Meade County, South Dakota (SD)

• 
• • 25,74085.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3184.4%Two or more races
  • 1,3144.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7762.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4371.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3331.1%Asian alone
  • 1070.4%Some other race alone
  • 170.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $274,747

Here:	$274,747
State:	$269,062

Townhouses or other attached units: $369,104

Here:	$369,104
State:	$323,725

In 2-unit structures: $143,894

Here:	$143,894
State:	$183,966

Mobile homes: $120,494

Here:	$120,494
State:	$79,179

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 25
• Thefts: 119
• Auto thefts: 17

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 23
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 118
• Auto thefts: 16

Health of residents in Meade County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

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 2021: $2,679 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,523 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Meade County is $383 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $496 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $721 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sturgis, Ellsworth AFB, Blackhawk, Summerset, Faith, Blucksberg Mountain, Piedmont.

Neighboring counties: Crawford County, Michigan , Portage County, Wisconsin , Trempealeau County, Wisconsin , Ramsey County, Minnesota , Swift County, Minnesota , Washington County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 1,061
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: 29.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 645 (54.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2672010 or later
• 672000 to 2009
• 1281990 to 1999
• 791980 to 1989
• 271970 to 1979
• 111Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 45.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,032
• One, attached: 904
• Two: 50
• 3 or 4: 316
• 5 to 9: 154
• 10 to 19: 263
• 20 to 49: 161
• 50 or more: 190
• Mobile homes: 1,430
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22

Housing units in Meade County with a mortgage: 5,132 (294 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 262 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185

Religion statistics for Meade County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Meade 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: June 30, 2019 - July 21, 2019, FEMA Id: 4467, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: May 26, 2019 - June 7, 2019, FEMA Id: 4463, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 24, 2016 - December 26, 2016, FEMA Id: 4298, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: October 03, 2013 to October 17, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4155: November 08, 2013, FEMA Id: 4155, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 20, 2010 to January 26, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1887: March 10, 2010, FEMA Id: 1887, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: November 05, 2008 to November 07, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1811: December 12, 2008, FEMA Id: 1811, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• South Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 02, 2008 to June 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1774: July 09, 2008, FEMA Id: 1774, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Dakota East Ridge Fire, Incident Period: July 27, 2006 to August 07, 2006, Fire Management Assistance Declared: July 27, 2006, FEMA Id: 2658, Natural disaster type: Fire
• South Dakota Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: April 18, 2006 to April 20, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1647: June 05, 2006, FEMA Id: 1647, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

13.55% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($64,705 average adjusted gross income)

0.34% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,260 average AGI)

Meade County:	0.34%
South Dakota average:	0.03%

6.68% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($24,603 average AGI)
6.54% relocated from other states ($38,842 average AGI)

Meade County:	6.54%
South Dakota average:	4.11%

from Pennington County, SD	4.60% ($52,549 average AGI)
from Lawrence County, SD	0.77% ($44,625)
from Butte County, SD	0.23% ($27,138)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.17% ($75,286)
from Minnehaha County, SD	0.17% ($49,476)

12.75% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($46,265 average adjusted gross income)

0.40% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,291 average AGI)

Meade County:	0.40%
South Dakota average:	0.03%

6.99% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($23,574 average AGI)
5.36% relocated to other states ($21,399 average AGI)

Meade County:	5.36%
South Dakota average:	3.31%

to Pennington County, SD	5.07% ($40,669 average AGI)
to Lawrence County, SD	0.71% ($43,943)
to Butte County, SD	0.24% ($47,931)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.17% ($57,667)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 7.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Meade County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,582 (1,358 living alone), Female householders: 5,938 (1,339 living alone)

• 6,728 spouses (6,688 opposite-sex spouses), 570 unmarried partners, (561 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,729 children (8,171 natural, 146 adopted, 421 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 211 brothers or sisters, 270 parents, 24 foster children, 307 other relatives, 590 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 874

Size of family households: 4,036 2-persons, 1,775 3-persons, 1,277 4-persons, 807 5-persons, 252 6-persons, 81 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,698 1-person, 414 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

5,570 married couples with children.
1,055 single-parent households (543 men, 512 women).

96.0% of residents of Meade speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $215,677,000 ($8,677 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $63,494,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $62,755,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $18,369,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $7,096,000
Federal grants: $33,697,000
Federal procurement contracts: $57,496,000 ($54,134,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $36,264,000 ($1,904,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,567,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,315,000
Federal Government insurance: $18,950,000

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

Here:	-26 per 1000 residents
State:	-1 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.61 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Meade County, South Dakota
• 02020 or later
• 1,6252010 to 2019
• 2,4682000 to 2009
• 1,8841990 to 1999
• 1,3061980 to 1989
• 2,4051970 to 1979
• 5991960 to 1969
• 6781950 to 1959
• 4121940 to 1949
• 1,0161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Meade County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Meade County, South Dakota
• 41 room
• 132 rooms
• 2293 rooms
• 5514 rooms
• 1,4175 rooms
• 1,8936 rooms
• 1,3647 rooms
• 1,4808 rooms
• 1,7059+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Meade County, South Dakota
• 1591 room
• 1392 rooms
• 3013 rooms
• 6414 rooms
• 6895 rooms
• 4786 rooms
• 1187 rooms
• 1688 rooms
• 1119+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Meade County, South Dakota

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Meade County, South Dakota
• 7no bedroom
• 1661 bedroom
• 1,4312 bedrooms
• 3,6273 bedrooms
• 2,4824 bedrooms
• 9885+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Meade County, South Dakota
• 161no bedroom
• 3341 bedroom
• 1,1012 bedrooms
• 8383 bedrooms
• 3484 bedrooms
• 385+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Meade County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 73no vehicle
• 1,3151 vehicle
• 3,5852 vehicles
• 2,0493 vehicles
• 1,0474 vehicles
• 6455+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Meade County in renter-occupied apartments
• 220no vehicle
• 1,0341 vehicle
• 1,1352 vehicles
• 4123 vehicles
• 284 vehicles
• 175+ vehicles

82.3% of Meade County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in South Dakota.

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

• This state: 14,824
• Other state: 14,071
• Northeast: 741
• Midwest: 5,738
• South: 2,523
• West: 4,948

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 271
• Number of aged recipients: 27
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 244
• Number of recipients under 18: 43
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 178
• Number of recipients older than 64: 50
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 105
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 119

Meade County on our top lists:

• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"