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Amenities 
About Sweeney, SD
Sweeney, SD is located in Lyman County in the state of South Dakota.
The total City Population for Sweeney is about 689 with about 2 people per square mile.
The Average Home Value is $71,100, which is roughly 42% lower than the Average Home Value of $121,873 for the state of South Dakota, and roughly 67% lower than the National Average of $217,072.
The Median Income Per Household is about $67,375, which is roughly 13% higher than the Average Median Income Per Household of $58,506 for the state of South Dakota, and roughly 3% higher higher than the National Average of $65,026.
Quick Stats
Demographic Details
Average # of People Per Household: 2.15Male Population Estimate: 53.7%
Female Population Estimate: 46.3%
Median Age: 47.6
Male Median Age: 44.0
Female Median Age: 49.6
Racial Demographic Estimates
Indian:4.35%
Hispanic:0.29%
Other:0.29%
Black:0%
Asian:0%
Hawaiian:0%
Voting
                
                
            Voting Results by Party
Democratic: 32.87%
Libertarian: 1.88%
Crime Details
NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Sweeney specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Lyman County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Lyman County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Lyman County is about 100% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 100% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Employment
The Unemployment Rate for Sweeney is about 2.6%.
South Dakota is ranked #28 out of 52 for Best and Worst States to Work in America, with an overall score of 43.27 out of 100.
                
            Wage Policies
Overall Wage Policy Score: 60.25The average living wage for the state of South Dakota is $29.19/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.45/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives South Dakota a minimum wage score of 54.67 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.73/hr, which gives South Dakota a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for South Dakota is $189.00, resulting in a UI benefit score of 41.23 compared to all other states.
Worker Protection Policies
Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43X South Dakota does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ South Dakota does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X South Dakota does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X South Dakota does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X South Dakota does provide some form of paid family leave.
X South Dakota does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X South Dakota does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X South Dakota does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X South Dakota does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X South Dakota does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ South Dakota does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ South Dakota does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X South Dakota does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.
Right To Organize Policies
Overall Right To Organize Score: 70X South Dakota does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X South Dakota does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ South Dakota does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ South Dakota does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ South Dakota does provide wage negotiations for teachers.
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Additional Location Details
Zip Code(s): 57568Latitude: 43.932869
Longitude: -100.067768
TimeZone: Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving: Yes
Region: Midwest
Average Elevation: 1777.0 ft.
Area Code(s): 605