Spink County, South Dakota

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Spink County, South Dakota
Map
Location in the state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Redfield
Area - Total - Land - Water	1510 sq mi (3911 km²) 1504 sq mi (3895 km²) 6 sq mi (16 km²), 0.41%
Population - (2000) - Density	7454 5/sq mi (2/km²)
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5

Spink County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 7,454. Its county seat is Redfield ⁶.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,911 km² (1,510 mi²). 3,895 km² (1,504 mi²) of it is land and 16 km² (6 mi²) of it (0.41%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into thirty-seven townships: Antelope, Athol, Belle Plaine, Belmont, Benton, Beotia, Buffalo, Capitola, Clifton, Conde, Cornwall, Crandon, Exline, Frankfort, Garfield, Great Bend, Groveland, Harmony, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, La Prairie, Lincoln, Lodi, Mellette, Northville, Olean, Prairie Center, Redfield, Richfield, Spring, Sumner, Tetonka, Three Rivers, Tulare, Turton, Union.

[edit] Major Highways

South Dakota Highway 28
South Dakota Highway 37

[edit] Adjacent counties

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	9,487	–
1910	15,981	68.5%
1920	15,768	-1.3%
1930	15,304	-2.9%
1940	12,527	-18.1%
1950	12,204	-2.6%
1960	11,706	-4.1%
1970	10,595	-9.5%
1980	9,201	-13.2%
1990	7,981	-13.3%
2000	7,454	-6.6%

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 7,454 people, 2,847 households, and 1,933 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (5/mi²). There were 3,352 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.56% White, 0.21% Black or African American, 1.48% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,847 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were married couples living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 18.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 107.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.20 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

	State of South Dakota Pierre (capital)
Regions	Badlands \| Black Hills \| Coteau des Prairies
Cities	Aberdeen \| Brandon \| Brookings \| Huron \| Madison \| Mitchell \| Pierre \| Rapid City \| Sioux Falls \| Spearfish \| Sturgis \| Vermillion \| Watertown \| Yankton
Counties	Aurora \| Beadle \| Bennett \| Bon Homme \| Brookings \| Brown \| Brule \| Buffalo \| Butte \| Campbell \| Charles Mix \| Clark \| Clay \| Codington \| Corson \| Custer \| Davison \| Day \| Deuel \| Dewey \| Douglas \| Edmunds \| Fall River \| Faulk \| Grant \| Gregory \| Haakon \| Hamlin \| Hand \| Hanson \| Harding \| Hughes \| Hutchinson \| Hyde \| Jackson \| Jerauld \| Jones \| Kingsbury \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lincoln \| Lyman \| Marshall \| McCook \| McPherson \| Meade \| Mellette \| Miner \| Minnehaha \| Moody \| Pennington \| Perkins \| Potter \| Roberts \| Sanborn \| Shannon \| Spink \| Stanley \| Sully \| Todd \| Tripp \| Turner \| Union \| Walworth \| Yankton \| Ziebach