People QuickFacts Gregory County South Dakota Population, 2012 estimate 4,265 833,354 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 4,271 814,180 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.1% 2.4% Population, 2010 4,271 814,180 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.9% 7.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.4% 24.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 23.8% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.6% 49.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 90.0% 86.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 1.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.4% 8.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.0% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.1% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.0% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 89.4% 84.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.8% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.9% 2.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.2% 6.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.6% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.1% 25.8% Veterans, 2007-2011 484 71,125 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 14.6 16.7  Housing units, 2011 2,508 366,540 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.3% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.6% 18.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $57,300 $127,000 Households, 2007-2011 1,983 318,466 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.11 2.43 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,550 $24,925 Median household income, 2007-2011 $35,975 $48,010 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Gregory County South Dakota Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 179 25,622 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,106 329,163 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 4.8 7.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 480 60,211  Total number of firms, 2007 690 76,997 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 22.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 13,051,128 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 27,257 11,400,476 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 52,969 12,266,218 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,072 $15,390 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,836 1,622,751 Building permits, 2011 9 2,813     Geography QuickFacts Gregory County South Dakota Land area in square miles, 2010 1,014.96 75,811.00 Persons per square mile, 2010 4.2 10.7 FIPS Code 053 46 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts