U.S. Beacon April 23, 2024

Fort Thompson, SD

Buffalo County, South Dakota

Latitude: 44.060793     Longitude: -99.429128
Population 1,375 (2000)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4622340, place: Fort Thompson CDP, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 542 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (9.23%)
Kindergarten: 41 (7.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 287 (52.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 135 (24.91%)
College or graduate school: 29 (5.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 595 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (12.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 186 (31.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 186 (31.26%)
Some college, no degree: 114 (19.16%)
Associate degree: 14 (2.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (2.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (1.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 846 (100%)
Never married: 419 (49.53%)
Now married, except separated: 239 (28.25%)
Separated: 30 (3.55%)
Total Widowed: 49 (5.79%)
Widowed Female: 38 (4.49%)
Total Divorced: 109 (12.88%)
Divorced Female: 58 (6.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 98 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (41.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 743 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (11.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 529 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (15.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 599 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (53.42%)
----Percent employed: 21.9%
--No disability: 279 (46.58%)
----Percent employed: 45.5%
Population 65 years and over: 62 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (51.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 823 (69.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 367 (30.84%)
--Same county: 182 (15.29%)
--Different county: 185 (15.55%)
----Same state: 163 (13.7%)
----Different state: 22 (1.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,349 (100%)
Native: 1,346 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 1,346 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,269 (94.07%)
----Different state: 77 (5.71%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.22%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
English only: 1,030 (86.55%)
Language other than English: 160 (13.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (2.02%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,355% (100.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.44%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.15%)
English: 3 (0.22%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 23 (1.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 3 (0.22%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (1.11%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,303 (96.59%)

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