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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2012, South Dakota has an estimated population of 833,354, which is an increase of 2.4% from 2010. Females made up approximately 49.8% of the population. In 2011, 2.4% of the population was foreign born. In the same year, there were 71,125 veterans. [1] The center of population of South Dakota is ...
Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
South Dakota had its own committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) established in 1957. The South Dakota Civil Rights Council was founded in 1961 to promote civil rights and address racial prejudice. [26] Martin Luther King, Jr. arrived in Sioux Falls in January 1961 and was honored at a reception at the Sheraton Hotel. [27]
This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population — with nine reservations currently in the state — and has historically dominated the territory. [10] South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
The Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population. There were 2,785 households, out of which 51.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.40% were married couples living together, 36.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.50% were non-families. 13.20% of all households were made up of individuals ...
A much higher proportion of Hispanics choose mixed race rather than white in the 2020 census as compared to previous censuses. [10] Hispanics accounted for 51.1% of population growth between 2010-2020 and 56% between 2000 and 2010. [11] The proportion of the population which is Hispanic increased at least slightly in every state.