People QuickFacts	Rapid City	South Dakota
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	69,200	824,082
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	67,956	814,180
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.8%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	67,956	814,180
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	7.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.9%	24.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.5%	14.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.5%	50.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	80.4%	85.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	1.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	12.4%	8.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.1%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.1%	2.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	78.6%	84.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	74.2%	83.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	2.4%	2.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	5.9%	6.8%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	91.8%	89.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	29.7%	25.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	15.7	16.5 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	58.8%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	30.3%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$147,200	$122,200
 	Households, 2006-2010    	27,678	315,468
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.31	2.43
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$25,681	$24,110
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$44,099	$46,369
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	16.3%	13.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Rapid City	South Dakota
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,662	76,997
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.1%	2.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.0%	0.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.6%	22.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	623,571	13,051,128
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	889,360	11,400,476
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,855,748	12,266,218
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$28,821	$15,390
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	231,930	1,622,751

   	Geography QuickFacts	Rapid City	South Dakota
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	55.41	75,811.00
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,226.5	10.7
 	FIPS Code    	52980	46
 	Counties    	Pennington County
 	

(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