Clark County, South Dakota

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Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 4,143. Its county seat is Clark 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 2,507 km² (968 mi²). 2,481 km² (958 mi²) of it is land and 26 km² (10 mi²) of it (1.02%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into twenty-seven townships: Ash, Blaine, Collins, Cottonwood, Darlington, Day, Eden, Elrod, Fordham, Foxton, Garfield, Hague, Lake, Lincoln, Logan, Maydell, Merton, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant, Raymond, Richland, Rosedale, Spring Valley, Thorp, Warren, Washington, and Woodland.

[edit] Major Highways

U.S. Highway 212
South Dakota Highway 20
South Dakota Highway 25
South Dakota Highway 28

[edit] Adjacent Counties

[edit] Demographics

Clark County Population by year
1900 - 6,942 1910 - 10,901 1920 - 11,136 1930 - 11,022 1940 - 8,955 1950 - 8,369 1960 - 7,134 1970 - 5,515 1980 - 4,894 1990 - 4,403 2000 - 4,143

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 4,143 people, 1,598 households, and 1,110 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (4/mi²). There were 1,880 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.65% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,598 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.60% were married couples living together, 4.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 28.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 22.00% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 22.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.40 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

	State of South Dakota
Capital	Pierre
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