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Perkins County, SD

People
Population3,001B01003
Population, 2020 census2,835P1
Median age44.0B01002
Under 1822.4%B01001
65 and over26.9%B01001
Households1,309B11001
Foreign born1.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$66,908B19013
Median family income$85,313B19113
Per capita income$46,783B19301
Poverty rate13.7%B17001
Unemployment rate4.9%B23025
Civilian labor force1,585B23025
Mean commute (minutes)14.7B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher24.9%B15003
Housing
Housing units1,744B25001
Owner-occupied78.4%B25003
Renters21.6%B25003
Median home value$114,600B25077
Median gross rent$738B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic92.0%B03002
Black0.0%B03002
Hispanic or Latino1.1%B03002
Asian0.7%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native1.2%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 89% of South Dakota's ($75,081); poverty 13.7% against 11.9%; 0.3% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9683: 3,001LemmonBisonPrairie CityZIP 57638: 54 nonprofits, $6,731,903ZIP 57620: 22 nonprofits, $16,046,411ZIP 57626: 20 nonprofits, $239,119ZIP 57644: 6 nonprofitsZIP 57649: 4 nonprofits, $211,479ZIP 57640: 3 nonprofits

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 Perkins County, SD

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits109$23,228,912 revenue (latest return)GRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC ($14,735,541)
Nonprofit contractors2$1,394,829 paid by nonprofitsDA PETERSON AND ASSOCIATES LLC ($1,124,446)
Political committees1PEOPLE BACKING BUTLER
Form 5500 plan sponsors1114 plansLEMMON AREA MEDICAL ASSOC. (2)
Open Payments recipients1$19 industry paymentsSHEILA BONDELL ($19)
Patent and trademark owners323 patents and marksWheeler Manufacturing Co., Inc. (18)
Federal award recipients995$138,107,106 federal awardsWEST RIVER COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY ($45,078,928)
State business registrations11EVANSON JENSEN FUNERAL HOME

Cross-reference: 109 nonprofits for 3,001 residents is 363.2 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $23,228,912 is $7,740 per resident, 26.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1STEVEN SENNDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$213,74420213.2x
2LYLE REIFFMANAGER-TELECOM OPERATIONSGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$205,59020253.1x
3MICHAEL L STADLERMANAGER-ELECTRIC OPERATIONSGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$204,81320253.1x
4ERIC KAHLERGENERAL MANAGERGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$204,73620253.1x
5LUKE M CLEMENTSLINEMANGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$170,69720242.6x
6LYLE REIFFFMANAGER OF TELECOM OPERATIONSGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$163,96020222.5x
7RILEY DALZELLELECTRIC AREA FOREMANGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$160,76420252.4x
8SCOTT KOANELECTRIC AREA FOREMANGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$158,26520252.4x
9TYLER BLASIUSLINEMANGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$138,40520252.1x
10JERRY J SWARTZELECTRIC AREA FOREMANGRAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$136,48820242.0x

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 $66,908.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

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

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 1 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 96833,001$66,90813.7%44.0

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