2022 population: 35,484 ( 3,519 from 2010 , 1,104 from 2020)
Land area: 792.2 square miles
Population density: 44.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	31,230	88.01%	5.8%
Black:	592	1.67%	140.7%
Indian:	385	1.08%	41.5%
Asian:	1,155	3.25%	32.0%
2+ races:	579	1.63%	44.4%
Hispanic:	1,543	4.35%	142.6%

Total non-White:	4,254	11.99%	73.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	825	12.0
Deaths:	508	7.4
Net Migration:	330	4.8
Net Immigration:	442	6.4

Change in White population:	1,717	5.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,802	5.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
31,965
29,513	92.33%
246	0.77%
272	0.85%
875	2.74%
401	1.25%
636	1.99%
2,452	7.67%

2000
28,220
27,062	95.90%
85	0.30%
247	0.88%
384	1.36%
178	0.63%
247	0.88%
1,158	4.10%

1990
25,207
24,552	97.40%
42	0.17%
205	0.81%
325	1.29%
n/a
83	0.33%
655	2.60%

1980
24,332
24,036	98.78%
48	0.20%
91	0.37%
109	0.45%
n/a
48	0.20%
296	1.22%

1970
22,158
21,966	99.13%
3	0.01%
39	0.18%
68	0.31%
n/a
52	0.23%
192	0.87%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
3,137	11.1
1,682	6.0
54	0.2
497	1.8

2,451	8.7
1,294	4.6

Number	Rate
1990's
3,233	12.8
1,781	7.1
-580	-2.3
133	0.5

2,510	10.0
503	2.0

Number	Rate
1980's
3,557	14.6
1,716	7.1
-1,046	-4.3
n/a

516	2.1
359	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
141	0.6
n/a

2,070	9.3
104	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Brookings County, SD

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
27.7
7,110	20.0%
28,374	80.0%
4,480	12.6%

13,366
2.34

6,916	51.7%
5,887	85.1%
323	4.7%
6,450	48.3%

2010
Number	Percent
26.3
6,038	18.9%
25,927	81.1%
3,170	9.9%

12,029
2.36

6,623	55.1%
5,489	82.9%
465	7.0%
5,406	44.9%

2000
Number	Percent
27.2
5,858	20.8%
22,362	79.2%
3,103	11.0%

10,664
2.38

6,269	58.8%
5,292	84.4%
500	8.0%
4,395	41.2%

1990
Number	Percent
26.3
5,661	22.5%
19,546	77.5%
2,978	11.8%

8,978
2.46

5,713	63.6%
4,961	86.8%
390	6.8%
3,265	36.4%

1980
Number	Percent
24.5
5,637	23.2%
18,695	76.8%
2,605	10.7%

8,005
2.65

5,380	67.2%
4,851	90.2%
221	4.1%
2,625	32.8%

2022 Housing Data for Brookings County, SD

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	493	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	734	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	407	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	355	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	421	3.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	626	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	440	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	372	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	816	6.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,467	11.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,355	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,575	11.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,659	12.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,079	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,064	8.0%
$200,000 or more	503	3.8%

Median Household Income	64,438
Per Capita Income	32,778

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	100
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	160	1.2%
Public Assistance	87	0.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	710	5.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	17,623	76.2%
Unemployed	748	3.2%
In Armed Forces	57	0.2%

Total Labor Force	18,428	79.7%
Not in Labor Force	4,694	20.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	6,997	5,320	56.8%
Non-Profit	359	764	32.0%
Self-Employed	1,025	485	67.9%

Local Government	471	925	33.7%
State Government	1,343	1,327	50.3%
Federal Government	42	69	37.8%

Total Private + Self	8,022	5,805	58.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,215	3,085	41.8%
Total	10,237	8,890	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	21.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	2,862	14.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	3,119	16.3%
Professional, Technical	5,395	28.1%
Service Occupations	2,825	14.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	569	3.0%
All others	4,967	25.9%

White Collar		59.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	3,918	20.4%
Educational services	3,401	17.7%
Retail trade	2,029	10.6%
Health care and social assistance	1,820	9.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,329	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	1,305	6.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,123	5.9%
Construction	788	4.1%
Finance and insurance	700	3.7%
Other services	460	2.4%
Transportation and warehousing	434	2.3%
Public administration	395	2.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	337	1.8%
Information	285	1.5%
Wholesale trade	213	1.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	212	1.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	197	1.0%
Utilities	148	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	41	0.2%
Management	33	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	557	1.61%
Puerto Rican	455	1.31%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	6	0.02%

Total Central American	181	0.52%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	154	0.44%
Honduran	27	0.08%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	83	0.24%
Argentinean	1	0.00%
Bolivian	3	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	65	0.19%
Ecuadorian	8	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	3	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	3	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	59	0.17%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	332	0.96%
Filipino	119	0.34%
Korean	102	0.29%
Chinese	96	0.28%
Japanese	35	0.10%
Vietnamese	15	0.04%
Indonesian	3	0.01%
Burmese	1	0.00%
Taiwanese	1	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	30,155	92.4%
Spanish	876	2.7%
Other Indo-European	644	2.0%
German, other Germanic	295	0.9%
Other	255	0.8%
Other Asian	98	0.3%
Arabic	87	0.3%
Chinese	75	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	65	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	13,826	39.9%
Norwegian	5,598	16.2%
Irish	3,266	9.4%
English	2,644	7.6%
Dutch	1,805	5.2%
Swedish	1,102	3.2%
Danish	875	2.5%
French	679	2.0%
American	650	1.9%
Czech	528	1.5%
Polish	495	1.4%
Scandinavian	369	1.1%
Italian	324	0.9%
European	281	0.8%
Russian	261	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	33,445	96.6%
Not a citizen	1,186	3.4%

Native	32,781	94.7%
Foreign-born	1,850	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
214	1.1%	497	2.7%	4,341	23.2%	5,723	30.6%	5,202	27.8%	2,739	14.6%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	214	1.1%
9-12 Years	497	2.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,341	23.2%
Some College	5,723	30.6%
Bach. Degree	5,202	27.8%
Grad Degree	2,739	14.6%
Average years of education: 14.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	14,049	13,360	689	4.9%	3.6%
1991	14,289	13,863	426	3.0%	3.5%
1992	14,123	13,854	269	1.9%	3.4%
1993	14,421	14,119	302	2.1%	3.5%
1994	14,899	14,618	281	1.9%	3.3%
1995	15,264	15,020	244	1.6%	3.2%
1996	15,626	15,371	255	1.6%	3.3%
1997	15,854	15,603	251	1.6%	2.9%
1998	16,092	15,847	245	1.5%	2.9%
1999	16,983	16,738	245	1.4%	2.7%

2000	17,603	17,236	367	2.1%	2.5%
2001	16,997	16,544	453	2.7%	3.0%
2002	16,970	16,491	479	2.8%	3.2%
2003	17,473	16,955	518	3.0%	3.5%
2004	18,006	17,487	519	2.9%	3.6%
2005	18,247	17,717	530	2.9%	3.6%
2006	18,853	18,416	437	2.3%	3.0%
2007	19,429	19,007	422	2.2%	2.8%
2008	19,267	18,797	470	2.4%	3.1%
2009	18,841	18,187	654	3.5%	4.6%

2010	17,941	17,113	828	4.6%	4.9%
2011	18,074	17,296	778	4.3%	4.6%
2012	17,872	17,209	663	3.7%	4.1%
2013	17,888	17,289	599	3.3%	3.7%
2014	18,309	17,747	562	3.1%	3.3%
2015	18,684	18,146	538	2.9%	3.0%
2016	18,983	18,457	526	2.8%	3.0%
2017	18,850	18,295	555	2.9%	3.1%
2018	19,024	18,504	520	2.7%	2.9%
2019	19,047	18,484	563	3.0%	3.0%

2020	18,480	17,669	811	4.4%	4.6%
2021	18,601	18,091	510	2.7%	2.6%
2022	19,113	18,717	396	2.1%	2.1%
2023	19,313	18,930	383	2.0%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	14,882
Median Value	$227,800

Occupied	13,366	89.8%
Vacant	1,516	10.2%

Owned	7,797	58.3%
Rented	5,569	41.7%
Median Rent	$870

Single-Family Units	9,628	64.7%
Detached	8,705	58.5%
Attached	923	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	3,359	22.6%
Mobile Homes	1,191	8.0%

Brookings County, SD

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Brookings County, SD

2022 Housing Data for Brookings County, SD

2022 Income & Employment Data for Brookings County, SD

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Brookings County, SD

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Brookings County, SD

Historical Labor Force Data for Brookings County, SD