Part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located within Jackson County
Population
The highest population age range in Jackson County and Kadoka is 1-65.
Year Kadoka Jackson County State
2000 706 2,930 754,844
2008 653 2,711 804,194(2007 estimates)
Labor Force Information
Kadoka Jackson Occupation Management, professional, and related occupations – 118 (36.4%) -408 (42.7%) Service occupations – 71 (21.9%) -178 (18.6%) Sales and office occupations – 79 (24.4%) -172 (18.0%) Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations – 20 (6.2%) -67 (7.0%) Production, transportation, and material moving occupations – 26 (8.0%) -82 (8.6%) Industry Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining – 27 (8.3%) -186 (19.5%) Construction – 17 (5.2%) -46 (4.8%) Manufacturing – 2 (0.6%) -11(1.2%) Wholesale trade – 9 (2.8%) -12 (1.3%) Retail trade – 44 (13.6%) -85 (8.9%) Transportation and warehousing, and utilities – 10 (3.1%) -45 (4.7%) Information – 5 (1.5%) -21(2.2%) Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing – 13 (4.0%) -27 (2.8%) Professional, scientific, management, administrative, Educational, health and social services – 73 (22.5%) -233(24.4%) Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services – 55 (17.0%) -128 (13.4%) Public administration – 31 (9.6%) -90(9.4%)
Population Age 16 and over 539 1,998
In Labor Force 328(60.9%) 1,133(56.7%)
Employed 324(60.1%) 955(47.8%)
Unemployed 4(0.7%) 178(8.9%)
Not in labor force 211(39.1%) 865(43.3%)
Private wage and salary workers-184 (56.8%)
Government workers-94 (29.0%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business-43 (13.3%)
Unpaid family workers-3 (0.9%)

Kadoka is listed first and all of Jackson County second
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations – 10 (3.1%) -48(5.0%)
& waste management services – 23 (7.1%) -42 (4.4%)
Other services – 15 (4.6%) -29(3.0%)
Education
83.4% of our people are high school graduates or higher and 20.2% have bachelor's degrees or higher.
Housing
The median price of a home in Kadoka is $32,600 and the median gross rent is $329 per month.
Traffic
On average 5,025 people pass by Kadoka each day on Interstate 90, and 735 on SD Hwy 73.
South Dakota Quality of Life Report
Jackson-Kadoka Economic Development Corporation
PO Box 71
Kadoka, SD 57543
(605)488-0206
director@growkadoka.com