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Brookings County, SD

People
Population35,353B01003
Population, 2020 census34,375P1
Median age28.0B01002
Under 1821.1%B01001
65 and over13.4%B01001
Households13,798B11001
Foreign born6.2%B05002
Money
Median household income$70,064B19013
Median family income$106,433B19113
Per capita income$35,295B19301
Poverty rate13.2%B17001
Unemployment rate3.7%B23025
Civilian labor force19,803B23025
Mean commute (minutes)14.3B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher42.5%B15003
Housing
Housing units15,179B25001
Owner-occupied57.2%B25003
Renters42.8%B25003
Median home value$264,600B25077
Median gross rent$901B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic87.5%B03002
Black1.0%B03002
Hispanic or Latino4.6%B03002
Asian3.3%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.8%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 93% of South Dakota's ($75,081); poverty 13.2% against 11.9%; 3.9% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9586: 4,598Census Tract 9587: 5,441Census Tract 9588.03: 6,465Census Tract 9588.04: 3,241Census Tract 9588.05: 2,721Census Tract 9589: 7,147Census Tract 9590: 5,740BrookingsVolgaAuroraElktonWhiteBruceSinaiBushnellNewdale ColonyNorfeld ColonyRolland ColonyZIP 57006: 319 nonprofits, $149,036,825ZIP 57007: 37 nonprofits, $4,653,490ZIP 57071: 33 nonprofits, $1,529,018ZIP 57026: 27 nonprofits, $328,740ZIP 57276: 19 nonprofits, $111,677ZIP 57002: 12 nonprofits, $61,611ZIP 57220: 11 nonprofitsZIP 57061: 1 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 3,2413,241 to 4,5984,598 to 5,7405,740 to 6,465over 6,465nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Brookings County, SD

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits459$155,721,361 revenue (latest return)SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($73,265,294)
Nonprofit contractors16$118,623,981 paid by nonprofitsDaktronics Inc ($61,141,601)
Colleges and schools211,498 enrollmentSouth Dakota State University (11,498)
Form D issuers26$691,882,411 amount soldUS Farmland Fund, LP ($345,099,000)
Political committees3VOTE LEFT
Form 5500 plan sponsors147166 plansBANNER ASSOCIATES, INC. (5)
Open Payments recipients81$39,921 industry paymentsTYLER R. HARRELL ($8,633)
Patent and trademark owners97646 patents and marksDaktronics, Inc. (111)
IPO registrants15 filingsSOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS LLC (5)
Federal award recipients2,519$1,505,781,129 federal awardsSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ($1,043,909,521)
State business registrations156MCCANN & MCCARTY, P.C.

Cross-reference: 459 nonprofits for 35,353 residents is 129.8 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $155,721,361 is $4,405 per resident, 16.1% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1Jason MerkleyCEO of Brookings Health SystemBROOKINGS HEALTH SYSTEM INVESTMENT AUTHORITY$742,660202510.6x
2STEVE ERPENBACHPRESIDENT/CEOSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$335,60420244.8x
3KEITH MAHLUMVP FOR DEVELOPMENTSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$250,12320243.6x
4TIM DWIREVP FOR FINANCE & OPERATIONSSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$248,98520243.6x
5CRAIG ARNOLDEXECUTIVE DIRECTORDAKOTA BIOPRODUCTS INNOVATION INSTITUTE$234,14420243.3x
6Andi FoubergPresident & CEOSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$219,55020253.1x
7Melissa WagnerCFO of Brookings Health SystemBROOKINGS HEALTH SYSTEM INVESTMENT AUTHORITY$207,33120253.0x
8JODY HERNANDEZCEOBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INC$194,94920242.8x
9DWAINE CHAPELCEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRESEARCH PARK AT SDSU$190,32520242.7x
10Tom EitreimExecutive DirectorENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$176,37420252.5x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $70,064.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 7 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 95897,147$44,40224.2%20.9
Census Tract 9588.036,465$92,0915.3%32.9
Census Tract 95905,740$63,40210.8%36.0
Census Tract 95875,441$82,8854.2%36.2
Census Tract 95864,598$86,9059.0%34.9
Census Tract 9588.043,241$72,50028.5%25.2
Census Tract 9588.052,721$49,35828.1%24.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0