McCook County, South Dakota

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McCook County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 5,832. Its county seat is Salem ⁶. The county is named for the former governor of the Dakota Territory and Civil War general Edward Stanton McCook.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,495 km² (577 mi²). 1,488 km² (575 mi²) of it is land and 7 km² (3 mi²) of it (0.46%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into sixteen townships: Benton, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canistota, Emery, Grant, Greenland, Jefferson, Pearl, Montrose, Union, Ramsey, Richland, Salem, Spring Valley, Sun Prairie.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Lake County, South Dakota - northeast
Minnehaha County, South Dakota - east
Turner County, South Dakota - southeast
Hutchinson County, South Dakota - southwest
Hanson County, South Dakota - west
Miner County, South Dakota - northwest

[edit] Demographics

McCook County Population by year
1900 - 8,689 1910 - 9,589 1920 - 9,990 1930 - 10,316 1940 - 9,793 1950 - 8,828 1960 - 8,268 1970 - 7,246 1980 - 6,444 1990 - 5,688 2000 - 5,832

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 5,832 people, 2,204 households, and 1,558 families residing in the county. The population density was 4/km² (10/mi²). There were 2,383 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.87% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,204 households out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.10% were married couples living together, 5.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 26.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the county, the population was spread out with 28.40% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 99.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 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