- State:South DakotaCounty:Perkins CountyZips:57640,57649,57644,57620,57638Coordinates:45.49050211513576, -102.4756359716615Area total:2889.97 sq. mi., 7485.00 sq. km, 1849583.36 acresArea land:2870.46 sq. mi., 7434.46 sq. km, 1837094.40 acresArea water:19.51 sq. mi., 50.54 sq. km, 12488.96 acresEstablished:1909Capital seat:
Bison
Address: PO BOX 126
County Courthouse
Bison, SD 57620-0126
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
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- Population:2,835; Population change: -4.93% (2010 - 2020)Population density:0.99 persons per square mileHousehold income:$32,713Households:1,245Unemployment rate:3.80% per 1,382 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%GDP:$129.81 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Perkins County's population of South Dakota of 8,717 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,33-fold to 2,835 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.39% female residents and 49.61% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.45% in Perkins County, South Dakota are married and the remaining 35.55% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.45% in Perkins County, South Dakota are married and the remaining 35.55% are single population.
- Housing units:1,710 residential units of which 73.51% share occupied residential units.
14.6 minutes is the average time that residents in Perkins County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
58.18% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.11% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 20.16% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Perkins County, South Dakota 52.63% are owner-occupied homes, another 16.40% are rented apartments, and the remaining 30.97% are vacant.
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The 76.40% of the population in Perkins County, South Dakota who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 65.360%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 29.600%) of those eligible to vote in Perkins County, South Dakota.
