Grant County, South Dakota (SD)

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County population in July 2007: 7,159 (44% urban, 56% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,412
Renter-occupied apartments: 704

% of renters here:	23%
State:	32%

Land area: 683 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.4 sq. mi.

Population density: 10 people per square mile

(low).

2008 cost of living index in Grant County: 79.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (16.8%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (15.5%), Retail trade (10.4%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 74%
Government: 9%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 16%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Grant County, South Dakota business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Grant County, South Dakota:

White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Hispanic (0.5%)

Median resident age:	40.3 years
South Dakota median age:	35.6 years

Males: 3,878	(49.4%)
Females: 3,969	(50.6%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,302
County population in 2003: 7,659
Jobs in 2003: 3,993

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Total labor force in 2004: 4,209
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.3%

Average household size:

Grant County:	2.4 people
South Dakota:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,723 ($33,088 in 1999)

This county:	$40,723
South Dakota:	$43,424

2007 median house/condo value: $96,653 ($60,400 in 2000)

Grant County:	$96,653
South Dakota:	$118,700

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $343 (lower quartile is $241, upper quartile is $499)

This county:	$343
State:	$436

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $989
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $290

Institutionalized population: 127

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2004 Presidential Election results in Grant County South Dakota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 58.5%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 39.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $910 (1.5%)

Grant County household income distribution in 2007

Grant County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	9.9%
Whole state:	13.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	4.6%
Whole state:	5.8%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grant County is $377 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $654 a month.

Cities in this county include: Milbank, Big Stone City, Revillo, Stockholm, Strandburg, Marvin, Twin Brooks, Albee.

Neighboring counties: Big Stone County, Minnesota , Codington County , Day County , Deuel County , Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota , Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota , Roberts County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable location: Vernon Township Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Grant County include: Bethlehem Church (A), Lebanon Lutheran Church (B), Blue Cloud Abbey (C), Brown Earth Church (D), Tabor Lutheran Church (E), Saint Johns Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Troy Cemetery (1), Albee Cemetery (2), West Vernon Cemetery (3), Mazeppa Cemetery (4), Greenwood Cemetery (5), Antelope Valley Cemetery (6), Nelson Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: LaBolt Lake (A), Crooked Lake (B), Mud Lake (C), Summit Lake (D), Pyror Slough (E), Albert, Lake (F), Myers Lake (G), Twin Lakes (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Mud Creek (A), South Fork Whetstone River (B), Caine Creek (C), North Fork Whetstone River (D), Indian River (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Grant County include: Troy Lake State Public Shooting Area (1), Mud Lake State Public Shooting Area (2), Mazeppa State Public Shooting Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.7%
South Dakota:	2.7%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 119
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 84 (65% naturalized citizens)

Grant County:	1.1%
Whole state:	1.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 26 1990 to 1994: 2 1985 to 1989: 10 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 2 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 44

Mean travel time to work: 14.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 84.3%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,663
One, attached: 18
Two: 56
3 or 4: 111
5 to 9: 138
10 to 19: 98
20 or more: 61
Mobile homes: 309
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Grant County with a mortgage: 868 (58 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 758

Here:	53.4% with mortgage
State:	60.6% with mortgage

Agriculture in Grant County
Average size of farms: 639 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $149956
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $174.27
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 52.16%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $112667
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 64.39%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $108022
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 87.77%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.57
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 17.45%
Corn for grain: 56516 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 28374 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 94163 harvested acres
Vegetables: 54 harvested acres

Grant County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above South Dakota state average. It is 1.2 times above overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
Food (8%)
Construction (8%)
Mining (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Finance and insurance (11%)
Educational services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (14%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

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

Italy (33%)
Canada (29%)
Germany (15%)
Korea (6%)
Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Mexico (4%)
United Kingdom (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Grant County:

German (52%)
Norwegian (16%)
United States or American (5%)
Swedish (4%)
Irish (4%)
English (4%)
Dutch (3%)

Grant County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,800 (75%)
Carpooled: 430 (11%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Walked: 139 (4%)
Other means: 15 (0%)
Worked at home: 354 (9%)

People in group quarters in Grant County, South Dakota

122 people in nursing homes
81 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
24 people in other group homes
5 people in other types of correctional institutions

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $48,016.

5.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($49,590 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.40%
South Dakota average:	8.40%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.41% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($12,453 average AGI)
2.98% relocated from other states ($37,143 average AGI)
Grant County: 2.98%
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 Codington County, SD	0.54% ($20,313 average AGI)
from Roberts County, SD	0.40% ($31,333)
from Big Stone County, MN	0.37% ($37,818)
from Minnehaha County, SD	0.34% ($26,200)

7.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,584 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.20%
South Dakota average:	8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.85% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($19,032 average AGI)
3.35% relocated to other states ($14,553 average AGI)
Grant County: 3.35%
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 Codington County, SD	1.05% ($30,594 average AGI)
to Minnehaha County, SD	0.62% ($26,474)
to Roberts County, SD	0.53% ($56,500)
to Big Stone County, MN	0.43% ($25,692)
to Brown County, SD	0.39% ($23,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4

Births per 1000 population in Grant County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.3

Deaths per 1000 population in Grant County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 16.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Grant County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,629 (1,465 aged, 164 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 13.16
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 8949.720
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 329.030
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 17688.87

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 771.940
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1489.710
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 40.63

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 37.21
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 108.340

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 27.09

Household type by relationship

Households: 7,617

In family households: 6,585 (1,985 male householders, 175 female householders)
1,955 spouses, 2,370 children (2,160 natural, 75 adopted, 135 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 3 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,032 (399 male householders (362 living alone)), 548 female householders (529 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 230 (132 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,003 2-persons, 462 3-persons, 407 4-persons, 205 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 891 1-person, 45 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

97.0% of residents of Grant County speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $58,655,000 ($7720 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,076,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $20,350,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $10,701,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,505,000
Federal grants: $7,950,000
Federal procurement contracts: $608,000 ($24,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,541,000 ($6,376,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $414,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,427,000
Federal Government insurance: $36,136,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 409

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 497

Here:	67 per 1000 residents
State:	48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +20

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -384

Here:	-52 per 1000 residents
State:	-1 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Grant County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.56 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 24
1995 to 1998: 116
1990 to 1994: 124
1980 to 1989: 380
1970 to 1979: 700
1960 to 1969: 314
1950 to 1959: 316
1940 to 1949: 329
1939 or earlier: 1,153

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Grant County, South Dakota:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 70 4 rooms: 198 5 rooms: 484 6 rooms: 466 7 rooms: 395 8 rooms: 334 9+ rooms: 458

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant County, South Dakota:
	1 room: 13 2 rooms: 64 3 rooms: 150 4 rooms: 176 5 rooms: 130 6 rooms: 75 7 rooms: 52 8 rooms: 20 9+ rooms: 24

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Grant County:
	no bedroom: 5 1 bedroom: 85 2 bedrooms: 477 3 bedrooms: 1,072 4 bedrooms: 575 5+ bedrooms: 198

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grant County:
	no bedroom: 25 1 bedroom: 196 2 bedrooms: 280 3 bedrooms: 121 4 bedrooms: 63 5+ bedrooms: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Grant County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 57 1 vehicle: 556 2 vehicles: 1,048 3 vehicles: 509 4 vehicles: 161 5+ vehicles: 81

Cars and other vehicles available in Grant County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 135 1 vehicle: 347 2 vehicles: 134 3 vehicles: 65 4 vehicles: 9 5+ vehicles: 14

67% of Grant County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in South Dakota.

Grant County:	67.3%
State average:	56.2%

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

This state: 4638
Northeast: 36
Midwest: 2735
South: 134
West: 201

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (35%) Electricity (26%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (45%) Utility gas (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%) Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 71

Here:	7.5%
South Dakota:	8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	0.7%
South Dakota:	5.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33

Here:	33.0%
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 (Noninst.)

Grant County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $233,000
Regular Highways: $46,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,675,000
Financial Administration: $385,000

Corrections - Other: $341,000

General - Other: $270,000

Libraries: $247,000

Police Protection: $218,000

Natural Resources - Other: $192,000

Central Staff Services: $189,000

Health Services - Other: $174,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $149,000

General Public Buildings: $135,000

Welfare - Other: $62,000

Parks & Recreation: $13,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $21,000
General - Interest on Debt: $1,698,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $7,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $24,250,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,886,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,647,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $23,850,000
Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $400,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $239,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,765,000
General Revenue, NEC: $93,000

Property Sale Other: $54,000

Rents: $10,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,025,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $23,850,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $594,000
All Other: $38,000

General Support: $33,000

Public Welfare: $1,000
Tax - Property: $2,280,000
Motor Vehicle License: $170,000

NEC: $15,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,659,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Grant County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

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