2024 population: 146,897 ( 103,376 from 2020)
Land area: 6247.7 square miles
Population density: 23.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	117,968	80.31%	4.0%
Black:	2,100	1.43%	2.5%
Indian:	10,827	7.37%	6.3%
Asian:	2,075	1.41%	11.9%
2+ races:	5,133	3.49%	11.0%
Hispanic:	8,794	5.99%	27.7%

Total non-White:	28,929	19.69%	13.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,225	12.8
Deaths:	1,940	11.1
Net Migration:	419	2.4
Net Immigration:	25	0.1

Change in White population:	4,488	3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,330	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
139,079
113,480	81.59%
2,048	1.47%
10,184	7.32%
1,855	1.33%
4,624	3.32%
6,888	4.95%
25,599	18.41%

2010
134,598
113,013	83.96%
1,335	0.99%
9,833	7.31%
1,326	0.99%
4,003	2.97%
4,999	3.71%
21,585	16.04%

2000
120,093
104,803	87.27%
1,085	0.90%
7,462	6.21%
995	0.83%
2,710	2.26%
2,960	2.46%
15,290	12.73%

1990
109,400
98,258	89.82%
1,698	1.55%
5,920	5.41%
1,270	1.16%
n/a
2,254	2.06%
11,142	10.18%

1980
97,078
89,568	92.26%
1,414	1.46%
3,904	4.02%
545	0.56%
n/a
1,548	1.59%
7,510	7.74%

1970
80,665
75,426	93.51%
1,072	1.33%
2,698	3.34%
170	0.21%
n/a
1,032	1.28%
5,239	6.49%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
16,847	12.5
9,710	7.2
7,467	5.5
1,048	0.8

467	0.3
4,014	3.0

Number	Rate
2000's
18,130	15.1
8,958	7.5
3,994	3.3
98	0.1

8,210	6.8
6,295	5.2

Number	Rate
1990's
18,950	17.3
8,289	7.6
-5,020	-4.6
535	0.5

6,545	6.0
4,148	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
21,236	21.9
7,114	7.3
-1,956	-2.0
n/a

8,690	9.0
3,632	3.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,026	2.5
n/a

14,142	17.5
2,271	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.9
31,169	21.2%
115,728	78.8%
25,881	17.6%

56,249
2.41

34,762	61.8%
27,271	78.5%
2,928	8.4%
21,487	38.2%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
32,882	24.4%
101,716	75.6%
18,421	13.7%

54,790
2.39

35,817	65.4%
27,301	76.2%
3,992	11.1%
18,973	34.6%

2000
Number	Percent
35.2
32,206	26.8%
87,887	73.2%
14,126	11.8%

46,474
2.51

32,271	69.4%
25,707	79.7%
3,307	10.2%
14,203	30.6%

1990
Number	Percent
30.5
32,587	29.8%
76,813	70.2%
11,247	10.3%

40,085
2.65

29,384	73.3%
24,618	83.8%
2,662	9.1%
10,701	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
26.8
29,965	30.9%
67,113	69.1%
8,329	8.6%

33,806
2.77

25,415	75.2%
22,084	86.9%
1,956	7.7%
8,391	24.8%

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,289	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,923	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,136	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,120	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,625	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,621	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,110	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,824	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,786	5.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,513	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,783	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,405	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,097	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,428	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,902	6.9%
$200,000 or more	3,687	6.6%

Median Household Income	68,316
Per Capita Income	37,916

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,336	4.2%
Public Assistance	1,026	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,406	9.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	60,973	74.0%
Unemployed	2,167	2.6%
In Armed Forces	2,284	2.8%

Total Labor Force	65,424	79.4%
Not in Labor Force	16,993	20.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,189	18,420	55.7%
Non-Profit	2,210	5,498	28.7%
Self-Employed	5,058	2,880	63.7%

Local Government	2,389	3,261	42.3%
State Government	1,620	954	62.9%
Federal Government	2,013	1,560	56.3%

Total Private + Self	28,247	21,300	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,232	11,273	42.2%
Total	36,479	32,573	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	9,874	14.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	15,538	22.4%
Professional, Technical	15,522	22.4%
Service Occupations	12,542	18.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	536	0.8%
All others	15,751	22.8%

White Collar		59.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	11,677	16.9%
Retail trade	8,549	12.3%
Construction	6,485	9.4%
Accommodation and food services	5,736	8.3%
Educational services	5,652	8.2%
Public administration	4,322	6.2%
Manufacturing	4,081	5.9%
Finance and insurance	3,410	4.9%
Other services	3,180	4.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,972	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,738	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,671	3.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,481	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,467	2.1%
Wholesale trade	1,281	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,150	1.7%
Information	960	1.4%
Utilities	860	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	497	0.7%
Management	58	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,736	3.37%
Puerto Rican	1,137	0.81%
Cuban	61	0.04%
Dominican	42	0.03%

Total Central American	400	0.28%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	37	0.03%
Honduran	120	0.09%
Nicaraguan	127	0.09%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	116	0.08%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	234	0.17%
Argentinean	56	0.04%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	18	0.01%
Ecuadorian	10	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	150	0.11%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	989	0.70%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	610	0.43%
Japanese	186	0.13%
Chinese	155	0.11%
Korean	144	0.10%
Burmese	67	0.05%
Indian	59	0.04%
Thai	53	0.04%
Vietnamese	26	0.02%
Bangladeshi	20	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	126,958	96.1%
Spanish	1,807	1.4%
Other	1,091	0.8%
German, other Germanic	583	0.4%
Tagalog	398	0.3%
Other Asian	262	0.2%
Arabic	199	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	196	0.1%
Other Indo-European	191	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	42,759	30.5%
Irish	16,900	12.0%
English	13,449	9.6%
Norwegian	12,713	9.1%
American	5,831	4.2%
French	4,277	3.0%
Swedish	3,493	2.5%
Dutch	3,233	2.3%
Scottish	3,039	2.2%
Italian	2,963	2.1%
European	2,900	2.1%
Polish	2,871	2.0%
Czech	2,562	1.8%
Danish	2,279	1.6%
Scandinavian	1,993	1.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	139,122	99.1%
Not a citizen	1,234	0.9%

Native	137,386	97.9%
Foreign-born	2,970	2.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,844	1.9%	3,447	3.6%	27,116	28.1%	33,093	34.3%	20,424	21.2%	10,575	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,844	1.9%
9-12 Years	3,447	3.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	27,116	28.1%
Some College	33,093	34.3%
Bach. Degree	20,424	21.2%
Grad Degree	10,575	11.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	99,244	96,076	3,168	3.2%
1991	103,128	99,264	3,864	3.7%
1992	105,434	101,712	3,722	3.5%
1993	109,130	105,050	4,080	3.7%
1994	111,084	107,232	3,852	3.5%
1995	113,040	109,306	3,734	3.3%
1996	115,336	111,332	4,004	3.5%
1997	116,650	113,174	3,476	3.0%
1998	118,974	115,804	3,170	2.7%
1999	121,286	118,324	2,962	2.4%

2000	122,158	119,292	2,866	2.3%
2001	124,794	121,274	3,520	2.8%
2002	126,148	122,360	3,788	3.0%
2003	127,424	123,330	4,094	3.2%
2004	129,366	124,974	4,392	3.4%
2005	130,284	125,854	4,430	3.4%
2006	130,468	126,704	3,764	2.9%
2007	131,768	128,168	3,600	2.7%
2008	132,982	129,010	3,972	3.0%
2009	133,398	127,320	6,078	4.6%

2010	132,654	125,812	6,842	5.2%
2011	133,592	127,312	6,280	4.7%
2012	134,302	128,718	5,584	4.2%
2013	134,718	129,594	5,124	3.8%
2014	135,600	131,106	4,494	3.3%
2015	136,252	132,028	4,224	3.1%
2016	137,466	133,174	4,292	3.1%
2017	139,560	135,120	4,440	3.2%
2018	140,120	135,946	4,174	3.0%
2019	141,748	137,298	4,450	3.1%

2020	142,024	134,618	7,406	5.2%
2021	145,930	141,990	3,940	2.7%
2022	148,520	145,494	3,026	2.0%
2023	149,630	146,736	2,894	1.9%
2024	150,794	148,140	2,654	1.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	62,176
Median Value	$248,700

Occupied	56,249	90.5%
Vacant	5,927	9.5%

Owned	39,343	69.9%
Rented	16,906	30.1%
Median Rent	$1,019

Single-Family Units	42,877	69.0%
Detached	39,075	62.8%
Attached	3,802	6.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,118	14.7%
Mobile Homes	6,797	10.9%

Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Rapid City, SD Metro Area