County population in 2016: 52,265 (71% urban, 29% rural); it was 24,131 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 10,434 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 2,608 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 6,998 Renter-occupied apartments: 3,607 (it was 1,784 in 2000)
% of renters here:
20%
State:
32%
Land area: 578 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population density: 90 people per square mile (average).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Lincoln County: 82.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.2%), Educational, health and social services (17.7%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (14.2%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $81,008 ($48,338 in 1999)
This county:
$81,008
South Dakota:
$54,467
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $832 (lower quartile is $673, upper quartile is $998)
This county:
$832
State:
$601
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $217,443 (it was $103,500 in 2000)
Lincoln:
$217,443
South Dakota:
$160,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $167,065 - $312,765
Mean price in 2016:
Detached houses: $288,141
Here:
$288,141
State:
$188,004
Townhouses or other attached units: $232,320
Here:
$232,320
State:
$199,867
In 2-unit structures: $297,215
Here:
$297,215
State:
$156,148
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $156,882
Here:
$156,882
State:
$125,675
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $173,747
Here:
$173,747
State:
$136,653
Mobile homes: $90,120
Here:
$90,120
State:
$55,898
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,481 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $525
Institutionalized population: 258
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 1
Rapes: 1
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 3
Burglaries: 19
Thefts: 41
Auto thefts: 6
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: 65
Thefts: 44
Auto thefts: 11
Health of residents in Lincoln County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.7. This is significantly better than average. 80.2% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average. 42.0% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average. 63.5% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is less than average. 78.8% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is more than average. Average weight of males is 202 pounds. This is more than average. Average weight of females is 161 pounds. This is about average.
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,983 (1.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $3,002 (1.3%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 3.5%
Lincoln County:
3.5%
South Dakota:
13.3%
(2.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 8.2% for Black residents, 19.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 15.0% for American Indian residents, 93.3% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.6% for other race residents, 17.6% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 34.2 years old
(Males: 33.8 years old, Females: 34.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 34.8 years old, Black residents: 37.1 years old, American Indian residents: 23.2 years old, Asian residents: 36.6 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 23.4 years old, Other race residents: 29.9 years old)
Area name: Sioux Falls, SD MSA Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lincoln County is $486 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $621 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $811 a month.
Current college students: 994 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.5% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 43.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,287 (62.5% naturalized citizens)
Lincoln County:
2.5%
Whole state:
3.6%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 91
2000 to 2009: 459
1990 to 1999: 320
1980 to 1989: 47
1970 to 1979: 40
Before 1970: 60
Note: State values scaled to Lincoln County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 28.6%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 13,841
One, attached: 1,627
Two: 96
3 or 4: 564
5 to 9: 537
10 to 19: 771
20 to 49: 636
50 or more: 1,075
Mobile homes: 436
Housing units in Lincoln County with a mortgage: 10,333 (400 second mortgage, 746 home equity loan, 72 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,847
Here:
76.9% with mortgage
State:
56.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Lincoln County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Mainline Protestant
9,459
19
Evangelical Protestant
5,901
26
Catholic
1,706
4
Other
189
1
None
27,573
-
Lincoln County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 4
Lincoln County:
1.06 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.84 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
This county:
0.27 / 10,000 pop.
South Dakota:
0.65 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17
Lincoln County:
4.51 / 10,000 pop.
South Dakota:
6.68 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 20
This county:
5.30 / 10,000 pop.
State:
9.21 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Lincoln County:
5.2%
South Dakota:
7.7%
Adult obesity rate:
Lincoln County:
25.1%
State:
27.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
13.1%
State:
14.9%
Agriculture in Lincoln County:
Average size of farms: 368 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $104,599 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $207.77 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.76% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 37.17% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $95,523 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 85.93% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $105,197 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.27% Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.53 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.38% Corn for grain: 119751 harvested acres Soybeans for beans: 127712 harvested acres Vegetables: 16 harvested acres
Earthquake activity:
Lincoln County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below South Dakota state average. It is 71% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/4/1983 at 06:32:18, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 4.4 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 147.8 miles away from Lincoln County center On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB) earthquake occurred 165.9 miles away from the county center On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 116.3 miles away from the county center On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 698.4 miles away from the county center, causing $26,000,000 total damage On 10/25/1990 at 06:25:25, a magnitude 3.9 (3.6 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 93.6 miles away from Lincoln County center On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 164.2 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Most recent natural disasters:
South Dakota Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 13, 2014 to June 20, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4186: July 28, 2014, FEMA Id: 4186, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
South Dakota Severe Storms, Tornado, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 24, 2013 to May 31, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4125: June 28, 2013, FEMA Id: 4125, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
South Dakota Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: April 08, 2013 to April 10, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4115: May 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4115, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
South Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 21, 2010 to July 30, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1938: September 23, 2010, FEMA Id: 1938, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
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/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 Flooding, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 06, 1993 to September 10, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-999: July 19, 1993, FEMA Id: 999, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
South Dakota SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: June 11, 1984, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-717: July 19, 1984, FEMA Id: 717, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
South Dakota Drought, Incident Period: June 17, 1976, Emergency Declared EM-3015: June 17, 1976, FEMA Id: 3015, Natural disaster type: Drought
1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Lincoln County (11) is near the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 7, Storms: 6, Tornadoes: 3, Winter Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snowstorm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Office and administrative support occupations (9%)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (6%)
Transportation occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (13%)
Sales and related occupations (9%)
Management occupations (8%)
Business and financial operations occupations (8%)
Education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Personal care and service occupations (7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Vietnam (11%)
Guatemala (9%)
Ethiopia (8%)
Other Eastern Europe (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Canada (4%)
Pakistan (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln County (%):
German (34%)
Norwegian (12%)
Dutch (8%)
American (7%)
Irish (4%)
European (3%)
English (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 14,758 (84.7%)
Carpooled: 1,290 (7.4%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 136 (0.8%)
Bicycle: 18 (0.1%)
Walked: 227 (1.3%)
Worked at home: 1,023 (5.9%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Lincoln County, South Dakota in 2000:
225 people in nursing homes
34 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
2 people in other group homes
People in group quarters in Lincoln County, South Dakota in 2010:
232 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
26 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
26 people in residential treatment centers for adults
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $93,520.
12.52% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($49,017 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
12.52%
South Dakota average:
7.96%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
8.75% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($33,584 average AGI)
3.77% relocated from other states ($15,434 average AGI)
Lincoln County:
3.77%
South Dakota average:
3.76%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lincoln County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 3,521 (3,177 aged, 344 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,051 (9%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Lincoln County, South Dakota in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (295)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (202)
Atherosclerotic heart disease (185)
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified (150)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (128)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 3.18 Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 1,371 Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 57 Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 4,072
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,809 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 692 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 9
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 29 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 48
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 9
Household type by relationship:
Households: 52,265
In family households: 45,161 (7,273 male householders, 5,987 female householders)
11,355 spouses, 18,544 children (17,151 natural, 577 adopted, 811 stepchildren), 281 grandchildren, 514 brothers or sisters, 366 parents, 241 other relatives, 658 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,595 (2,399 male householders (1,904 living alone)), 2,488 female householders (2,083 living alone)), 1,709 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 472
Size of family households: 5,800 2-persons, 2,526 3-persons, 3,060 4-persons, 1,396 5-persons, 287 6-persons, 246 7-or-more-persons.
12,541 married couples with children.
2,386 single-parent households (702 men, 1,684 women).
95.5% of residents of Lincoln speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $69,152,000 ($2,200 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $1,538,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $30,889,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $11,978,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,692,000 Federal grants: $12,624,000 Federal procurement contracts: $630,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $3,338,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $1,221,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $46,136,000 Federal Government insurance: $60,337,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,416
Here:
72 per 1000 residents
State:
72 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 887
Here:
27 per 1000 residents
State:
48 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +105
Here:
+3 per 1000 residents
State:
+5 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +7,641
Here:
+229 per 1000 residents
State:
-1 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Lincoln County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.99 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
7.5
State:
6.9
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.0
State:
4.2
Year house built
2014 or later: 1,377
2010 to 2013: 2,417
2000 to 2009: 8,211
1990 to 1999: 3,091
1980 to 1989: 950
1970 to 1979: 1,474
1960 to 1969: 520
1950 to 1959: 423
1940 to 1949: 355
1939 or earlier: 1,942
Note: State values scaled to Lincoln population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Lincoln County, South Dakota
Note: State values scaled to Lincoln County population
no vehicle: 160
1 vehicle: 1,809
2 vehicles: 6,858
3 vehicles: 3,792
4 vehicles: 1,035
5+ vehicles: 546
no vehicle: 253
1 vehicle: 2,018
2 vehicles: 1,283
3 vehicles: 253
4 vehicles: 89
5+ vehicles: 29
87% of Lincoln County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in South Dakota.
Lincoln County:
86.9%
State average:
84.4%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 33,926
Other state: 16,754
Northeast: 662
Midwest: 12,056
South: 1,576
West: 2,380
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
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