People QuickFacts	Meade County	South Dakota
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	26,052	833,354
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	25,434	814,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.4%	2.4%
 	Population, 2010    	25,434	814,180
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.3%	7.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.3%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.4%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.7%	49.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	92.2%	86.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.7%	1.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.5%	8.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	1.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.8%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	3.5%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	89.4%	84.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.3%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.8%	2.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.8%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	92.4%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.5%	25.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,184	71,125
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.3	16.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	11,022	366,540
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	71.4%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	10.1%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$153,400	$127,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,933	318,466
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.46	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,133	$24,925
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,504	$48,010
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.1%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Meade County	South Dakota
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	671	25,622
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	5,011	329,163
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	7.7	7.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,103	60,211 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,283	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)    	39,213	11,400,476
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	194,275	12,266,218
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,067	$15,390
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	33,442	1,622,751
 	Building permits, 2011     	63	2,813

   	Geography QuickFacts	Meade County	South Dakota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3,470.98	75,811.00
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	7.3	10.7
 	FIPS Code    	093	46
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Rapid City, SD Metro Area	 

(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