Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota · ZIP 57716, 57722, 57744
- Census data · ACS 2019-2023
- 13,360 (2024 estimate)Population
- 2,731Households
- $34,769Median household income
- $45,600Median home value
- 7Towns with a page
- 11ZIP codes
Oglala Lakota County in numbersOfficial sources, refreshed yearly
Median household income $34,769 · Share of households by income, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table S1901.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year subject table S1901 (household income) 2019–2023, county level, state 46, retrieved November 14, 2026.
- Owner occupied
- 1,461 units
- Renter occupied
- 1,270 units
- Vacancy rate
- 21.1%
Occupied housing units by tenure and the share of all units vacant, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table DP04.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 46, retrieved November 14, 2026.
1,963 employees in 84 establishments with payroll in 2023, all sectors; employers themselves are not named in the source. County Business Patterns counts are published with noise.
Source: County Business Patterns 2023: employment by sector, county level, state 46, retrieved November 14, 2026.
| Measure | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 13,587 | 899,194 |
| Median household income | $34,769 | $72,421 |
| Median age | 27.0 | 37.7 |
| Median home value | $45,600 | $236,800 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 9.8% | 31.1% |
| Foreign-born residents | 0.2% | 3.9% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 53.5% | 68.6% |
| Mean commute to work | 14.9 minutes | 17.6 minutes |
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 46, retrieved November 14, 2026.
Townships, towns and villages in Oglala Lakota County7 with a page · sort by any column
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | Census designated place | 2,480 | 2.83 sq mi |
| Oglala | Census designated place | 1,601 | 12.5 sq mi |
| Kyle | Census designated place | 1,495 | 1.47 sq mi |
| Manderson-White Horse Creek | Census designated place | 723 | 5.73 sq mi |
| Porcupine | Census designated place | 549 | 9.59 sq mi |
| Wounded Knee | Census designated place | 484 | 1.07 sq mi |
| Batesland | Town | 74 | 0.09 sq mi |
Populations: Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 46 (2024). Land areas: Census Gazetteer 2025: counties. A dash means the figure is not in the cited file.
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Neighboring counties
Neighboring counties
- Bennett CountyPopulation 3,289 (2024 estimate)
- Cherry CountyPopulation 5,558 (2024 estimate)
- Custer CountyPopulation 9,330 (2024 estimate)
- Dawes CountyPopulation 8,003 (2024 estimate)
- Fall River CountyPopulation 7,359 (2024 estimate)
- Jackson CountyPopulation 2,737 (2024 estimate)
- Pennington CountyPopulation 115,979 (2024 estimate)
- Sheridan CountyPopulation 4,927 (2024 estimate)
Sources: Census county adjacency file 2024, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 46, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 31, retrieved November 14, 2026.