This profile includes population trends from 1920 to 2020; household demographics; population highlights; and data on race/ethnicity, agriculture, economic profiles, and income distribution for the county

Brooks, W. Trevor

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South Dakota State UniversityOpen PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access InstitutionalRepository and Information ExchangeSouth Dakota County Profiles: 2007 SDSU Census Data Center9-27-2007Gregory CountyW. Trevor BrooksSouth Dakota State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/census_data_county-profilesThis Other is brought to you for free and open access by the SDSU Census Data Center at Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access InstitutionalRepository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in South Dakota County Profiles: 2007 by an authorized administrator ofOpen PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contactmichael.biondo@sdstate.edu.Recommended CitationBrooks, W. Trevor, "Gregory County" (2007). South Dakota County Profiles: 2007. 26.https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/census_data_county-profiles/26Gregory County Population Trends 1920 1940 1960 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 12,700 9,554 7,399 6,015 5,359 4,792 4,366 4,078 Population Trends:1920-202005,00010,00015,0001920 1940 1960 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020YearTotal Population Gregory County Population Pyramid 20006 4 2 0 2 4 60--45--910--1415--1920--2425--2930--3435--3940--4445--4950--5455--5960--6465--6970--7475--7980--8485+age cohortspercentfemalesmales           Gregory County Household Types33.88433.3821.862.324.550%20%40%60%80%100%Gregory CountyPercentageMarried with Children under18Married with no childrenunder 18Other with children (singleparents)Other with no children Living aloneOther non-familyhouseholds (Cohabitatingcouples) Where People Live in 2000 (by percent)  South Dakota Gregory Charles Mix Tripp Urban 51.92 0 0 48.69 Rural-Farm 7.72 19.14 15.60 15.01 Rural-Non farm 40.36 80.86 84.40 36.30  Gregory County Population Highlights   • From 1990 to 2000, Gregory County lost 567 residents which was a 10.6% decrease in its total population.  • From 1990 to 2000, Gregory County lost 376 residents to out-migration which was 7.0% decrease in its total population.  • 24.29% of Gregory County’s population is under the age of 18 while 24.81% is aged 65+.  • Gregory County’s median age is 44.3.  This is older than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties.   • Gregory County’s sex ratio is 94.48, which means that there are about 94 males for every 100 females.  This is lower than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties. From the population pyramid we can tell than females clearly outlive males.  • Gregory County’s fertility rate is 54.0 births for every 1,000 women aged 15-44.  This is lower than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties.    • From the population pyramid we can see that Gregory County has a high out-migration of young adults aged 20-34.  Race/Ethnicity in Gregory County  Gregory County 2005 Race/Ethnicity Percentages91.816.70.4WhiteHispanicAmerican IndianOther (Including two ormore races)    Gregory County Agriculture in 2002 • Gregory County had 587 farms which was a 3.1% decrease from 1997.  • Gregory County’s average farm size was 639 acres.  This was smaller than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties.  • Gregory County’s average net farm income was $8,795.  This was much lower than Charles Mix and Tripp counties.  Gregory County Economics in 2000 • Gregory County’s per capita income was $13,656.  This was higher than Charles Mix County and comparable with Tripp County.  • Gregory County’s median household income was $22,732.  This was lower than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties.  • 12.0% of Gregory County’s population aged 25 and older had completed a B.S. degree.  This is lower than both Charles Mix and Tripp counties.  • 20.06% of Gregory County’s population is living at or below the official poverty line.  This compares with 13.18% for the state of South Dakota, 26.88% for Charles Mix, and 27.79% for Tripp.  • 34.27% of Gregory County’s children under the age of 5 are living at or below the official poverty line. This compares with 19.77% for the state of South Dakota, 13.45% for Charles Mix, and 27.79% for Tripp.   • South Dakota’s Labor Market Information Center reports that Gregory County ranks 3d in the state of South Dakota for percentage of low-paying jobs (under $6.15/hour).  • Only 4.2% of workers in Gregory County commute into work from another county.  This is lower than any other surrounding county (Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, and Tripp).  Gregory County’s Employment by Industry  Top Industries (in terms of numbers) Percentage Number Agriculture  24.02 525 Educational, health, and social services 18.25 399 Retail 12.26 268 Construction 8.87 194 Public Administration 3.29 72 Manufacturing 1.88 41 Total Employed  2,186 Income Distribution   South Dakota Gregory Charles Mix Tripp Total: 290,336 2,017 3,329 2,528 Less than $10,000 30,881 382 632 479 $10,000 to $14,999 22,421 255 344 239 $15,000 to $19,999 22,190 252 297 212 $20,000 to $24,999 24,633 183 319 218 $25,000 to $29,999 22,190 159 315 152 $30,000 to $34,999 21,694 140 286 209 $35,000 to $39,999 19,408 122 148 166 $40,000 to $44,999 19,077 111 175 164 $45,000 to $49,999 16,675 58 153 125 $50,000 to $59,999 27,809 136 274 216 $60,000 to $74,999 26,008 89 203 159 $75,000 to $99,999 20,150 88 120 104 $100,000 to $124,999 7,597 17 32 12 $125,000 to $149,999 3,493 7 16 29 $150,000 to $199,999 2,872 4 13 27 $200,000 or more 3,238 14 2 17  Data compiled by: W. Trevor Brooks Rural Life and Census Data Center South Dakota State University   Sources: South Dakota Data Center (Vermillion, SD) South Dakota Labor Market U.S. Census of Agriculture (2002) U.S. Census Bureau (2000)  

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