2022 population: 23,373 ( 935 from 2010 , 62 from 2020)
Land area: 521.2 square miles
Population density: 44.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	20,511	87.76%	0.3%
Black:	389	1.66%	19.0%
Indian:	587	2.51%	9.3%
Asian:	183	0.78%	52.5%
2+ races:	397	1.70%	47.0%
Hispanic:	1,306	5.59%	112.7%

Total non-White:	2,862	12.24%	52.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	586	12.6
Deaths:	598	12.8
Net Migration:	73	1.6
Net Immigration:	1	0.0

Change in White population:	-52	-0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	987	4.4

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
22,438
20,563	91.64%
327	1.46%
537	2.39%
120	0.53%
270	1.20%
614	2.74%
1,875	8.36%

2000
21,652
20,365	94.06%
248	1.15%
342	1.58%
92	0.42%
186	0.86%
395	1.82%
1,287	5.94%

1990
19,252
18,636	96.80%
142	0.74%
273	1.42%
76	0.39%
n/a
125	0.65%
616	3.20%

1980
18,952
18,393	97.05%
27	0.14%
418	2.21%
58	0.31%
n/a
56	0.30%
559	2.95%

1970
19,039
18,345	96.35%
70	0.37%
506	2.66%
26	0.14%
n/a
75	0.39%
694	3.65%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,386	11.0
1,831	8.5
-176	-0.8
80	0.4

198	0.9
588	2.7

Number	Rate
1990's
2,875	14.9
1,809	9.4
592	3.1
138	0.7

1,729	9.0
671	3.5

Number	Rate
1980's
3,085	16.3
1,758	9.3
-1,025	-5.4
n/a

243	1.3
57	0.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,691	-8.9
n/a

48	0.3
-135	-0.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Yankton 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
41.7
4,958	21.2%
18,415	78.8%
4,641	19.9%

9,789
2.19

5,749	58.7%
4,664	81.1%
422	7.3%
4,040	41.3%

2010
Number	Percent
41.3
4,974	22.2%
17,464	77.8%
3,665	16.3%

8,770
2.30

5,476	62.4%
4,393	80.2%
554	10.1%
3,294	37.6%

2000
Number	Percent
36.8
5,574	25.7%
16,078	74.3%
3,168	14.6%

8,173
2.44

5,399	66.1%
4,526	83.8%
443	8.2%
2,774	33.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
5,163	26.8%
14,089	73.2%
2,876	14.9%

7,102
2.51

4,812	67.8%
4,140	86.0%
359	7.5%
2,290	32.2%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
5,310	28.0%
13,642	72.0%
2,542	13.4%

6,708
2.61

4,783	71.3%
4,214	88.1%
253	5.3%
1,925	28.7%

2022 Housing Data for Yankton County, SD

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	337	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	319	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	175	1.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	323	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	509	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	369	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	403	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	619	6.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	606	6.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	734	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	828	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,788	18.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,001	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	594	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	586	6.0%
$200,000 or more	598	6.1%

Median Household Income	68,847
Per Capita Income	37,202

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	94
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	404	4.1%
Public Assistance	118	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	381	3.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	10,490	78.1%
Unemployed	175	1.3%
In Armed Forces	12	0.1%

Total Labor Force	10,677	79.5%
Not in Labor Force	2,757	20.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,298	2,928	59.5%
Non-Profit	402	1,140	26.1%
Self-Employed	1,043	452	69.8%

Local Government	236	444	34.7%
State Government	258	501	34.0%
Federal Government	86	82	51.2%

Total Private + Self	5,341	3,380	61.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	982	2,167	31.2%
Total	6,323	5,547	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,360	11.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,263	19.1%
Professional, Technical	2,918	24.6%
Service Occupations	1,921	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	134	1.1%
All others	3,414	28.7%

White Collar		55.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	2,463	20.7%
Manufacturing	2,301	19.4%
Retail trade	1,490	12.5%
Educational services	793	6.7%
Accommodation and food services	709	6.0%
Finance and insurance	620	5.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	539	4.5%
Other services	527	4.4%
Construction	518	4.4%
Public administration	371	3.1%
Transportation and warehousing	327	2.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	274	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	230	1.9%
Wholesale trade	184	1.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	176	1.5%
Utilities	99	0.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	91	0.8%
Information	83	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	81	0.7%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	691	2.96%
Puerto Rican	91	0.39%
Cuban	250	1.07%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	16	0.07%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	14	0.06%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	2	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	62	0.27%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	62	0.27%
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	118	0.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	19	0.08%
Filipino	12	0.05%
Korean	9	0.04%
Laotian	7	0.03%
Vietnamese	4	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	20,985	95.2%
Spanish	652	3.0%
German, other Germanic	109	0.5%
Other	101	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	86	0.4%
Chinese	47	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	15	0.1%
Tagalog	12	0.1%
Other Asian	7	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	8,636	37.0%
Irish	2,311	9.9%
Norwegian	1,971	8.5%
Czech	1,360	5.8%
English	1,213	5.2%
Danish	845	3.6%
Swedish	707	3.0%
American	632	2.7%
Dutch	616	2.6%
Polish	399	1.7%
French	390	1.7%
Scandinavian	252	1.1%
Italian	154	0.7%
Scottish	138	0.6%
Swiss	129	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	22,820	97.9%
Not a citizen	491	2.1%

Native	22,701	97.4%
Foreign-born	610	2.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
392	2.4%	732	4.5%	5,733	35.3%	4,951	30.5%	2,822	17.4%	1,608	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	392	2.4%
9-12 Years	732	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,733	35.3%
Some College	4,951	30.5%
Bach. Degree	2,822	17.4%
Grad Degree	1,608	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	9,897	9,705	192	1.9%	3.6%
1991	9,931	9,671	260	2.6%	3.5%
1992	10,496	10,286	210	2.0%	3.4%
1993	10,221	10,004	217	2.1%	3.5%
1994	10,693	10,504	189	1.8%	3.3%
1995	10,863	10,637	226	2.1%	3.2%
1996	10,854	10,595	259	2.4%	3.3%
1997	10,995	10,741	254	2.3%	2.9%
1998	11,220	10,959	261	2.3%	2.9%
1999	11,339	11,100	239	2.1%	2.7%

2000	11,453	11,193	260	2.3%	2.5%
2001	11,530	11,173	357	3.1%	3.0%
2002	11,615	11,253	362	3.1%	3.2%
2003	11,612	11,219	393	3.4%	3.5%
2004	11,758	11,363	395	3.4%	3.6%
2005	11,909	11,515	394	3.3%	3.6%
2006	11,870	11,531	339	2.9%	3.0%
2007	12,126	11,814	312	2.6%	2.8%
2008	12,022	11,683	339	2.8%	3.1%
2009	11,889	11,273	616	5.2%	4.6%

2010	11,487	10,932	555	4.8%	4.9%
2011	11,540	11,040	500	4.3%	4.6%
2012	11,692	11,285	407	3.5%	4.1%
2013	11,594	11,214	380	3.3%	3.7%
2014	11,456	11,120	336	2.9%	3.3%
2015	11,673	11,374	299	2.6%	3.0%
2016	11,643	11,341	302	2.6%	3.0%
2017	11,626	11,308	318	2.7%	3.1%
2018	11,821	11,525	296	2.5%	2.9%
2019	11,898	11,589	309	2.6%	3.0%

2020	11,761	11,220	541	4.6%	4.6%
2021	11,650	11,377	273	2.3%	2.6%
2022	11,717	11,504	213	1.8%	2.1%
2023	11,915	11,706	209	1.8%	2.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	10,405
Median Value	$190,400

Occupied	9,789	94.1%
Vacant	616	5.9%

Owned	6,890	70.4%
Rented	2,899	29.6%
Median Rent	$765

Single-Family Units	7,866	75.6%
Detached	7,279	70.0%
Attached	587	5.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,614	15.5%
Mobile Homes	469	4.5%

Yankton County, SD

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Yankton County, SD

2022 Housing Data for Yankton County, SD

2022 Income & Employment Data for Yankton County, SD

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Yankton County, SD

Historical Labor Force Data for Yankton County, SD