2022 population: 17,692 ( 670 from 2010 , 82 from 2020)
Land area: 741.5 square miles
Population density: 23.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	14,265	80.63%	1.4%
Black:	122	0.69%	45.2%
Indian:	2,060	11.64%	19.2%
Asian:	124	0.70%	39.3%
2+ races:	483	2.73%	45.9%
Hispanic:	638	3.61%	108.5%

Total non-White:	3,427	19.37%	34.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	501	14.1
Deaths:	457	12.9
Net Migration:	-131	-3.7
Net Immigration:	-1	-0.0

Change in White population:	-206	-1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	876	5.1

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
17,022
14,471	85.01%
84	0.49%
1,728	10.15%
89	0.52%
331	1.94%
306	1.80%
2,551	14.99%

2000
16,481
14,564	88.37%
30	0.18%
1,398	8.48%
67	0.41%
218	1.32%
201	1.22%
1,917	11.63%

1990
14,817
13,673	92.28%
19	0.13%
986	6.65%
16	0.11%
n/a
123	0.83%
1,144	7.72%

1980
14,220
13,209	92.89%
0	0.00%
863	6.07%
79	0.56%
n/a
69	0.49%
1,011	7.11%

1970
11,632
10,995	94.52%
14	0.12%
575	4.94%
16	0.14%
n/a
18	0.15%
637	5.48%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,947	11.8
1,373	8.3
-234	-1.4
247	1.5

-93	-0.6
634	3.8

Number	Rate
1990's
2,242	15.1
1,242	8.4
-279	-1.9
46	0.3

891	6.0
773	5.2

Number	Rate
1980's
2,513	17.7
1,099	7.7
-924	-6.5
n/a

464	3.3
133	0.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
963	8.3
n/a

2,214	19.0
374	3.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Hughes 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
39.2
4,376	24.7%
13,316	75.3%
3,054	17.3%

7,396
2.26

4,621	62.5%
3,401	73.6%
432	9.3%
2,775	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.8
4,037	23.7%
12,985	76.3%
2,285	13.4%

7,066
2.30

4,435	62.8%
3,500	78.9%
468	10.6%
2,631	37.2%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
4,565	27.7%
11,916	72.3%
2,247	13.6%

6,522
2.41

4,350	66.7%
3,685	84.7%
352	8.1%
2,172	33.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
4,521	30.5%
10,296	69.5%
1,771	12.0%

5,724
2.54

3,905	68.2%
3,272	83.8%
396	10.1%
1,819	31.8%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
4,607	32.4%
9,613	67.6%
1,386	9.7%

5,184
2.68

3,688	71.1%
3,226	87.5%
287	7.8%
1,496	28.9%

2022 Housing Data for Hughes County, SD

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	271	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	212	2.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	233	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	202	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	247	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	376	5.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	256	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	310	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	258	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	419	5.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	548	7.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,552	21.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	946	12.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	517	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	652	8.8%
$200,000 or more	397	5.4%

Median Household Income	83,750
Per Capita Income	37,645

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	98
Compared to U.S.	79

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	130	1.8%
Public Assistance	113	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	507	6.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	8,392	80.1%
Unemployed	17	0.2%
In Armed Forces	13	0.1%

Total Labor Force	8,422	80.4%
Not in Labor Force	2,056	19.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		19.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,870	1,529	55.0%
Non-Profit	546	921	37.2%
Self-Employed	757	391	65.9%

Local Government	223	402	35.7%
State Government	1,149	1,104	51.0%
Federal Government	185	120	60.7%

Total Private + Self	2,627	1,920	57.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	2,103	2,547	45.2%
Total	4,730	4,467	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	34.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,965	21.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,835	19.9%
Professional, Technical	2,519	27.4%
Service Occupations	1,528	16.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	51	0.6%
All others	1,352	14.7%

White Collar		68.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	2,075	22.6%
Health care and social assistance	1,366	14.8%
Retail trade	793	8.6%
Educational services	766	8.3%
Construction	700	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	643	7.0%
Finance and insurance	580	6.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	433	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	417	4.5%
Other services	320	3.5%
Information	223	2.4%
Manufacturing	204	2.2%
Wholesale trade	186	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	181	2.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	102	1.1%
Utilities	89	1.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	71	0.8%
Transportation and warehousing	40	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	10	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	242	1.36%
Puerto Rican	5	0.03%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	69	0.39%
Costa Rican	21	0.12%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	48	0.27%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	106	0.60%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	106	0.60%
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	183	1.03%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	83	0.47%
Indian	5	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	16,076	96.0%
Spanish	234	1.4%
Other	163	1.0%
German, other Germanic	151	0.9%
Vietnamese	83	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	20	0.1%
Arabic	7	0.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4	0.0%
Other Indo-European	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	6,319	35.5%
Norwegian	2,035	11.4%
Irish	1,953	11.0%
English	1,819	10.2%
Dutch	522	2.9%
Polish	463	2.6%
Swedish	449	2.5%
American	446	2.5%
Czech	405	2.3%
French	338	1.9%
Italian	282	1.6%
Danish	214	1.2%
European	123	0.7%
Scandinavian	114	0.6%
Russian	100	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	17,748	99.6%
Not a citizen	64	0.4%

Native	17,657	99.1%
Foreign-born	155	0.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
149	1.2%	258	2.1%	3,362	27.3%	4,172	33.9%	3,053	24.8%	1,302	10.6%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	149	1.2%
9-12 Years	258	2.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,362	27.3%
Some College	4,172	33.9%
Bach. Degree	3,053	24.8%
Grad Degree	1,302	10.6%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	8,430	8,218	212	2.5%	3.6%
1991	8,580	8,339	241	2.8%	3.5%
1992	9,098	8,851	247	2.7%	3.4%
1993	9,524	9,255	269	2.8%	3.5%
1994	9,781	9,523	258	2.6%	3.3%
1995	9,594	9,321	273	2.8%	3.2%
1996	9,563	9,289	274	2.9%	3.3%
1997	9,619	9,378	241	2.5%	2.9%
1998	9,722	9,504	218	2.2%	2.9%
1999	10,047	9,842	205	2.0%	2.7%

2000	9,631	9,438	193	2.0%	2.5%
2001	9,811	9,590	221	2.3%	3.0%
2002	9,815	9,586	229	2.3%	3.2%
2003	9,748	9,491	257	2.6%	3.5%
2004	9,827	9,550	277	2.8%	3.6%
2005	10,144	9,851	293	2.9%	3.6%
2006	10,419	10,172	247	2.4%	3.0%
2007	10,086	9,851	235	2.3%	2.8%
2008	10,151	9,908	243	2.4%	3.1%
2009	10,299	9,991	308	3.0%	4.6%

2010	10,104	9,758	346	3.4%	4.9%
2011	10,076	9,720	356	3.5%	4.6%
2012	10,024	9,711	313	3.1%	4.1%
2013	9,971	9,686	285	2.9%	3.7%
2014	10,038	9,784	254	2.5%	3.3%
2015	9,958	9,723	235	2.4%	3.0%
2016	10,113	9,872	241	2.4%	3.0%
2017	10,036	9,776	260	2.6%	3.1%
2018	9,885	9,645	240	2.4%	2.9%
2019	9,955	9,714	241	2.4%	3.0%

2020	9,909	9,574	335	3.4%	4.6%
2021	9,924	9,717	207	2.1%	2.6%
2022	9,907	9,740	167	1.7%	2.1%
2023	10,023	9,867	156	1.6%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,953
Median Value	$216,500

Occupied	7,396	93.0%
Vacant	557	7.0%

Owned	5,433	73.5%
Rented	1,963	26.5%
Median Rent	$920

Single-Family Units	5,413	68.1%
Detached	5,116	64.3%
Attached	297	3.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,197	15.1%
Mobile Homes	1,011	12.7%

Hughes County, SD

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Hughes County, SD

2022 Housing Data for Hughes County, SD

2022 Income & Employment Data for Hughes County, SD

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Hughes County, SD

Historical Labor Force Data for Hughes County, SD