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    Statistics

    Current Population

    40,000

    90%

    Unemployment Rate

    Life Expectancy

    Women on Pine Ridge: 52

    Women in United States: 81

    Men on Pine Ridge: 47

    Men in United States: 76

    Homes with no electricity or running water

    33%

    Median Income

    $2,600-3,500

    Estimated houses infested with black mold

    60%

    Pine Ridge: By the Numbers

    17

    The average home has 17 people living in it.

    • Tuberculosis: 800% higher*

    • Cervical Cancer: 500% higher*

    • Diabetes: 500% higher*

    • Infant Mortality: 300% higher*

    • Teen Suicide: 150% higher*

    *than US national average

    There is one grocery store on the reservation, but zero banks, motels, discount stores or movie theaters.

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    Many families without running water gather untreated water from local rivers for personal needs.

    Sources: American Indian Humanitarian Foundation

    South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations

    11,000 square miles; one grocery store

    Eight out of 10 families are impacted by alcoholism.

    Only three out of 10 teenagers graduate high school.

    Half of adults over the age of 40 have diabetes.

    Dig Deeper

    Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Struggles With Suicide Among Its Young (New York Times, 2015)

    A Photographer's Moving Tribute to the Pine Ridge Reservation (Slate, 2014)

    Kings coach Dave Joerger working with kids on Native American reservation (USA Today, 2016)

    IHS hospital in South Dakota threatened with funds cutoff (Modern Healthcare, 2016)

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