People QuickFacts	Perkins County	South Dakota
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	3,037	833,354
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,982	814,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.8%	2.4%
 	Population, 2010    	2,982	814,180
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.3%	7.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.2%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	22.4%	14.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.2%	49.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.8%	86.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	1.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.5%	8.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	1.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	2.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	0.8%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	96.1%	84.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.5%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.9%	2.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.6%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.4%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.3%	25.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	253	71,125
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	11.2	16.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,717	366,540
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.6%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.4%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$55,000	$127,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,307	318,466
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.15	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,325	$24,925
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,042	$48,010
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.5%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Perkins County	South Dakota
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	135	25,494
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	749	326,749
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-8.0%	-0.7%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	273	60,211 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	479	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    	17.7%	22.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	13,051,128
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	11,400,476
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	28,156	12,266,218
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,613	$15,390
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	1,622,751
 	Building permits, 2012    	0	4,178

   	Geography QuickFacts	Perkins County	South Dakota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,870.48	75,811.00
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1.0	10.7
 	FIPS Code    	105	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