Beadle County, South Dakota (SD) Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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County population in 2005: 15,896 (70% urban, 30% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,882
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,328
% of renters here:   32%
State:   32%
Land area: 1259 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.1 sq. mi.
Population density: 13 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   11.9%
Whole state: 13.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   4.9%
Whole state: 5.8%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.7%), Manufacturing (12.7%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 73%
  • Government: 14%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 12%
  • Unpaid family work: 1%

Beadle County, South Dakota business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Beadle County, South Dakota:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
  • American Indian (1.3%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:   40.1 years
South Dakota median age:   35.6 years

Males: 8,363   (49.1%)
Females: 8,660   (50.9%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $25,235
County population in 2003: 16,248
Jobs in 2003: 7,955

Total labor force in 2004: 8,947
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.8%

Average household size:
Beadle County:   2.3 people
South Dakota: 2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,858 ($30,510 in 2000)
This county   $34,858
South Dakota: $40,310

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $76,651
Beadle County   $76,651
South Dakota: $101,700

Median montly rent in 2000: $366
Institutionalized population: 279
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Beadle County in 2000: $667

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 0
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 1
  • Burglaries: 4
  • Thefts: 7
  • Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

  • Murders: 0
  • Rapes: 0
  • Robberies: 0
  • Assaults: 0
  • Burglaries: 6
  • Thefts: 6
  • Auto thefts: 1

2004 Presidential Election results in Beadle County South Dakota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 58.0%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 40.6%


Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,110 (2.0%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Beadle County is $404 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $704 a month.

Cities in this county include: Huron , Wolsey , Wessington , Cavour , Yale , Hitchcock , Broadland , Virgil .

Neighboring counties: Clark County , Hand County , Jerauld County , Kingsbury County , Sanborn County , Spink County .

Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Beadle County: Byron Camp (A), Richland Township Hall (B), Glendale Township Hall (C), Whiteside Township Hall (D)

Churches in Beadle County include: Bethel Church (A), Assembly of God Church (B), Immanuel Church (C), Pearl Church (D), Hutterthal Church (E), Bethel Church (F), Tipton Community Church (G)

Cemeteries: Dixon Cemetery (1), Bonilla Cemetery (2), Wolsey Cemetery (3), Zion Cemetery (4), Altoona Cemetery (5), McNair Cemetery (6), Atfield Cemetery (7)

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Piper Lake (A), Byron, Lake (B), Cavour, Lake (C), Connors Lake (D), Fox Lake (E), Staum Dam (F), Stony Run Lake (G), Bracken Slough (H)

Creeks: Shue Creek (A), Silver Creek (B), Foster Creek (C), Marsh Creek (D), Cain Creek (E)

Parks in Beadle County include: Norwegian Slough State Public Shooting Area (1), Staum Dam State Public Shooting Area (2)

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:   2.4%
South Dakota: 2.7%

Current college students: 517
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 197 (68% naturalized citizens)

Beadle County:   1.2%
Whole state: 1.8%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 48
  • 1990 to 1994: 19
  • 1985 to 1989: 0
  • 1980 to 1984: 9
  • 1975 to 1979: 5
  • 1970 to 1974: 22
  • 1970 to 1974: 12
  • 1965 to 1969: 82

Mean travel time to work: 14.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.6%

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 5,952
  • One, attached: 79
  • Two: 298
  • 3 or 4: 389
  • 5 to 9: 303
  • 10 to 19: 345
  • 20 or more: 353
  • Mobile homes: 484
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Housing units in Beadle County with a mortgage: 1,852 (134 second mortgage, 155 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,758

Agriculture in Beadle County
Average size of farms: 1112 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $133774
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $82.66
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 63.36%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $125913
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 53.32%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.92%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $126196
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.93%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.37
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.09%
Corn for grain: 103065 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 38718 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 159646 harvested acres

Beadle County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above South Dakota state average. It is 1.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/19/1973, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Most common industries for males:
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Farmers and farm managers (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Canada (19%)
  • Philippines (17%)
  • Germany (15%)
  • Australia (11%)
  • Japan (8%)
  • India (5%)
  • Austria (4%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Beadle County:



  • German (50%)
  • Norwegian (12%)
  • Irish (6%)
  • English (6%)
  • United States or American (5%)
  • Dutch (3%)
  • Swedish (2%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 6,488 (77%)
  • Carpooled: 840 (10%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 61 (1%)
  • Taxi: 16 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 7 (0%)
  • Walked: 377 (5%)
  • Other means: 27 (0%)
  • Worked at home: 556 (7%)
 

People in group quarters in Beadle County, South Dakota
  • 188 people in nursing homes
  • 53 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 47 people in other types of correctional institutions
  • 42 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 28 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 28 people in other group homes
  • 16 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,792.

5.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.61%
South Dakota average: 8.40%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.60% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($18,736 average AGI)
2.02% relocated from other states ($16,160 average AGI)
Beadle County:   2.02%
South Dakota average: 3.82%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Minnehaha County, SD  0.48% ($22,310 average AGI)
from Davison County, SD  0.33% ($25,300)
from Jerauld County, SD  0.33% ($20,250)
from Pennington County, SD  0.32% ($33,263)
from Kingsbury County, SD  0.18% ($23,364)
from Codington County, SD  0.17% ($25,700)
from Spink County, SD  0.17% ($44,100)

7.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,164 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   7.57%
South Dakota average: 8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.78% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($16,752 average AGI)
2.79% relocated to other states ($11,412 average AGI)
Beadle County:   2.79%
South Dakota average: 3.78%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Minnehaha County, SD  0.93% ($25,158 average AGI)
to Davison County, SD  0.60% ($29,270)
to Brookings County, SD  0.38% ($19,087)
to Brown County, SD  0.36% ($35,682)
to Pennington County, SD  0.28% ($21,765)
to Jerauld County, SD  0.20% ($24,000)
to Meade County, SD  0.16% ($42,300)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.1


Births per 1000 population in Beadle County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9


Deaths per 1000 population in Beadle County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 2.9


Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Beadle County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,576 (3,139 aged, 437 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,579
  • In family households: 13,615 (3,821 male householders, 776 female householders)
    3,845 spouses, 4,816 children (4,356 natural, 192 adopted, 268 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 42 other relatives, 192 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 2,964 (1,164 male householders (1,003 living alone)), 1,479 female householders (1,382 living alone)), 321 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 444 (317 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,331 2-persons, 886 3-persons, 823 4-persons, 372 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,385 1-person, 231 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

3,170 married couples with children.
806 single-parent households (214 men, 592 women).

94.5% of residents of Beadle County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $164,752,000 ($10264 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,553,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $47,403,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,608,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $30,150,000
Federal grants: $31,184,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,323,000 ($53,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $29,084,000 ($5,345,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $805,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,564,000
Federal Government insurance: $62,054,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 944
Here:   59 per 1000 residents
State: 72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 996
Here:   63 per 1000 residents
State:   48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +33
Here:   +2 per 1000 residents
State: +5 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,092
Here:   -69 per 1000 residents
State:   -1 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Beadle County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.00 millions of gallons per day (37% from ground, 64% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:   6.0
State: 6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:   4.1
State: 4.1



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 113
  • 1995 to 1998: 347
  • 1990 to 1994: 388
  • 1980 to 1989: 488
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,081
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,042
  • 1950 to 1959: 1,066
  • 1940 to 1949: 701
  • 1939 or earlier: 2,980


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Beadle County, South Dakota:
  • 1 room: 13
  • 2 rooms: 29
  • 3 rooms: 119
  • 4 rooms: 508
  • 5 rooms: 1,116
  • 6 rooms: 1,193
  • 7 rooms: 672
  • 8 rooms: 578
  • 9 or more rooms: 654


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Beadle County, South Dakota:
  • 1 room: 101
  • 2 rooms: 280
  • 3 rooms: 384
  • 4 rooms: 635
  • 5 rooms: 395
  • 6 rooms: 224
  • 7 rooms: 107
  • 8 rooms: 83
  • 9 or more rooms: 119


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Beadle County:
  • no bedroom: 13
  • 1 bedroom: 148
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,432
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,143
  • 4 bedrooms: 861
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 285


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Beadle County:
  • no bedroom: 108
  • 1 bedroom: 711
  • 2 bedrooms: 906
  • 3 bedrooms: 337
  • 4 bedrooms: 183
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 83


Cars and other vehicles available in Beadle County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 88
  • 1 vehicle: 1,141
  • 2 vehicles: 2,144
  • 3 vehicles: 1,063
  • 4 vehicles: 370
  • 5 or more vehicles: 76


Cars and other vehicles available in Beadle County in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 414
  • 1 vehicle: 1,230
  • 2 vehicles: 537
  • 3 vehicles: 122
  • 4 vehicles: 11
  • 5 or more vehicles: 14

61% of Beadle County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in South Dakota.

Beadle County:   61.5%
State average:   56.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 13135
  • Northeast: 108
  • Midwest: 2308
  • South: 466
  • West: 744

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,700

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

  • Utility gas (64%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
  • Electricity (10%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Wood (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

  • Utility gas (51%)
  • Electricity (29%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Other fuel (4%)
  • No fuel used (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 227
Here:   11.6%
South Dakota:   8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
Here:   4.8%
South Dakota:   5.6%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 273
Here:   67.7%
South Dakota:   17.8%


Beadle County government finances in 2004:
  • Charges - All Other: $746,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,433,000
    Corrections - Other: $759,000
    General - Other: $689,000
    Financial Administration: $412,000
    Police Protection: $342,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $339,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $282,000
    Central Staff Services: $212,000
    Welfare - Other: $162,000
    General Public Buildings: $139,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $46,000
    Health Services - Other: $31,000
    Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $25,000
    Parks & Recreation: $15,000
    Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $14,000
    Libraries: $3,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $5,000
    Public Welfare: $4,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - Health: $21,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $117,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $166,000
    Police Protection: $30,000
    Financial Administration: $19,000
    Natural Resource - Other: $16,000
    Corrections - Other: $6,000
    Judicial: $4,000
    Central Staff: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,175,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,005,000
    General Support: $46,000
  • Tax - Property: $3,151,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $173,000
    Public Utilities: $33,000
    NEC: $23,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $2,235,000

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