2022 population: 286,802 ( 24,685 from 2010 , 10,030 from 2020)
Land area: 45376.9 square miles
Population density: 6.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	226,812	79.08%	6.6%
Black:	3,106	1.08%	87.0%
Indian:	29,763	10.38%	2.4%
Asian:	3,428	1.20%	82.2%
2+ races:	8,219	2.87%	34.2%
Hispanic:	15,474	5.40%	72.4%

Total non-White:	59,990	20.92%	21.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,263	13.1
Deaths:	7,357	13.3
Net Migration:	9,515	17.2
Net Immigration:	536	1.0

Change in White population:	13,971	5.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,714	4.1

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
262,117
212,841	81.20%
1,661	0.63%
30,505	11.64%
1,881	0.72%
6,125	2.34%
8,976	3.42%
49,276	18.80%

2000
241,017
202,193	83.89%
1,251	0.52%
26,257	10.89%
1,311	0.54%
4,171	1.73%
5,684	2.36%
38,824	16.11%

1990
222,473
193,622	87.03%
1,861	0.84%
20,997	9.44%
1,546	0.69%
n/a
4,447	2.00%
28,851	12.97%

1980
216,288
190,546	88.10%
1,519	0.70%
19,712	9.11%
871	0.40%
n/a
3,496	1.62%
25,742	11.90%

1970
185,291
167,197	90.23%
1,234	0.67%
13,676	7.38%
250	0.13%
n/a
2,532	1.37%
18,094	9.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
33,680	14.0
20,344	8.4
3,665	1.5
387	0.2

10,648	4.4
10,452	4.3

Number	Rate
1990's
35,247	15.8
20,365	9.2
-4,506	-2.0
860	0.4

8,571	3.9
9,973	4.5

Number	Rate
1980's
43,074	19.9
19,041	8.8
-18,882	-8.7
n/a

3,076	1.4
3,109	1.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
7,203	3.9
n/a

23,349	12.6
7,648	4.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

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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
40.5
61,795	21.5%
225,007	78.5%
54,767	19.1%

109,131
2.45

68,025	62.3%
53,510	78.7%
5,299	7.8%
41,106	37.7%

2010
Number	Percent
38.7
64,294	24.5%
197,823	75.5%
38,388	14.6%

105,728
2.41

68,669	64.9%
52,332	76.2%
7,102	10.3%
37,059	35.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.1
65,889	27.3%
175,128	72.7%
31,872	13.2%

92,538
2.53

63,603	68.7%
50,726	79.8%
6,349	10.0%
28,935	31.3%

1990
Number	Percent
31.9
66,540	29.9%
155,933	70.1%
27,894	12.5%

81,789
2.64

58,933	72.1%
49,248	83.6%
5,033	8.5%
22,856	27.9%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
67,739	31.3%
148,549	68.7%
23,102	10.7%

75,092
2.79

56,110	74.7%
48,602	86.6%
3,929	7.0%
18,982	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,427	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,419	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,709	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,434	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,017	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,947	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,071	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,865	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,354	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	8,683	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,882	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,172	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,010	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,130	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,307	6.7%
$200,000 or more	6,704	6.1%

Median Household Income	65,124
Per Capita Income	36,847

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,309	3.9%
Public Assistance	2,315	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,529	9.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	114,828	72.3%
Unemployed	4,612	2.9%
In Armed Forces	2,358	1.5%

Total Labor Force	121,798	76.7%
Not in Labor Force	37,088	23.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	42,518	32,872	56.4%
Non-Profit	3,778	9,162	29.2%
Self-Employed	11,474	5,938	65.9%

Local Government	4,913	7,944	38.2%
State Government	2,799	2,576	52.1%
Federal Government	3,586	3,395	51.4%

Total Private + Self	53,992	38,810	58.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,076	23,077	39.5%
Total	69,068	61,887	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	19.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,825	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	26,210	20.0%
Professional, Technical	27,810	21.2%
Service Occupations	24,512	18.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,168	1.7%
All others	32,007	24.4%

White Collar		57.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	19,910	656.0%
Retail trade	14,220	468.5%
Educational services	12,311	405.6%
Construction	12,132	399.7%
Accommodation and food services	10,774	355.0%
Public administration	7,759	255.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,014	231.1%
Manufacturing	7,002	230.7%
Other services	6,218	204.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,306	174.8%
Finance and insurance	5,146	169.6%
Transportation and warehousing	4,981	164.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,291	141.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,487	114.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,996	98.7%
Wholesale trade	2,275	75.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,043	67.3%
Information	1,707	56.2%
Utilities	1,700	56.0%
Management	92	3.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	9,120	3.30%
Puerto Rican	1,759	0.64%
Cuban	222	0.08%
Dominican	42	0.02%

Total Central American	646	0.23%
Costa Rican	2	0.00%
Guatemalan	98	0.04%
Honduran	155	0.06%
Nicaraguan	127	0.05%
Panamanian	95	0.03%
Salvadoran	169	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	327	0.12%
Argentinean	67	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	24	0.01%
Ecuadorian	10	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	150	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	76	0.03%

Other Hispanic	1,861	0.67%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	776	0.28%
Chinese	470	0.17%
Japanese	276	0.10%
Korean	208	0.08%
Indian	157	0.06%
Vietnamese	82	0.03%
Thai	73	0.03%
Burmese	67	0.02%
Laotian	26	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	248,945	95.5%
Other	4,264	1.6%
Spanish	3,898	1.5%
German, other Germanic	1,136	0.4%
Tagalog	516	0.2%
Other Asian	435	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	346	0.1%
Other Indo-European	277	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	249	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	74,951	27.1%
Irish	31,684	11.5%
English	26,666	9.6%
Norwegian	21,372	7.7%
American	11,491	4.2%
French	6,889	2.5%
Swedish	6,746	2.4%
Scottish	5,650	2.0%
Dutch	5,525	2.0%
Polish	5,186	1.9%
Italian	5,183	1.9%
European	5,162	1.9%
Czech	4,091	1.5%
Danish	3,993	1.4%
Scandinavian	2,986	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	274,030	99.1%
Not a citizen	2,427	0.9%

Native	271,089	98.1%
Foreign-born	5,368	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,759	2.0%	9,041	4.8%	57,067	30.0%	64,931	34.2%	36,638	19.3%	18,646	9.8%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,759	2.0%
9-12 Years	9,041	4.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	57,067	30.0%
Some College	64,931	34.2%
Bach. Degree	36,638	19.3%
Grad Degree	18,646	9.8%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	103,213	99,497	3,716	3.6%
1991	105,708	101,591	4,117	3.9%
1992	107,540	103,419	4,121	3.8%
1993	109,262	104,998	4,264	3.9%
1994	110,971	106,741	4,230	3.8%
1995	112,568	108,415	4,153	3.7%
1996	113,798	109,339	4,459	3.9%
1997	113,871	109,779	4,092	3.6%
1998	114,313	110,333	3,980	3.5%
1999	115,131	111,335	3,796	3.3%

2000	119,994	116,558	3,436	2.9%
2001	121,462	117,634	3,828	3.2%
2002	123,734	119,712	4,022	3.3%
2003	125,276	120,853	4,423	3.5%
2004	126,405	121,919	4,486	3.5%
2005	127,343	122,870	4,473	3.5%
2006	128,002	124,248	3,754	2.9%
2007	128,678	125,113	3,565	2.8%
2008	130,219	126,294	3,925	3.0%
2009	131,297	124,952	6,345	4.8%

2010	129,443	122,422	7,021	5.4%
2011	129,290	122,733	6,557	5.1%
2012	129,027	123,171	5,856	4.5%
2013	128,643	123,352	5,291	4.1%
2014	129,202	124,532	4,670	3.6%
2015	129,561	125,227	4,334	3.3%
2016	130,887	126,273	4,614	3.5%
2017	131,195	126,774	4,421	3.4%
2018	131,219	127,055	4,164	3.2%
2019	132,182	127,900	4,282	3.2%

2020	133,098	126,348	6,750	5.1%
2021	135,230	131,219	4,011	3.0%
2022	137,450	134,315	3,135	2.3%
2023	138,656	135,729	2,927	2.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	127,832
Median Value	$240,225

Occupied	109,131	85.4%
Vacant	18,701	14.6%

Owned	77,035	70.6%
Rented	32,096	29.4%
Median Rent	$921

Single-Family Units	90,967	71.2%
Detached	85,312	66.7%
Attached	5,655	4.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	13,890	10.9%
Mobile Homes	16,356	12.8%

Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Rapid City, SD-MT-NE-WY Market Area