Sanborn County, South Dakota (SD)

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County population in July 2007: 2,444 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 810
Renter-occupied apartments: 233

% of renters here:	22%
State:	32%

Land area: 569 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 4 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Sanborn County: 77.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.4%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (20.1%), Manufacturing (12.1%), Retail trade (11.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 67%
Government: 11%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 20%
Unpaid family work: 2%

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Races in Sanborn County, South Dakota:

White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
Hispanic (1.0%)

Median resident age:	40.8 years
South Dakota median age:	35.6 years

Males: 1,384	(51.7%)
Females: 1,291	(48.3%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $18,831
County population in 2003: 2,620
Jobs in 2003: 892

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Total labor force in 2004: 1,554
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.2%

Average household size:

Sanborn County:	2.5 people
South Dakota:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,076 ($33,375 in 1999)

This county:	$41,076
South Dakota:	$43,424

2007 median house/condo value: $58,151 ($30,300 in 2000)

Sanborn County:	$58,151
South Dakota:	$118,700

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $229 (lower quartile is $195, upper quartile is $310)

This county:	$229
State:	$436

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $957
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $242

Institutionalized population: 37

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

Murders: 1
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 0
Burglaries: 0
Thefts: 17
Auto thefts: 3

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2004 Presidential Election results in Sanborn County South Dakota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 57.3%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 40.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $511 (1.4%)

Sanborn County household income distribution in 2007

Sanborn County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	14.9%
Whole state:	13.2%

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

This county:	6.6%
Whole state:	5.8%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sanborn County is $368 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $620 a month.

Cities in this county include: Woonsocket, Letcher, Artesian.

Neighboring counties: Aurora County , Beadle County , Davison County , Hanson County , Jerauld County , Kingsbury County , Miner County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Sanborn County: Rainbow Ranch (A), Lynch Ranch (B), Many Trails Ranch (C), Afton Township Hall (D), Oneida Township Hall (E), Warren Township Hall (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: The Empire Mall (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Sanborn County include: Willard Church (A), Bethlehem Church (B), Cuthbert First Methodist Church (C), Trinity Church (D), Farwell Church (E), First Presbyterian Church (F), Forestburg Lutheran Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Diana Cemetery (1), West Lawn Cemetery (2), Bonny Cemetery (3), Farwell Cemetery (4), Lutheran Cemetery (5), Aquilla Cemetery (6), Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and swamps: McCoy Lake (A), Long Lake (B), School Section Lakes (C), Twin Lakes (D), Rifle Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Jim Creek (A), Sand Creek (B), Dry Run (C), Redstone Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Sanborn County include: McCoy Lake State Public Shooting Area (1), Twin Lakes State Recreation Area (2). 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: 67
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 16 (75% naturalized citizens)

Sanborn County:	0.6%
Whole state:	1.8%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 0 1990 to 1994: 0 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 2 1975 to 1979: 2 1970 to 1974: 6 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 6

Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 61.9%

Sanborn County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 995
One, attached: 17
Two: 7
3 or 4: 40
5 to 9: 15
10 to 19: 4
Mobile homes: 142

Housing units in Sanborn County with a mortgage: 133 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 271

Here:	32.9% with mortgage
State:	60.6% with mortgage

Agriculture in Sanborn County
Average size of farms: 965 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $108351
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $87.15
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 62.48%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $77493
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 48.36%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $108430
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.37%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.47
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.50%
Corn for grain: 56163 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 4859 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 34891 harvested acres
Vegetables: 693 harvested acres

Sanborn County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above South Dakota state average. It is 1.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/19/1973, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
Construction (13%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Educational services (3%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (2%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (15%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Public administration (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (23%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

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

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

Philippines (25%)
Other Northern Europe (13%)
Germany (13%)
Japan (13%)
Korea (13%)
Australia (13%)
Other Northern America (13%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Sanborn County:

German (42%)
Norwegian (18%)
United States or American (9%)
Irish (6%)
English (4%)
Dutch (3%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)

Sanborn County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 957 (71%)
Carpooled: 159 (12%)
Bicycle: 2 (0%)
Walked: 55 (4%)
Other means: 7 (1%)
Worked at home: 159 (12%)

37 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,207.

5.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,825 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.82%
South Dakota average:	8.40%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.29% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($21,246 average AGI)
1.53% relocated from other states ($13,579 average AGI)
Sanborn County: 1.53%
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 Davison County, SD

1.23% ($26,000 average AGI)

7.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,392 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.43%
South Dakota average:	8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.92% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($19,486 average AGI)
1.51% relocated to other states ($4,905 average AGI)
Sanborn County: 1.51%
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 Davison County, SD	1.31% ($39,769 average AGI)
to Minnehaha County, SD	1.10% ($19,727)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1

Births per 1000 population in Sanborn County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.3

Deaths per 1000 population in Sanborn County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 0.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 0.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Sanborn County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 585 (529 aged, 56 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1023.220
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1023.220

Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 39.35

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,638

In family households: 2,268 (630 male householders, 98 female householders)
644 spouses, 799 children (757 natural, 15 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 17 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 370 (175 male householders (140 living alone)), 132 female householders (123 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 37 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 348 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 263 1-person, 33 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 1 5-persons.

94.0% of residents of Sanborn County speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $22,120,000 ($8423 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $345,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $6,728,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,231,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,634,000
Federal grants: $3,312,000
Federal procurement contracts: $292,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $924,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,561,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $567,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,465,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 142

Here:	56 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 175

Here:	69 per 1000 residents
State:	48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: 0

Here:	0 per 1000 residents
State:	+5 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -95

Here:	-37 per 1000 residents
State:	-1 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Sanborn County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.07 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.7
State:	4.1

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 14
1995 to 1998: 19
1990 to 1994: 39
1980 to 1989: 99
1970 to 1979: 118
1960 to 1969: 120
1950 to 1959: 85
1940 to 1949: 81
1939 or earlier: 645

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sanborn County, South Dakota:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 3 3 rooms: 10 4 rooms: 48 5 rooms: 148 6 rooms: 206 7 rooms: 181 8 rooms: 106 9+ rooms: 108

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanborn County, South Dakota:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 16 3 rooms: 18 4 rooms: 36 5 rooms: 39 6 rooms: 48 7 rooms: 31 8 rooms: 29 9+ rooms: 16

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sanborn County:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 10 2 bedrooms: 145 3 bedrooms: 397 4 bedrooms: 192 5+ bedrooms: 66

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanborn County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 28 2 bedrooms: 69 3 bedrooms: 80 4 bedrooms: 35 5+ bedrooms: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Sanborn County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 15 1 vehicle: 138 2 vehicles: 283 3 vehicles: 222 4 vehicles: 103 5+ vehicles: 49

Cars and other vehicles available in Sanborn County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 17 1 vehicle: 105 2 vehicles: 61 3 vehicles: 22 4 vehicles: 18 5+ vehicles: 10

69% of Sanborn County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in South Dakota.

Sanborn County:	69.2%
State average:	56.2%

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

This state: 2304
Northeast: 20
Midwest: 204
South: 42
West: 85

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%) Electricity (14%) Other fuel (1%) Utility gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%) Electricity (18%) Wood (3%) Other fuel (3%) Utility gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4

Here:	1.3%
South Dakota:	8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2

Here:	0.9%
South Dakota:	5.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10

Here:	21.7%
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 (Noninst.)

Sanborn County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $173,000
Parks & Recreation: $0
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $932,000
Police Protection: $186,000

Central Staff Services: $159,000

General - Other: $142,000

Financial Administration: $123,000

Natural Resources - Other: $121,000

General Public Buildings: $80,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $56,000

Health Services - Other: $56,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $27,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $117,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $117,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $61,000
General Revenue, NEC: $54,000

Rents: $6,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,231,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $310,000
General Support: $2,000
Tax - Property: $1,126,000
NEC: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $322,000

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)

Sanborn County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)