U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Elk Point, SD

Union County, South Dakota

Latitude: 42.685512     Longitude: -96.681789
Population 1,836 (2005)
Elevation of Elk Point, South Dakota: 1127 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4618620, place: Elk Point city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 423 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (9.69%)
Kindergarten: 23 (5.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 210 (49.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (20.33%)
College or graduate school: 63 (14.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,099 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (6.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 115 (10.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 381 (34.67%)
Some college, no degree: 233 (21.2%)
Associate degree: 77 (7.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 172 (15.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 51 (4.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Never married: 248 (19.15%)
Now married, except separated: 793 (61.24%)
Separated: 2 (0.15%)
Total Widowed: 118 (9.11%)
Widowed Female: 104 (8.03%)
Total Divorced: 134 (10.35%)
Divorced Female: 64 (4.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (46.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,227 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 205 (16.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 376 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (5.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 876 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (14.38%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 750 (85.62%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 237 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (27.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,548 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 868 (56.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 676 (43.67%)
--Same county: 293 (18.93%)
--Different county: 383 (24.74%)
----Same state: 97 (6.27%)
----Different state: 286 (18.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,707 (100%)
Native: 1,682 (98.54%)
--Born in United States: 1,674 (100%)
----State of residence: 595 (34.86%)
----Different state: 1,079 (63.21%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 25 (1.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25 (100%)
Europe: 2 (8%)
Asia: 3 (12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 20 (80%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,548 (100%)
English only: 1,499 (96.83%)
Language other than English: 49 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 34 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,707 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,063% (120.86%)
Arab: 4 (0.23%)
Czech: 37 (2.17%)
Danish: 41 (2.4%)
Dutch: 84 (4.92%)
English: 133 (7.79%)
French (except Basque): 192 (11.25%)
French Canadian: 37 (2.17%)
German: 622 (36.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 210 (12.3%)
Italian: 12 (0.7%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 263 (15.41%)
Polish: 19 (1.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (1.41%)
Scottish: 12 (0.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 115 (6.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 112 (6.56%)
Welsh: 5 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 137 (8.03%)

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