Douglas County, South Dakota

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Douglas County, South Dakota
Map
Location in the state of South Dakota
Statistics
Formed	1873
Seat	Armour
Area - Total - Land - Water	1,124 km² (434 mi²) sq mi ( km²) 2 km² (1 mi²), 0.14%
Population - (2000) - Density	3,458 3/km² (8/mi²)/km²

Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 3,458. Its county seat is Armour.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 1,124 km² (434 mi²). 1,123 km² (434 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.14%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into fourteen townships: Belmont, Chester, Clark, East Choleau, Garfield, Grandview, Holland, Independence, Iowa, Joubert, Lincoln, Valley, Walnut Grove, Washington.

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Adjacent counties

Aurora County, South Dakota - north
Davison County, South Dakota - northeast
Hutchinson County, South Dakota - east
Charles Mix County, South Dakota - southwest

[edit] Demographics

Douglas County Population by year
1900 - 5,012 1910 - 6,400 1920 - 6,993 1930 - 7,236 1940 - 6,348 1950 - 5,636 1960 - 5,113 1970 - 4,569 1980 - 4,181 1990 - 3,746 2000 - 3,458

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 3,458 people, 1,321 households, and 947 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/km² (8/mi²). There were 1,453 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.06% White, 0.06% Black or African American, 0.98% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,321 households out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.40% were married couples living together, 3.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.40% 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 3.10.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.70% under the age of 18, 4.90% from 18 to 24, 22.40% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 22.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 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