2022 population: 145,159 ( 10,561 from 2010 , 6,077 from 2020)
Land area: 6247.7 square miles
Population density: 23.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	117,073	80.65%	3.6%
Black:	2,043	1.41%	53.0%
Indian:	10,715	7.38%	9.0%
Asian:	2,124	1.46%	60.2%
2+ races:	4,972	3.43%	24.2%
Hispanic:	8,232	5.67%	64.7%

Total non-White:	28,086	19.35%	30.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,818	13.7
Deaths:	3,254	11.7
Net Migration:	5,113	18.4
Net Immigration:	349	1.3

Change in White population:	4,060	3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,501	4.8

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
134,598
113,013	83.96%
1,335	0.99%
9,833	7.31%
1,326	0.99%
4,003	2.97%
4,999	3.71%
21,585	16.04%

2000
120,093
104,803	87.27%
1,085	0.90%
7,462	6.21%
995	0.83%
2,710	2.26%
2,960	2.46%
15,290	12.73%

1990
109,400
98,258	89.82%
1,698	1.55%
5,920	5.41%
1,270	1.16%
n/a
2,254	2.06%
11,142	10.18%

1980
97,078
89,568	92.26%
1,414	1.46%
3,904	4.02%
545	0.56%
n/a
1,548	1.59%
7,510	7.74%

1970
80,665
75,426	93.51%
1,072	1.33%
2,698	3.34%
170	0.21%
n/a
1,032	1.28%
5,239	6.49%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
18,130	15.1
8,958	7.5
3,994	3.3
98	0.1

8,210	6.8
6,295	5.2

Number	Rate
1990's
18,950	17.3
8,289	7.6
-5,020	-4.6
535	0.5

6,545	6.0
4,148	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
21,236	21.9
7,114	7.3
-1,956	-2.0
n/a

8,690	9.0
3,632	3.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,026	2.5
n/a

14,142	17.5
2,271	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD Metro 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
38.9
31,169	21.5%
113,990	78.5%
25,881	17.8%

56,249
2.41

34,762	61.8%
27,271	78.5%
2,928	8.4%
21,487	38.2%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
32,882	24.4%
101,716	75.6%
18,421	13.7%

54,790
2.39

35,817	65.4%
27,301	76.2%
3,992	11.1%
18,973	34.6%

2000
Number	Percent
35.2
32,206	26.8%
87,887	73.2%
14,126	11.8%

46,474
2.51

32,271	69.4%
25,707	79.7%
3,307	10.2%
14,203	30.6%

1990
Number	Percent
30.5
32,587	29.8%
76,813	70.2%
11,247	10.3%

40,085
2.65

29,384	73.3%
24,618	83.8%
2,662	9.1%
10,701	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
26.8
29,965	30.9%
67,113	69.1%
8,329	8.6%

33,806
2.77

25,415	75.2%
22,084	86.9%
1,956	7.7%
8,391	24.8%

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,289	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,923	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,136	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,120	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,625	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,621	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,110	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,824	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,786	5.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,513	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,783	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,405	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,097	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,428	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,902	6.9%
$200,000 or more	3,687	6.6%

Median Household Income	68,316
Per Capita Income	37,916

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,336	4.2%
Public Assistance	1,026	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,406	9.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	60,973	74.0%
Unemployed	2,167	2.6%
In Armed Forces	2,284	2.8%

Total Labor Force	65,424	79.4%
Not in Labor Force	16,993	20.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,189	18,420	55.7%
Non-Profit	2,210	5,498	28.7%
Self-Employed	5,058	2,880	63.7%

Local Government	2,389	3,261	42.3%
State Government	1,620	954	62.9%
Federal Government	2,013	1,560	56.3%

Total Private + Self	28,247	21,300	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,232	11,273	42.2%
Total	36,479	32,573	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	9,874	14.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	15,538	22.4%
Professional, Technical	15,522	22.4%
Service Occupations	12,542	18.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	536	0.8%
All others	15,751	22.8%

White Collar		59.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	11,677	21.5%
Retail trade	8,549	15.7%
Construction	6,485	11.9%
Accommodation and food services	5,736	10.6%
Educational services	5,652	10.4%
Public administration	4,322	8.0%
Manufacturing	4,081	7.5%
Finance and insurance	3,410	6.3%
Other services	3,180	5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,972	5.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,738	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,671	4.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,481	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,467	2.7%
Wholesale trade	1,281	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,150	2.1%
Information	960	1.8%
Utilities	860	1.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	497	0.9%
Management	58	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,736	3.37%
Puerto Rican	1,137	0.81%
Cuban	61	0.04%
Dominican	42	0.03%

Total Central American	400	0.28%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	37	0.03%
Honduran	120	0.09%
Nicaraguan	127	0.09%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	116	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	234	0.17%
Argentinean	56	0.04%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	18	0.01%
Ecuadorian	10	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	150	0.11%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	989	0.70%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	610	0.43%
Japanese	186	0.13%
Chinese	155	0.11%
Korean	144	0.10%
Burmese	67	0.05%
Indian	59	0.04%
Thai	53	0.04%
Vietnamese	26	0.02%
Bangladeshi	20	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	126,958	96.1%
Spanish	1,807	1.4%
Other	1,091	0.8%
German, other Germanic	583	0.4%
Tagalog	398	0.3%
Other Asian	262	0.2%
Arabic	199	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	196	0.1%
Other Indo-European	191	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	42,759	30.5%
Irish	16,900	12.0%
English	13,449	9.6%
Norwegian	12,713	9.1%
American	5,831	4.2%
French	4,277	3.0%
Swedish	3,493	2.5%
Dutch	3,233	2.3%
Scottish	3,039	2.2%
Italian	2,963	2.1%
European	2,900	2.1%
Polish	2,871	2.0%
Czech	2,562	1.8%
Danish	2,279	1.6%
Scandinavian	1,993	1.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	139,122	99.1%
Not a citizen	1,234	0.9%

Native	137,386	97.9%
Foreign-born	2,970	2.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,844	1.9%	3,447	3.6%	27,116	28.1%	33,093	34.3%	20,424	21.2%	10,575	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,844	1.9%
9-12 Years	3,447	3.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	27,116	28.1%
Some College	33,093	34.3%
Bach. Degree	20,424	21.2%
Grad Degree	10,575	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	99,244	96,076	3,168	3.2%
1991	103,128	99,264	3,864	3.7%
1992	105,434	101,712	3,722	3.5%
1993	109,130	105,050	4,080	3.7%
1994	111,084	107,232	3,852	3.5%
1995	113,040	109,306	3,734	3.3%
1996	115,336	111,332	4,004	3.5%
1997	116,650	113,174	3,476	3.0%
1998	118,974	115,804	3,170	2.7%
1999	121,286	118,324	2,962	2.4%

2000	122,158	119,292	2,866	2.3%
2001	124,794	121,274	3,520	2.8%
2002	126,148	122,360	3,788	3.0%
2003	127,424	123,330	4,094	3.2%
2004	129,366	124,974	4,392	3.4%
2005	130,284	125,854	4,430	3.4%
2006	130,468	126,704	3,764	2.9%
2007	131,768	128,168	3,600	2.7%
2008	132,982	129,010	3,972	3.0%
2009	133,398	127,320	6,078	4.6%

2010	132,654	125,812	6,842	5.2%
2011	133,592	127,312	6,280	4.7%
2012	134,302	128,718	5,584	4.2%
2013	134,718	129,594	5,124	3.8%
2014	135,600	131,106	4,494	3.3%
2015	136,252	132,028	4,224	3.1%
2016	137,466	133,174	4,292	3.1%
2017	139,560	135,120	4,440	3.2%
2018	140,120	135,946	4,174	3.0%
2019	141,748	137,298	4,450	3.1%

2020	142,024	134,618	7,406	5.2%
2021	145,930	141,990	3,940	2.7%
2022	148,520	145,494	3,026	2.0%
2023	149,630	146,736	2,894	1.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	62,176
Median Value	$248,700

Occupied	56,249	90.5%
Vacant	5,927	9.5%

Owned	39,343	69.9%
Rented	16,906	30.1%
Median Rent	$1,019

Single-Family Units	42,877	69.0%
Detached	39,075	62.8%
Attached	3,802	6.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,118	14.7%
Mobile Homes	6,797	10.9%

Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area