Dewey County, South Dakota

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Dewey County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 5,972. Its county seat is Timber Lake ⁶. It was created in 1883 and was named for William P. Dewey, Territorial surveyor-general from 1873 to 1877.

Contents

1 Geography

1.1 Townships
1.2 Adjacent Counties

2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,334 km² (2,446 mi²). 5,964 km² (2,303 mi²) of it is land and 370 km² (143 mi²) of it (5.85%) is water.

Townships

The county is divided into two areas of unorganized territory: North Dewey and South Dewey.

Adjacent Counties

Corson County, South Dakota - north
Walworth County, South Dakota - northeast
Potter County, South Dakota - east
Sully County, South Dakota - southeast
Stanley County, South Dakota - south
Ziebach County, South Dakota - west

Demographics

Dewey County Population by year
1910 - 1,145 1920 - 4,802 1930 - 6,476 1940 - 5,709 1950 - 4,916 1960 - 5,257 1970 - 5,170 1980 - 5,366 1990 - 5,523 2000 - 5,972

As of the census² of 2000, there were 5,972 people, 1,863 households, and 1,386 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (3/mi²). There were 2,133 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 74.16% Native American, 24.15% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 0.12% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,863 households out of which 43.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.90% were married couples living together, 22.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.60% were non-families. 22.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.66.

In the county, the population was spread out with 38.90% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 16.60% from 45 to 64, and 8.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males.

Cities and towns

Largest cities
Regions of South Dakota
Black Hills - Coteau des Prairies
Aberdeen \| Belle Fourche \| Brandon \| Brookings \| Canton \| Ellsworth \| Hot Springs \| Huron \| Madison \| Mitchell \| Mobridge \| Pierre \| Rapid City \| Rapid Valley \| Sioux Falls \| Spearfish \| Sturgis \| Vermillion \| Watertown \| Winner \| Yankton
Counties
Aurora - Beadle - Bennet - 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

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