Brookings County, SD Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Brookings county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,458	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	475	4.1
Kindergarten	256	2.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,561	22.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,544	13.5
College or graduate school	6,622	57.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,819	100.0
Less than 9th grade	856	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	589	4.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,190	28.3
Some college, no degree	3,434	23.2
Associate degree	980	6.6
Bachelor's degree	2,939	19.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,831	12.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	90.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	32.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	23,438	100.0
Never married	9,303	39.7
Now married, except separated	11,514	49.1
Separated	103	0.4
Widowed	1,176	5.0
Female	965	4.1
Divorced	1,342	5.7
Female	682	2.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	77	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	41	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,318	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,318	10.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,874	100.0
With a disability	546	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	15,552	100.0
With a disability	1,786	11.5
Percent employed	78.4	(X)
No disability	13,766	88.5
Percent employed	85.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,866	100.0
With a disability	1,141	39.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,601	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,099	45.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,143	53.2
Same county	5,432	20.4
Different county	8,711	32.7
Same state	5,167	19.4
Different state	3,544	13.3
Elsewhere in 1995	359	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,220	100.0
Native	27,567	97.7
Born in United States	27,453	97.3
State of residence	17,734	62.8
Different state	9,719	34.4
Born outside United States	114	0.4
Foreign born	653	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	390	1.4
Naturalized citizen	253	0.9
Not a citizen	400	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	653	100.0
Europe	117	17.9
Asia	413	63.2
Africa	54	8.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	46	7.0
Northern America	23	3.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,601	100.0
English only	25,210	94.8
Language other than English	1,391	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	529	2.0
Spanish	418	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	686	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	314	1.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	191	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,220	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,699	123.0
Arab	83	0.3
Czech¹	577	2.0
Danish	1,206	4.3
Dutch	1,764	6.3
English	1,848	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	704	2.5
French Canadian¹	143	0.5
German	12,401	43.9
Greek	91	0.3
Hungarian	48	0.2
Irish¹	2,741	9.7
Italian	235	0.8
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	7,164	25.4
Polish	480	1.7
Portuguese	11	0.0
Russian	158	0.6
Scotch-Irish	175	0.6
Scottish	366	1.3
Slovak	20	0.1
Subsaharan African	41	0.1
Swedish	1,356	4.8
Swiss	132	0.5
Ukrainian	15	0.1
United States or American	730	2.6
Welsh	140	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,068	7.3

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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