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Demographics

People

Total Population	240
Male Share of the Population	49.6%
Female Share of the Population	50.4%
Senior Citizens	8.3%
Employed Population 16+	133
Age of the Population	36

Families

% of people married	42.9%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	10.8%
Median Earnings25+	$36,250
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$28,750

Wealth

Median Family Income	$71,875
% Above Poverty Level	89.6%
% Below Poverty Level	10.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	22 minutes
% Working from Home	7.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	36.5%
Median Gross Rent	$567
Median House Value	$48,000

Ancestry

German	65.4%
Norwegian	20.4%
Irish	9.2%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	7.5%
Czech	5.4%
English	4.2%
Dutch	2.9%
Swedish	2.1%
Belgian	2.1%
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Letcher Almanac

Category	Value
County	Sanborn County
Standard Zip Codes	57359
Phone Area Codes	605
Time Zone
Approximate Latitude	43.89
Approximate Longitude	-98.14

Letcher Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	FORESTBURG 3 NE
Distance	11.2 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 26 F
Apr Temp	35 to 61 F
Jul Temp	61 to 88 F
Oct Temp	37 to 63 F
Annual Precip	22.1 inches

Station	ALEXANDRIA
Distance	24.6 miles
Jan Temp	6 to 27 F
Apr Temp	35 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 87 F
Oct Temp	38 to 63 F
Annual Precip	22.7 inches

Station	WESSINGTON SPRINGS
Distance	24.9 miles
Jan Temp	6 to 26 F
Apr Temp	36 to 59 F
Jul Temp	63 to 87 F
Oct Temp	39 to 61 F
Annual Precip	22.9 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Alpena	313	$83,125
Artesian	255	$82,500
Mitchell	15,722	$66,110
Mount Vernon	547	$59,375
Plankinton	660	$65,625
Woonsocket	653	$58,450

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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