2022 population: 9,006 ( 790 from 2010 , 687 from 2020)
Land area: 1556.9 square miles
Population density: 5.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	7,953	88.31%	4.3%
Black:	72	0.80%	380.0%
Indian:	270	3.00%	18.4%
Asian:	102	1.13%	251.7%
2+ races:	187	2.08%	36.5%
Hispanic:	422	4.69%	131.9%

Total non-White:	1,053	11.69%	77.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	163	9.8
Deaths:	239	14.4
Net Migration:	752	45.2
Net Immigration:	11	0.7

Change in White population:	329	4.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	461	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
8,216
7,624	92.79%
15	0.18%
228	2.78%
29	0.35%
137	1.67%
182	2.22%
592	7.21%

2000
7,275
6,794	93.39%
17	0.23%
214	2.94%
14	0.19%
124	1.70%
110	1.51%
481	6.61%

1990
6,179
5,972	96.65%
14	0.23%
149	2.41%
6	0.10%
n/a
38	0.61%
207	3.35%

1980
6,000
5,783	96.38%
8	0.13%
168	2.80%
5	0.08%
n/a
36	0.60%
217	3.62%

1970
4,698
4,549	96.83%
3	0.06%
117	2.49%
1	0.02%
n/a
25	0.53%
149	3.17%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
684	9.4
705	9.7
711	9.8
-2	-0.0

830	11.4
111	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
671	10.9
682	11.0
1,092	17.7
19	0.3

822	13.3
274	4.4

Number	Rate
1980's
906	15.1
633	10.5
-102	-1.7
n/a

189	3.1
-10	-0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,060	22.6
n/a

1,234	26.3
68	1.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Custer 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
56.8
1,162	12.9%
7,844	87.1%
2,678	29.7%

3,862
2.15

2,645	68.5%
2,339	88.4%
95	3.6%
1,217	31.5%

2010
Number	Percent
50.3
1,630	19.8%
6,586	80.2%
1,766	21.5%

3,636
2.19

2,427	66.7%
2,117	87.2%
124	5.1%
1,209	33.3%

2000
Number	Percent
43.0
1,750	24.1%
5,525	75.9%
1,190	16.4%

2,975
2.34

2,084	70.1%
1,854	89.0%
116	5.6%
891	29.9%

1990
Number	Percent
37.3
1,722	27.9%
4,457	72.1%
926	15.0%

2,370
2.51

1,726	72.8%
1,482	85.9%
124	7.2%
644	27.2%

1980
Number	Percent
31.0
1,812	30.2%
4,188	69.8%
708	11.8%

2,135
2.67

1,644	77.0%
1,530	93.1%
54	3.3%
491	23.0%

2022 Housing Data for Custer County, SD

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	127	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	141	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	118	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	266	6.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	84	2.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	97	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	195	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	63	1.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	126	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	258	6.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	433	11.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	621	16.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	421	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	294	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	319	8.3%
$200,000 or more	299	7.7%

Median Household Income	75,943
Per Capita Income	43,745

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	111
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	148	3.8%
Public Assistance	72	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	250	6.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	3,107	69.1%
Unemployed	117	2.6%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	3,224	71.7%
Not in Labor Force	1,272	28.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,078	937	53.5%
Non-Profit	109	297	26.8%
Self-Employed	423	248	63.0%

Local Government	42	160	20.8%
State Government	75	52	59.1%
Federal Government	247	161	60.5%

Total Private + Self	1,501	1,185	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	473	670	41.4%
Total	1,974	1,855	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	19.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	684	17.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	815	21.2%
Professional, Technical	812	21.2%
Service Occupations	620	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	104	2.7%
All others	908	23.7%

White Collar		60.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	608	15.8%
Accommodation and food services	376	9.8%
Retail trade	352	9.2%
Construction	337	8.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	252	6.6%
Educational services	242	6.3%
Manufacturing	218	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	195	5.1%
Public administration	193	5.0%
Other services	177	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	175	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	170	4.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	162	4.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	128	3.3%
Finance and insurance	87	2.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	66	1.7%
Utilities	52	1.4%
Wholesale trade	49	1.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	246	2.89%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	116	1.36%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	21	0.25%
Korean	17	0.20%
Vietnamese	6	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	7,843	95.6%
Spanish	116	1.4%
German, other Germanic	111	1.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	83	1.0%
Other	23	0.3%
Tagalog	12	0.1%
Other Asian	10	0.1%
Other Indo-European	8	0.1%
Korean	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,766	32.5%
Irish	1,556	18.3%
English	848	10.0%
Norwegian	673	7.9%
Swedish	446	5.2%
American	310	3.6%
Czech	304	3.6%
Dutch	292	3.4%
French	284	3.3%
European	272	3.2%
Danish	232	2.7%
Italian	204	2.4%
Scottish	180	2.1%
Polish	141	1.7%
Finnish	138	1.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	8,487	99.7%
Not a citizen	28	0.3%

Native	8,341	98.0%
Foreign-born	174	2.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
205	3.0%	236	3.4%	2,243	32.3%	2,140	30.8%	1,248	18.0%	869	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	205	3.0%
9-12 Years	236	3.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,243	32.3%
Some College	2,140	30.8%
Bach. Degree	1,248	18.0%
Grad Degree	869	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,469	3,381	88	2.5%	3.6%
1991	3,587	3,442	145	4.0%	3.5%
1992	3,701	3,571	130	3.5%	3.4%
1993	3,532	3,363	169	4.8%	3.5%
1994	3,505	3,312	193	5.5%	3.3%
1995	3,466	3,291	175	5.0%	3.2%
1996	3,367	3,154	213	6.3%	3.3%
1997	3,319	3,157	162	4.9%	2.9%
1998	3,357	3,213	144	4.3%	2.9%
1999	3,525	3,380	145	4.1%	2.7%

2000	4,169	4,044	125	3.0%	2.5%
2001	4,315	4,174	141	3.3%	3.0%
2002	4,519	4,368	151	3.3%	3.2%
2003	4,618	4,445	173	3.7%	3.5%
2004	4,701	4,519	182	3.9%	3.6%
2005	4,786	4,613	173	3.6%	3.6%
2006	4,787	4,648	139	2.9%	3.0%
2007	4,645	4,516	129	2.8%	2.8%
2008	4,821	4,685	136	2.8%	3.1%
2009	4,969	4,776	193	3.9%	4.6%

2010	4,089	3,854	235	5.7%	4.9%
2011	4,118	3,894	224	5.4%	4.6%
2012	4,056	3,850	206	5.1%	4.1%
2013	4,051	3,849	202	5.0%	3.7%
2014	3,998	3,821	177	4.4%	3.3%
2015	3,987	3,821	166	4.2%	3.0%
2016	4,014	3,852	162	4.0%	3.0%
2017	4,040	3,877	163	4.0%	3.1%
2018	3,998	3,843	155	3.9%	2.9%
2019	4,069	3,904	165	4.1%	3.0%

2020	4,077	3,834	243	6.0%	4.6%
2021	4,135	3,993	142	3.4%	2.6%
2022	4,228	4,108	120	2.8%	2.1%
2023	4,252	4,145	107	2.5%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	4,979
Median Value	$294,700

Occupied	3,862	77.6%
Vacant	1,117	22.4%

Owned	3,315	85.8%
Rented	547	14.2%
Median Rent	$948

Single-Family Units	3,816	76.6%
Detached	3,734	75.0%
Attached	82	1.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	266	5.3%
Mobile Homes	821	16.5%

Custer County, SD

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Custer County, SD

2022 Housing Data for Custer County, SD

2022 Income & Employment Data for Custer County, SD

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Custer County, SD

Historical Labor Force Data for Custer County, SD