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Child care centers and preschools in Oglala Lakota County, SD

How Oglala Lakota County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$795K
On child care and other personal services · $272 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
13,338
−2.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Oglala Lakota County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Oglala Lakota County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Oglala Lakota County comes to about $795K a year: $272 per household, 53% below the U.S. average.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Oglala Lakota County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 73 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Oglala Lakota County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Oglala Lakota County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Oglala Lakota County compares

The same measures for South Dakota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Child care and preschools in Oglala Lakota County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureOglala Lakota CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.06.75.8
Spending per listingn/a$598K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3061,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$272$399$581
Median household income$41,417$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored26

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
73Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Oglala Lakota County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Oglala Lakota County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,338−2.3% since 2020
Households
2,923
Median age
27.7
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
2,094 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$41,417+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$54,084
Median home value
$52,900
Jobs located here
3,851
Daytime population
15,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Oglala Lakota County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Codington County, SD5664.8$723K+4.3%#673 of 1,611
2Lawrence County, SD4665.0$749K+14.0%#927 of 1,611
3Minnehaha County, SD44505.9$709K+7.6%#983 of 1,611
4Lincoln County, SD44269.3$553K+17.5%#993 of 1,611
5Pennington County, SD39347.3$549K+6.6%#1,132 of 1,611
6Meade County, SD3775.8$673K+2.7%#1,166 of 1,611
7Brown County, SD35148.6$449K−1.7%#1,235 of 1,611
8Union County, SD33912.3$399K+3.3%#1,286 of 1,611
9Brookings County, SD31118.0$470K+9.6%#1,321 of 1,611
10Hughes County, SD23811.0$379K−0.9%#1,445 of 1,611
Oglala Lakota County, SDNot scored00.0n/a−2.3%

Other business types in Oglala Lakota County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Oglala Lakota County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Oglala Lakota County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Oglala Lakota County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 73 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Oglala Lakota County, SD spend on child care and other personal services?

About $795K a year, or $272 per household. That is 53% below the U.S. average (an index of 47, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,923 households in Oglala Lakota County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Oglala Lakota County, SD compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Oglala Lakota County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Oglala Lakota County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Oglala Lakota County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Oglala Lakota County at 13,338 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,923 households. The median household income in Oglala Lakota County is $41,417 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Oglala Lakota County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

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