Roberts County, South Dakota
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| Roberts County, South Dakota | |
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 Location in the state of South Dakota |
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 South Dakota's location in the USA |
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| Founded | 1883[1] |
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| Seat | Sisseton |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
1135 sq mi (2941 km²) 1101 sq mi (2852 km²) 34 sq mi (88 km²), 3.00% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
10016 4/sq mi (2/km²) |
| Time zone | Central : UTC-6/-5 |
Roberts County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 10,016. Its county seat is Sisseton6. The county was named either for S. G. Roberts of Fargo, North Dakota, or for Solomon Robar, early French fur trader.[2]
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[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,941 km² (1,135 mi²). 2,852 km² (1,101 mi²) of it is land and 88 km² (34 mi²) of it (3.00%) is water.
[edit] Townships
The county is divided into thirty townships: Agency, Alto, Becker, Bossko, Bryant, Dry Wood Lake, Easter, Enterprise, Garfield, Geneseo, Goodwill, Grant, Harmon, Hart, Lake, Lawrence, Lee, Lien, Lockwood, Long Hollow, Minnesota, Norway, One Road, Ortley, Sisseton, Springdale, Spring Grove, Summit, Victor, and White Rock.
[edit] Major Highways
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[edit] Adjacent Counties
- Richland County, North Dakota - north
- Traverse County, Minnesota - northeast
- Big Stone County, Minnesota - southeast
- Grant County, South Dakota - south
- Day County, South Dakota - southwest
- Marshall County, South Dakota - west
[edit] Demographics
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 12,216 |
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| 1910 | 14,897 | 21.9% | |
| 1920 | 16,514 | 10.9% | |
| 1930 | 15,782 | -4.4% | |
| 1940 | 15,887 | 0.7% | |
| 1950 | 14,929 | -6.0% | |
| 1960 | 13,190 | -11.6% | |
| 1970 | 11,678 | -11.5% | |
| 1980 | 10,911 | -6.6% | |
| 1990 | 9,914 | -9.1% | |
| 2000 | 10,016 | 1.0% | |
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 10,016 people, 3,683 households, and 2,618 families residing in the county. The population density was 4/km² (9/mi²). There were 4,734 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.29% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 29.86% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.03% from other races, and 1.51% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,683 households out of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.50% were married couples living together, 11.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the county, the population was spread out with 30.00% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.20 males.
[edit] Cities and towns
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State of South Dakota Pierre (capital) |
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| Regions | |
| 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 |
