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Clay County, SD

People
Population15,219B01003
Population, 2020 census14,967P1
Median age24.9B01002
Under 1817.4%B01001
65 and over12.2%B01001
Households5,547B11001
Foreign born3.8%B05002
Money
Median household income$56,850B19013
Median family income$99,644B19113
Per capita income$30,824B19301
Poverty rate19.7%B17001
Unemployment rate7.0%B23025
Civilian labor force8,608B23025
Mean commute (minutes)19.5B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher45.4%B15003
Housing
Housing units6,262B25001
Owner-occupied50.8%B25003
Renters49.2%B25003
Median home value$232,300B25077
Median gross rent$770B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic84.2%B03002
Black1.8%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.3%B03002
Asian3.0%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native2.6%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 76% of South Dakota's ($75,081); poverty 19.7% against 11.9%; 1.7% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9657: 5,891Census Tract 9658: 3,230Census Tract 9659: 6,098VermillionWakondaBurbankMecklingZIP 57069: 176 nonprofits, $68,434,244ZIP 57073: 11 nonprofits, $8,952,297ZIP 57010: 1 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 3,2303,230 to 5,891over 5,891nonprofits (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 Clay County, SD

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits188$77,386,541 revenue (latest return)UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION ($38,209,482)
Nonprofit contractors4$1,479,848 paid by nonprofitsUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ($877,313)
Colleges and schools19,868 enrollmentUniversity of South Dakota (9,868)
Political committees4NATURAL LAW PARTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Form 5500 plan sponsors1623 plansMASABA, INC. (7)
Open Payments recipients50$808,928 industry paymentsSanford Usd Medical Center ($503,023)
Patent and trademark owners2986 patents and marksThe University of South Dakota (24)
IPO registrants17 filingsJX Luxventure Group Inc. (7)
Federal award recipients923$664,960,910 federal awardsTHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ($607,246,355)
State business registrations18EXPERT APPROACH INC

Cross-reference: 188 nonprofits for 15,219 residents is 123.5 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $77,386,541 is $5,085 per resident, 24.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1STEVE BROWNPRESIDENT AND CEOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$358,65420216.3x
2CHRISTINE TJELMELANDCFO - LEFT 10/2022UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$279,82320224.9x
3CHRISTOPHER LARSONGENERAL MANAGERCLAY-UNION ELECTRIC CORPORATION$272,78020254.8x
4NOAH SHEPARD - VP OFDEVELOP./PRESIDENT & CEO (MAR-DEC)UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$235,02220244.1x
5NICK KOTZEASEC/TREAS; COO & GENERAL COUNSELUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$208,76720243.7x
6CYNTHIA CARLSONED OF PLANNED GIVINGUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$195,69620243.4x
7JAY WILSONPRESIDENT AND CEO (JAN-FEB)UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$190,31020243.3x
8CURT JOHNSONLEAD LINEMANCLAY-UNION ELECTRIC CORPORATION$177,40720253.1x
9MICHELLE GREENVP-PHILANTHROPY & ENGAGEMENT - LEFT 11/2021UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$172,47920213.0x
10CYNTHIA WHITNEYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION$171,42020213.0x

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 $56,850.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

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 3 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 96596,098$48,76925.7%21.0
Census Tract 96575,891$55,12523.0%29.0
Census Tract 96583,230$84,8996.1%43.0

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