Stand ling Rock Sioux Reservation: By the Numbers As President Obama visits the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the Dakotas, let's look at some demographics about the reservation's residents Median Age, 2012
On his visit to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota today, President Obama is using his first stop at a Native American reservation while in office to highlight the challenges Native Americans face. In an op-ed published in Indian Country Today, Obama called the poverty and high school dropout rates among Native Americans “a moral call to action.”
The poverty rate at Standing Rock Reservation is 43.2%, nearly triple the national average, according to Census Bureau data. The reservation, which straddles North Dakota and South Dakota, has a population of 8,956, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Stand ling Rock Sioux Reservation: By the Numbers  | As President Obama visits the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in  | the Dakotas, let's look at some demographics about the  | reservation's residents  | Median Age, 2012  | Standing Rock  | ULS Median  | Sioux Reservation  | 28  | 50  | YRS  | Educational Atta inment  | Less than high school  | Standing Rock  | 19%  | All U.S  | 14  | Bachelor's degree or higher  | Standing Rock  | 15%  | All U.S  | 29  | Poverty Rate  | Standing Rock  | 43%  | All U.S  | 15  | Note: Educational attainment among adults 25+  | Source 2012 Ame rican Community Survey (5-year estimates)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER GRAPHIC BY JESSICA SCHILLINGER 