Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Map of South Dakota highlighting Oglala Lakota County
Location in the U.S. state of South Dakota
Map of the United States highlighting South Dakota
South Dakota's location in the U.S.
Founded 1875
Named for Oglala Lakota
Seat None (de jure)
Hot Springs (de facto)
Largest community Pine Ridge
Area
 • Total 2,097 sq mi (5,431 km2)
 • Land 2,094 sq mi (5,423 km2)
 • Water 2.8 sq mi (7 km2), 0.1%
Population (est.)
 • (2016) 14,415
 • Density 6.9/sq mi (3/km²)
Congressional district At-large
Time zone Mountain: UTC-7/-6
Website oglalalakota.sdcounties.org
Footnotes: Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center

Oglala Lakota County, known as Shannon County until May 2015, is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population was 13,586 at the 2010 census.[1] Oglala Lakota County does not have its own county seat. Instead, Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center.[2] The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized.[3][4] Its largest community is Pine Ridge.

The county is entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation. (The others are Corson, Dewey, Todd, and Ziebach.)

The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.

The county's per-capita income makes it the poorest county in the United States.[5] It is the only dry county in South Dakota.

The newspaper for Oglala Lakota County is The Lakota Country Times.[6][7]

History

The place of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre is located in Oglala Lakota County.

The county was originally named for Peter C. Shannon, Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court. Until 1982, Shannon County and Washabaugh County, South Dakota, were the last unorganized counties in the United States. Although it was organized and received a home rule charter that year, the county, as noted above, contracts with Fall River County for its Auditor, Treasurer, and Registrar of Deeds.[8]

On November 4, 2014, voters in the county voted by a margin of 2,161 to 526 to rename Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County.[9] The name change was ratified by the state legislature on March 5, 2015.[10] May 1, 2015 was proclaimed by the governor as the official day for renaming the county.[11]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,097 square miles (5,430 km2), of which 2,094 square miles (5,420 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (0.1%) is water.[12]

The county includes the headwaters of the Little White River.

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
19202,003—
19304,058102.6%
19405,36632.2%
19505,6695.6%
19606,0005.8%
19708,19836.6%
198011,32338.1%
19909,902−12.5%
200012,46625.9%
201013,5869.0%
Est. 201614,415[13]6.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[14]
1790-1960[15] 1900-1990[16]
1990-2000[17] 2010-2016[1]

As of the census[18] of 2000, there were 12,466 people, 2,785 households, and 2,353 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 3,123 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 4.51% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 94.20% Native American, 0.02% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population.

There are 2,785 households out of which 51.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.40% were married couples living together, 36.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.50% were non-families. 13.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.00% have someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.36 and the average family size was 4.72.

In the county, the population was spread out with 45.30% under the age of 18, 10.60% from 18 to 24, 25.60% from 25 to 44, 13.80% from 45 to 64, and 4.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 99.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $20,916, and the median income for a family was $20,897. Males had a median income of $25,170 versus $22,594 for females. The per capita income for the county was $6,286. About 45.10% of families and 52.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 60.80% of those under age 18 and 36.00% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Presidential Elections Results[19]
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2016 8.3% 241 86.4% 2,510 5.3% 154
2012 6.0% 188 93.4% 2,937 0.6% 20
2008 9.9% 331 88.7% 2,971 1.4% 48
2004 12.5% 526 84.6% 3,566 2.9% 122
2000 12.9% 252 85.4% 1,667 1.7% 34
1996 11.1% 253 84.3% 1,926 4.6% 105
1992 13.6% 225 76.7% 1,267 9.6% 159
1988 17.3% 256 81.5% 1,206 1.2% 17
1984 17.7% 324 81.4% 1,489 0.9% 16
1980 26.0% 438 67.1% 1,132 6.9% 117
1976 27.8% 301 69.9% 756 2.2% 24
1972 22.1% 356 77.3% 1,246 0.6% 9
1968 29.7% 533 66.9% 1,202 3.4% 61
1964 24.2% 557 75.8% 1,748
1960 36.6% 655 63.4% 1,135
1956 45.2% 782 54.8% 949
1952 55.3% 957 44.7% 774
1948 44.1% 641 55.2% 803 0.7% 10
1944 53.9% 562 46.1% 480
1940 58.0% 1,094 42.0% 791
1936 49.9% 667 47.5% 634 2.6% 35
1932 36.7% 463 63.2% 798 0.1% 1
1928 43.6% 469 55.9% 601 0.5% 5
1924 88.9% 992 6.8% 76 4.3% 48

The counties surrounding Oglala Lakota County are predominantly Republican, but, like most Native American counties, Oglala Lakota is heavily Democratic, giving over 75 percent of the vote to every Democratic presidential nominee in every election back to 1984, making it one of the most Democratic counties in the United States. No Republican has carried the county in a presidential election since 1952.

Communities

Town

Census-designated places

Unincorporated community

Townships

The county is divided into two areas of unorganized territory: East Shannon and West Shannon.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ "Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies". Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "South Dakota Legislative Manual" (PDF). South Dakota Secretary of State. 2005. p. 597. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ United States counties by per capita income
  6. ↑ "The Lakota Country Times". Lakota Country Times.
  7. ↑ "Martin Lakota Country Times". South Dakota Newspaper Association. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ , accessed April 19, 2009.
  9. ↑ David Montgomery, "Shannon County no more: Voters approve name change", Argus Leader, November 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ Mercer, Bob (March 5, 2015). "It's official: Oglala Lakota County replaces Shannon County Name". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Governor's Executive Proclamation". Office of the Governor.
  12. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  14. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  19. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

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