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Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

A community in Oglala Lakota County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it.

Living in Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Pine Ridge, in Oglala Lakota County, had 3,138 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Oglala Lakota County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before.

People 3,138 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Pine Ridge for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.3% Oglala Lakota County, August 2026; 6.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Pine Ridge for the Census survey to measure.

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 12°; warmest in July, 89° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 12° F M A M J J 89° 60° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 12°; warmest in July, 89° and 60° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 12° F M A M J J 89° 60° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 60°. About 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pine Ridge Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Oglala Lakota County

  1. Pine Ridge HospitalGeneral hospital574FTE
  2. Oglala Lakota County 65-1 SchoolsSchool district505FTE
  3. Oglala Lakota CollegeUniversity or college199

Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. Strong windVery high
  3. WildfireVery high
  4. Cold wavesVery high
  5. Winter weatherVery high
  6. HailRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pine Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.