2022 population: 2,804 ( 178 from 2010 , 38 from 2020)
Land area: 2870.4 square miles
Population density: 1.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,602	92.80%	9.7%
Black:	14	0.50%	600.0%
Indian:	63	2.25%	80.0%
Asian:	18	0.64%	350.0%
2+ races:	44	1.57%	37.5%
Hispanic:	63	2.25%	215.0%

Total non-White:	202	7.20%	104.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	68	12.0
Deaths:	99	17.4
Net Migration:	-8	-1.4
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-281	-9.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	103	3.5

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
2,982
2,883	96.68%
2	0.07%
35	1.17%
4	0.13%
32	1.07%
20	0.67%
99	3.32%

2000
3,363
3,245	96.49%
3	0.09%
54	1.61%
7	0.21%
27	0.80%
25	0.74%
118	3.51%

1990
3,932
3,845	97.79%
7	0.18%
59	1.50%
0	0.00%
n/a
21	0.53%
87	2.21%

1980
4,700
4,622	98.34%
0	0.00%
60	1.28%
2	0.04%
n/a
16	0.34%
78	1.66%

1970
4,769
4,738	99.35%
0	0.00%
28	0.59%
2	0.04%
n/a
0	0.00%
31	0.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
268	8.0
367	10.9
-414	-12.3
21	0.6

-362	-10.8
-19	-0.6

Number	Rate
1990's
410	10.4
485	12.3
-421	-10.7
9	0.2

-600	-15.3
31	0.8

Number	Rate
1980's
574	12.2
451	9.6
-881	-18.7
n/a

-777	-16.5
9	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-322	-6.8
n/a

-116	-2.4
47	1.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Perkins 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
45.4
651	23.2%
2,153	76.8%
765	27.3%

1,237
2.33

840	67.9%
694	82.6%
95	11.3%
397	32.1%

2010
Number	Percent
48.5
639	21.4%
2,343	78.6%
690	23.1%

1,291
2.26

838	64.9%
739	88.2%
36	4.3%
453	35.1%

2000
Number	Percent
43.2
805	23.9%
2,558	76.1%
801	23.8%

1,434
2.30

936	65.3%
808	86.3%
50	5.3%
498	34.7%

1990
Number	Percent
39.0
1,031	26.2%
2,901	73.8%
827	21.0%

1,577
2.45

1,112	70.5%
1,001	90.0%
51	4.6%
465	29.5%

1980
Number	Percent
33.7
1,308	27.8%
3,392	72.2%
712	15.1%

1,749
2.66

1,318	75.4%
1,203	91.3%
47	3.6%
431	24.6%

2022 Housing Data for Perkins County, SD

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	43	3.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	61	4.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	44	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	76	6.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	84	6.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	43	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	67	5.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	35	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	48	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	82	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	110	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	199	16.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	125	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	85	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	49	4.0%
$200,000 or more	86	7.0%

Median Household Income	64,410
Per Capita Income	40,235

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	103
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	31	2.5%
Public Assistance	13	1.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	81	6.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,329	82.8%
Unemployed	70	4.4%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,399	87.2%
Not in Labor Force	206	12.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		17.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	335	378	47.0%
Non-Profit	46	33	58.2%
Self-Employed	399	201	66.5%

Local Government	25	86	22.5%
State Government	12	12	50.0%
Federal Government	8	24	25.0%

Total Private + Self	734	579	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	91	155	37.0%
Total	825	734	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	10.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	516	32.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	267	16.9%
Professional, Technical	148	9.4%
Service Occupations	219	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	95	6.0%
All others	429	27.2%

White Collar		59.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	494	31.3%
Retail trade	175	11.1%
Health care and social assistance	141	8.9%
Manufacturing	121	7.7%
Construction	108	6.8%
Educational services	83	5.3%
Other services	80	5.1%
Transportation and warehousing	79	5.0%
Accommodation and food services	67	4.2%
Finance and insurance	48	3.0%
Public administration	39	2.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	29	1.8%
Wholesale trade	28	1.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	24	1.5%
Information	23	1.5%
Utilities	20	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	14	0.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4	0.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	13	0.44%
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	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	22	0.74%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,745	98.8%
Tagalog	16	0.6%
German, other Germanic	8	0.3%
Other	5	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2	0.1%
Spanish	2	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,310	44.1%
Norwegian	750	25.3%
Irish	337	11.3%
American	295	9.9%
English	211	7.1%
Swedish	61	2.1%
Italian	56	1.9%
Welsh	51	1.7%
Scottish	50	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	46	1.5%
French	43	1.4%
Russian	40	1.3%
Czech	38	1.3%
Swiss	33	1.1%
Danish	30	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,961	99.7%
Not a citizen	9	0.3%

Native	2,930	98.7%
Foreign-born	40	1.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46	2.2%	117	5.6%	719	34.2%	794	37.8%	320	15.2%	105	5.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46	2.2%
9-12 Years	117	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	719	34.2%
Some College	794	37.8%
Bach. Degree	320	15.2%
Grad Degree	105	5.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,171	2,119	52	2.4%	3.6%
1991	2,102	2,051	51	2.4%	3.5%
1992	2,080	2,026	54	2.6%	3.4%
1993	2,005	1,951	54	2.7%	3.5%
1994	2,039	1,993	46	2.3%	3.3%
1995	2,021	1,971	50	2.5%	3.2%
1996	2,022	1,956	66	3.3%	3.3%
1997	1,936	1,883	53	2.7%	2.9%
1998	1,924	1,867	57	3.0%	2.9%
1999	2,003	1,942	61	3.0%	2.7%

2000	1,787	1,741	46	2.6%	2.5%
2001	1,784	1,734	50	2.8%	3.0%
2002	1,810	1,754	56	3.1%	3.2%
2003	1,791	1,734	57	3.2%	3.5%
2004	1,767	1,702	65	3.7%	3.6%
2005	1,731	1,665	66	3.8%	3.6%
2006	1,726	1,676	50	2.9%	3.0%
2007	1,623	1,575	48	3.0%	2.8%
2008	1,593	1,543	50	3.1%	3.1%
2009	1,618	1,556	62	3.8%	4.6%

2010	1,620	1,554	66	4.1%	4.9%
2011	1,586	1,520	66	4.2%	4.6%
2012	1,550	1,491	59	3.8%	4.1%
2013	1,546	1,490	56	3.6%	3.7%
2014	1,562	1,511	51	3.3%	3.3%
2015	1,585	1,536	49	3.1%	3.0%
2016	1,585	1,539	46	2.9%	3.0%
2017	1,595	1,552	43	2.7%	3.1%
2018	1,441	1,402	39	2.7%	2.9%
2019	1,413	1,373	40	2.8%	3.0%

2020	1,382	1,330	52	3.8%	4.6%
2021	1,396	1,360	36	2.6%	2.6%
2022	1,431	1,401	30	2.1%	2.1%
2023	1,430	1,401	29	2.0%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,725
Median Value	$108,900

Occupied	1,237	71.7%
Vacant	488	28.3%

Owned	971	78.5%
Rented	266	21.5%
Median Rent	$685

Single-Family Units	1,337	77.5%
Detached	1,325	76.8%
Attached	12	0.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	67	3.9%
Mobile Homes	273	15.8%

Perkins County, SD

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Perkins County, SD

2022 Housing Data for Perkins County, SD

2022 Income & Employment Data for Perkins County, SD

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Perkins County, SD

Historical Labor Force Data for Perkins County, SD