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Dentists and orthodontists in Oglala Lakota County, SD
The dentists and orthodontists in Oglala Lakota County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,073 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,338
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dentist or orthodontist in Oglala Lakota County. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households.
At $1,073 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Oglala Lakota County spend about $3.1M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Oglala Lakota County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Oglala Lakota County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, Oglala Lakota County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
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 medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 10.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $1.3M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,153 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,073 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $41,417 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
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
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 offices of dentists 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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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 70 | 90 | 10.6 | $1.4M | +7.6% | #273 of 1,886 |
| 2Lawrence County, SD | 69 | 13 | 10.8 | $1.3M | +14.0% | #298 of 1,886 |
| 3Beadle County, SD | 68 | 7 | 9.3 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #322 of 1,886 |
| 4Brookings County, SD | 60 | 15 | 10.9 | $1.3M | +9.6% | #584 of 1,886 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 59 | 38 | 13.6 | $1.2M | +17.5% | #630 of 1,886 |
| 6Lake County, SD | 49 | 5 | 10.6 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #963 of 1,886 |
| 7Union County, SD | 46 | 11 | 15.0 | $1M | +3.3% | #1,104 of 1,886 |
| 8Clay County, SD | 44 | 8 | 14.4 | $887K | +0.2% | #1,174 of 1,886 |
| 9Pennington County, SD | 40 | 79 | 17.0 | $823K | +6.6% | #1,307 of 1,886 |
| 10Brown County, SD | 38 | 20 | 12.3 | $1.1M | −1.7% | #1,353 of 1,886 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 3.4 | $3.1M | −2.3% |
Other business types in Oglala Lakota County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Oglala Lakota County, SD?
There is 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings in Oglala Lakota County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Oglala Lakota County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Oglala Lakota County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $3.1M a year, or $1,073 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. 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 dentists and orthodontists?
Oglala Lakota County has 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Oglala Lakota County would have about 3, against 1 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 dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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