People QuickFacts	Rapid City	South Dakota
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	69,200	823,593
 	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, percent, 2007-2011    	75.4%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.2%	2.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.3%	6.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.5%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.7%	25.8%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	7,811	71,125
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.7	16.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	30,254	363,438
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.8%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	30.7%	18.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$151,500	$127,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	27,741	318,466
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.32	2.43
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,893	$24,925
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,740	$48,010
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.7%	13.8%

   	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