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State Fact Sheets: South Dakota

Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
Federal Funds
Organic Agriculture
Farm Characteristics
Farm Financial Indicators
Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated January 17, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

Population
  Rural * Urban * Total
Year
    1980 449,676 241,092 690,768
    1990 429,094 266,910 696,004
    2000 442,349 312,495 754,844
    2010 445,138 369,042 814,180

More information on South Dakota population
County-level Population Data
Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

Income
  Rural * Urban * Total
Per-capita income (2009 dollars)
    2008 38,586 40,045 39,258
    2009 37,446 39,442 38,374
    Percent change -3.0 -1.5 -2.3
 
Earnings per job (2009 dollars)
    2008 39,278 41,849 40,513
    2009 38,083 42,792 40,342
    Percent change -3.0 2.3 -0.4
 
Poverty rate (percent)
    1979 20.3 10.8 16.9
    1989 19.5 10.1 15.9
    1999 16.5 8.5 13.2
    2010 (latest model-based estimates) 17.2 11.5 14.6

More information on South Dakota poverty rates
County-level Poverty Data
Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
  2002-04 Avg. 2005-07 Avg. 2008-10 Avg.
Percent of households
    Food insecure 9.2 9.7 12.3
    Very low food security 2.8 3.6 5.4

More information on Food Insecurity
Food Security in the United States Briefing Room
Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
• Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report.
• Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

Education (Persons 25 and older)
  Rural * Urban * Total
Percent not completing high school
    1980 (Census) 35.5 25.5 32.1
    1990 (Census) 26.2 17.7 22.9
    2000 (Census) 17.8 12.0 15.4
    2006-2010 (ACS) 12.8 8.3 10.7
 
Percent completing high school only
    1980 (Census) 35.0 38.8 36.3
    1990 (Census) 33.8 33.6 33.7
    2000 (Census) 34.2 31.0 32.9
    2006-2010 (ACS) 35.1 29.9 32.7
 
Percent completing some college
    1980 (Census) 16.6 19.8 17.7
    1990 (Census) 24.5 29.0 26.2
    2000 (Census) 28.6 32.4 30.2
    2006-2010 (ACS) 29.5 33.2 31.2
 
Percent completing college
    1980 (Census) 13.0 15.9 14.0
    1990 (Census) 15.6 19.8 17.2
    2000 (Census) 19.4 24.5 21.5
    2006-2010 (ACS) 22.6 28.6 25.3

More information on South Dakota education
County-level Education Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

Employment
  Rural * Urban * Total
Total number of jobs
    2008 290,874 268,671 559,545
    2009 286,793 264,347 551,140
 
Percent employment change
    2007-2008 0.2 1.4 0.8
    2008-2009 -2.0 -2.7 -2.4
    2009-2010 0.7 -0.5 0.1
 
Unemployment rate (percent)
    2009 4.9 5.0 5.0
    2010 4.7 5.0 4.8

More information on South Dakota unemployment rates
County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Federal Funds, FY 2010
  Rural * Urban * Total
Federal funding, dollars per person
   All Federal funds 12,206 10,914 11,620
 
Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
      Agriculture and natural resources 1,873 242 1,133
      Community resources 1,490 2,214 1,819
      Defense and space 520 2,164 1,266
      Human resources 568 160 383
      Income security 5,947 4,722 5,391
      National functions 1,808 1,412 1,628
 
Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
      Grants 2,052 1,171 1,652
      Direct loans 640 265 470
      Guaranteed/insured loans 919 1,851 1,341
      Retirement/disability payments 3,104 3,085 3,095
      Other direct payments to
      individuals
1,914 1,154 1,569
      Direct payments, not to
      individuals
1,855 217 1,112
      Procurement contracts 698 1,624 1,118
      Salaries and wages 1,025 1,548 1,262

Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level.

More information on Federal Funds
Program Function and Object Code Definitions
Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room
Federal Funds Data
• Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360


* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.
 
More information on socioeconomic conditions
Rural Emphasis Page
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.


Organic Agriculture

  2006 2007 2008
Number of certified operations 88 94 103
Crops (acres) 74,907 68,211 85,597
Pasture & rangeland (acres) 17,633 51,777 111,238
Total acres 92,540 119,988 196,835

More information on organic agriculture
Organic Production Data
Organic Agriculture Briefing Room
• Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.


Farm Characteristics

1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture
 
  1997 2002 2007
Approximate total land area (acres) 48,573,443 48,566,168 48,511,810
    Total farmland (acres) 44,141,892 43,785,079 43,666,403
        Percent of total land area 90.9 90.2 90.0
 
        Cropland (acres) 19,706,193 20,318,036 19,094,311
            Percent of total farmland 44.6 46.4 43.7
            Percent in pasture 11.3 11.6 6.6
            Percent irrigated 1.8 1.9 1.9
 
            Harvested Cropland (acres) 14,770,445 13,492,286 15,278,709
 
        Woodland (acres) 226,981 236,025 258,973
            Percent of total farmland 0.5 0.5 0.6
            Percent in pasture 65.8 70.2 63.6
 
        Pastureland (acres) 23,044,159 22,025,971 23,025,539
            Percent of total farmland 52.2 50.3 52.7
 
        Land in house lots, ponds,
        roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)
1,164,559 1,205,047 1,287,580
            Percent of total farmland 2.6 2.8 2.9
 
Conservation practices
        Farmland in conservation or
        wetlands reserve programs
        (acres)
1,441,600 1,342,598 1,599,477
 
Average farm size (acres) 1,330 1,380 1,401
 
Farms by size (percent)
            1 to 99 acres 20.1 21.3 23.2
            100 to 499 acres 31.2 29.6 30.1
            500 to 999 acres 17.8 16.9 15.1
            1000 to 1,999 acres 15.4 15.0 14.0
            2,000 or more acres 15.5 17.2 17.6
 
Farms by sales (percent)
            Less than $9,999 25.3 31.9 34.6
            $10,000 to $49,999 29.0 23.2 16.1
            $50,000 to $99,999 16.7 14.4 10.9
            $100,000 to $499,999 25.9 26.6 29.2
            More than $500,000 3.1 3.9 9.1
 
Tenure of farmers
        Full owner (farms) 13,930 15,886 15,626
            Percent of total 42.0 50.1 50.1
 
        Part owner (farms) 14,588 12,781 12,754
            Percent of total 44.0 40.3 40.9
 
        Tenant owner (farms) 4,673 3,069 2,789
            Percent of total 14.1 9.7 8.9
 
Farm organization
        Individuals/family, sole
        proprietorship (farms)
28,906 28,189 26,633
            Percent of total 87.1 88.8 85.4
 
        Family-held corporations
        (farms)
1,229 983 1,299
            Percent of total 3.7 3.1 4.2
 
        Partnerships (farms) 2,694 2,163 2,658
            Percent of total 8.1 6.8 8.5
 
        Non-family corporations (farms) 92 83 122
            Percent of total 0.3 0.3 0.4
 
        Others - cooperative, estate or
        trust, institutional, etc. (farms)
270 318 457
            Percent of total 0.8 1.0 1.5
 
Characteristics of principal farm operators
        Average operator age (years) 51.7 53.3 55.7
        Percent with farming as their
         primary occupation
70.8 72.6 60.2
        Men 31,539 29,552 28,775
        Women 1,652 2,184 2,394
 

More information on farm characteristics
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.


Farm Financial Indicators

Farm income and value added data
  2009 2010
 
Number of farms 31,500 31,800
 
  Thousands $
       Final crop output 4,946,184 4,244,583
+     Final animal output 2,430,500 2,929,710
+     Services and forestry 847,443 1,081,884
=   Final agricultural sector output 8,224,127 8,256,177
 
-      Intermediate consumption outlays 4,285,204 4,121,578
+     Net government transactions -25,948 101,083
=   Gross value added 3,912,975 4,235,682
 
-      Capital consumption 614,865 628,293
 
=   Net value added 3,298,110 3,607,389
 
-    Factor payments 980,386 1,026,356
         Employee compensation (total hired labor) 206,275 178,398
         Net rent received by nonoperator landlords 435,818 527,124
         Real estate and nonreal estate interest 338,293 320,834
 
=   Net farm income 2,317,724 2,581,033
 

More information on farm income
Farm Income Data
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Timothy Park, 202-694-5446.

Farm balance sheet
 
• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
 


Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
  Value of receipts
thousand $
Percent of state total
farm receipts
Percent of US value
1. Corn 2,065,603 26.9 4.6
2. Cattle and calves 2,002,387 26.0 3.9
3. Soybeans 1,588,307 20.7 4.8
4. Wheat 657,325 8.6 6.0
5. Hogs 455,370 5.9 2.5
 
All commodities 7,686,918   2.4
 

More information on South Dakota's top agriculture commodities
Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel.
Other cash receipts data.
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
  Rank among states Value
million $
1. Soybeans and products 8 1,043.6
2. Feed grains and products 7 512.8
3. Wheat and products 9 328.1
4. Live animals and meat 16 204.6
5. Seeds 3 79.7
 
Total export value 16 2,419.5
 

More information on agricultural exports
State Export Data
Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
  Percent of state total receipts Thousands $
1. Brown County 3.8 248,765
2. Spink County 3.5 229,139
3. Beadle County 3.0 195,425
4. Hutchinson County 2.9 192,352
5. Minnehaha County 2.9 190,342
 
State total   6,570,450
 

More information on agricultural sales
Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.




Data Sources

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
Updated date: January 17, 2012