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Lawrence County, SD

People
Population27,233B01003
Population, 2020 census25,768P1
Median age44.8B01002
Under 1816.3%B01001
65 and over25.0%B01001
Households12,054B11001
Foreign born2.0%B05002
Money
Median household income$73,384B19013
Median family income$91,966B19113
Per capita income$44,386B19301
Poverty rate11.6%B17001
Unemployment rate1.7%B23025
Civilian labor force14,936B23025
Mean commute (minutes)19.1B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher32.9%B15003
Housing
Housing units14,840B25001
Owner-occupied65.1%B25003
Renters34.9%B25003
Median home value$346,500B25077
Median gross rent$938B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic88.8%B03002
Black0.3%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.9%B03002
Asian0.4%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native2.5%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 98% of South Dakota's ($75,081); poverty 11.6% against 11.9%; 3.0% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9661.01: 4,232Census Tract 9661.02: 2,854Census Tract 9662: 4,215Census Tract 9663.01: 6,078Census Tract 9663.03: 3,096Census Tract 9663.04: 2,402Census Tract 9666.01: 1,417Census Tract 9666.02: 2,939SpearfishLeadNorth SpearfishDeadwoodWhitewoodBoulder CanyonMountain PlainsCrook CityCentral CitySt. OngeZIP 57783: 254 nonprofits, $36,318,211ZIP 57754: 65 nonprofits, $18,769,512ZIP 57732: 62 nonprofits, $9,699,096ZIP 57793: 20 nonprofits, $60,036ZIP 57779: 9 nonprofits, $73,947ZIP 57759: 7 nonprofits, $142,355ZIP 57799: 6 nonprofits, $19,930,124Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,4022,402 to 2,9392,939 to 3,0963,096 to 4,232over 4,232nonprofits (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 Lawrence County, SD

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits424$84,993,281 revenue (latest return)BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($19,930,124)
Nonprofit contractors36$647,622,071 paid by nonprofitsKIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO ($526,916,159)
Colleges and schools13,475 enrollmentBlack Hills State University (3,475)
Form D issuers10$62,614,040 amount soldBlackGold Wealth Fund 25, LP ($28,544,000)
Political committees11MANY TRUE CONSERVATIVES
Form 5500 plan sponsors8191 plansLANTIS ENTERPRISES, INC. (4)
Open Payments recipients108$147,414 industry paymentsRAY BYRON JENSEN ($57,432)
Patent and trademark owners111234 patents and marksDeadwood Tobacco Company (23)
IPO registrants15 filingsDakota Gold Corp. (5)
Federal award recipients2,447$616,009,732 federal awardsSOUTH DAKOTA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY ($243,359,253)
State business registrations103STAR PLUMBING SERVICE LLC

Cross-reference: 424 nonprofits for 27,233 residents is 155.7 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $84,993,281 is $3,121 per resident, 9.6% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1MIKE HEADLEYEXECUTIVE DISANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY FOUNDATION$457,43520246.2x
2TERRY MILLERCHIEF FIN. OSANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY FOUNDATION$260,20720243.5x
3KATHY J JOHNSONVP OF FINANCBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$250,13120243.4x
4STEVE MEEKEREXEC VICE PRBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$247,44020243.4x
5KATHRYN JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER / VP OF FINANCEBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$170,34320192.3x
6BARB CLINEEXECUTIVE DIRECTORWEST RIVER TRANSIT AUTHORITY INC$148,96820242.0x
7KORY MENKENEXECUTIVE DIR.SPEARFISH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT$145,61820242.0x
8MICHELLE KANE2023 FOUND.SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY FOUNDATION$141,70420241.9x
9STACI MILLEREXECUTIVE DISANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY FOUNDATION$133,34520211.8x
10BRIAN HAMBEKEXECUTIVE DIR.SPEARFISH EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE$113,40520241.5x

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 $73,384.

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 8 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9663.016,078$89,24210.4%31.0
Census Tract 9661.014,232$90,7478.6%52.1
Census Tract 96624,215$51,17222.6%45.8
Census Tract 9663.033,096$63,60819.8%44.2
Census Tract 9666.022,939$75,2087.7%45.8
Census Tract 9661.022,854$70,4554.1%51.5
Census Tract 9663.042,402$88,6562.2%44.3
Census Tract 9666.011,417$55,15213.3%66.3

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