Day County, South Dakota

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Day County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 6,267. Its county seat is Webster 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 2,826 km² (1,091 mi²). 2,664 km² (1,029 mi²) of it is land and 162 km² (63 mi²) of it (5.74%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into twenty-eight townships: Andover, Bristol, Butler, Central Point, Egeland, Farmington, Grenville, Highland, Home, Independence, Kidder, Kosciusko, Liberty, Lynn, Morton, Nutley, Oak Gulch, Racine, Raritan, Rusk, Scotland, Troy, Union, Valley, Waubay, Webster, Wheatland, and York.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Marshall County, South Dakota - north
Roberts County, South Dakota - east
Grant County, South Dakota - southeast
Codington County, South Dakota - southeast
Clark County, South Dakota - south
Spink County, South Dakota - southwest
Brown County, South Dakota - west

[edit] Demographics

Day County Population by year
1900 - 12,254 1910 - 14,372 1920 - 15,194 1930 - 14,606 1940 - 13,565 1950 - 12,294 1960 - 10,516 1970 - 8,713 1980 - 8,133 1990 - 6,978 2000 - 6,267

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 6,267 people, 2,586 households, and 1,688 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (6/mi²). There were 3,618 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.26% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 7.40% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. 0.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,586 households out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.40% were married couples living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 31.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 22.40% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 23.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

Image:Flag of South Dakota.svg	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