949: 645
1939 or earlier: 2,337

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Davison County, South Dakota:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 27
3 rooms: 96
4 rooms: 389
5 rooms: 979
6 rooms: 1,020
7 rooms: 624
8 rooms: 663
9 or more rooms: 886

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Davison County, South Dakota:

1 room: 114
2 rooms: 349
3 rooms: 601
4 rooms: 888
5 rooms: 454
6 rooms: 216
7 rooms: 142
8 rooms: 83
9 or more rooms: 54

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Davison County:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 132
2 bedrooms: 982
3 bedrooms: 2,158
4 bedrooms: 1,060
5 or more bedrooms: 352

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Davison County:

no bedroom: 139
1 bedroom: 969
2 bedrooms: 1,143
3 bedrooms: 484
4 bedrooms: 128
5 or more bedrooms: 38

Cars and other vehicles available in Davison County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 131
1 vehicle: 856
2 vehicles: 2,002
3 vehicles: 1,225
4 vehicles: 315
5 or more vehicles: 155

Cars and other vehicles available in Davison County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 518
1 vehicle: 1,519
2 vehicles: 686
3 vehicles: 130
4 vehicles: 20
5 or more vehicles: 28

53% of Davison County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in South Dakota.

Davison County:	52.9%
State average:	56.2%

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

This state: 14627
Northeast: 271
Midwest: 2586
South: 331
West: 717

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (76%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
Electricity (8%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (55%)
Electricity (31%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
No fuel used (3%)
Other fuel (1%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 279

Here:	13.7%
South Dakota:	8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54

Here:	4.5%
South Dakota:	5.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 555

Here:	46.7%
South Dakota:	17.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Davison County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $748,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,624,000
Corrections - Other: $1,074,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $489,000

Financial Administration: $467,000

Police Protection: $353,000

General Public Buildings: $346,000

Central Staff Services: $244,000

General - Other: $165,000

Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $114,000

Health Services - Other: $77,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $61,000

Welfare - Other: $50,000

Natural Resources - Other: $45,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $137,000
Rents: $51,000

General Revenue, NEC: $28,000

Special Assessments: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,787,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $810,000
Public Welfare: $20,000

General Support: $18,000
Tax - Property: $3,586,000
NEC: $5,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,987,000

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