Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, the county had a population of 13,992. The median age was 39.8 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.5 males age 18 and over. The racial makeup of the county was 88.9%
White, 1.3%
Black or African American, 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
Asian, <0.1%
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander, 1.9% from some other race, and 5.6% from
two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 4.8% of the population. There were 6,077 households in the county, of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.8% were married-couple households, 22.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 6,639 housing units, of which 8.5% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 71.8% were owner-occupied and 28.2% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 10.2%.
2000 census for Pennington County, from
ACS 5-year estimates As of the
census of 2000, there were 13,584 people, 5,525 households, and 3,552 families in the county. The
population density was . There were 6,033 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 97.02%
White, 0.21%
Black or
African American, 0.82%
Native American, 0.59%
Asian, 0.04%
Pacific Islander, 0.51% from
other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 1.24% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race. 49.0% were of
Norwegian, 15.4%
German and 7.2%
Swedish ancestry. There were 5,525 households, out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.70% were
married couples living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.70% were non-families. 29.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95. The county population contained 24.50% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $34,216, and the median income for a family was $43,936. Males had a median income of $30,771 versus $21,078 for females. The
per capita income for the county was $17,346. About 7.70% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 10.70% of those under age 18 and 14.80% of those age 65 or over. ==Communities==