Hutchinson County, South Dakota

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Hutchinson County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 8,075. Its county seat is Olivet 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 2,109 km² (814 mi²). 2,105 km² (813 mi²) of it is land and 4 km² (2 mi²) of it (0.19%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into twenty-three townships: Capital, Clayton, Cross Plains, Fair, Foster, German, Grandview, Hassel, Kaylor, Kuim, Liberty, Mittown, Molan, Oak Hollow, Pleasant, Sharon, Silver Lake, Starr, Susquehanna, Sweet, Valley, Wittenberg, Wolf Creek.

[edit] Major Highways

U.S. Highway 18
U.S. Highway 81
South Dakota Highway 25
South Dakota Highway 37

South Dakota Highway 44

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Hanson County, South Dakota - north
McCook County, South Dakota - northeast
Turner County, South Dakota - east
Yankton County, South Dakota - southeast
Bon Homme County, South Dakota - south
Charles Mix County, South Dakota - southwest
Douglas County, South Dakota - west
Davison County, South Dakota - northwest

[edit] Demographics

Hutchinson County Population by year
1900 - 11,897 1910 - 12,319 1920 - 13,475 1930 - 13,904 1940 - 12,668 1950 - 11,423 1960 - 11,085 1970 - 10,379 1980 - 9,350 1990 - 8,262 2000 - 8,075

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 8,075 people, 3,190 households, and 2,191 families residing in the county. The population density was 4/km² (10/mi²). There were 3,517 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.82% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.06% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 0.52% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,190 households out of which 28.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were married couples living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 26.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 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