Box Elder City, South Dakota

Box Elder City is a city located in Pennington and Meade counties, South Dakota, in the Midwestern Region (West North Central) of United States. It is home to over 2841 people (2000 census). As of July 2008, the estimated population was 3517, giving it the 27th largest population among South Dakota. It is spread over 5.81 mi˛ (15.05 sq km), making it South Dakota's 23rd largest by total area.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2841 people, 993 households, and 751 families living in the city. The population density was 489.6 people per square mile (189.04/km˛), it is the 185th most populated city in terms of population density. There were 1072 housing units at an average density of 184.8 per square mile (71.35/km˛). The average household size was 2.86 persons, and the average family size was 3.2 persons. In the city Age distribution was 34.6% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.3% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. The median age is 26.3 years, the median age of male residents at 26.1 and the median age of female residents at 26.7. The racial makeup of the city was 83.42% White, 2.29% Black or African American, 5.6% American Indian, 2.08% Asian, 0.11% Native Hawaiian, 5.81% from two or more races and 0.7% Other races.

Box Elder city South Dakota Population 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Population 2000-2008
Box Elder city South Dakota School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
Box Elder City South Dakota GDP
GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the city was $32344, it is South Dakota's 99th wealthiest city by median household income. The median income for a family in the city was $35020, it is 203rd wealthiest city by median family income in South Dakota. The per capita income for the city was $12692, it is the 85th lowest city by per capita income in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The median income of city was $16346, Males had a median income of $20897 versus $13711 for females.

In 2000, 845 pupils and students, of which 49.47% are male and 50.53% are female, 29.74% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 3.43% nursery or pri school, 7.1% kindergarten, 53.37% elementary school, 16.33% high school and 19.76% College graduate school.

YearPopulation
April 2000 census2841
April 2000 Estimate2846
July 2000 Estimate2852
July 2001 Estimate2882
July 2002 Estimate2887
July 2003 Estimate2860
July 2004 Estimate2868
July 2005 Estimate2990
July 2006 Estimate3089
July 2007 Estimate3255
July 2008 Estimate3517
SchoolMaleFemaleTotal
Nursery school92029
Kindergarten372360
Elementary school239212451
High school7761138
College or graduate school56111167
PlaceMedian household incomeMedian family incomePer capita income
Box Elder city, South Dakota$32344$35020$12692
Pennington County, South Dakota$37485$44796$18938
South Dakota, United States$35282$43237$17562
United States$41994$50046$21587