Edmunds County, South Dakota

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Edmunds County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 4,367. Its county seat is Ipswich ⁶.

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 2,981 km² (1,151 mi²). 2,967 km² (1,146 mi²) of it is land and 14 km² (6 mi²) of it (0.48%) is water.

Townships

The county is divided into thirty-two townships: Adrian, Belle, Bowdle, Bryant, Clear Lake, Cleveland, Cloyd, Cortlandt, Cottonwood Lake, Fountain, Glen, Glover, Harmony, Hillside, Hosmer, Hudson, Huntley, Ipswich, Kent, Liberty, Madison, Modena, Montpelier, North Bryant, Odessa, Pembrook, Powell, Richland, Rosette, Sangamon, Union, and Vermont.

Adjacent Counties

Demographics

Edmunds County Population by year
1900 - 4,916 1910 - 7,654 1920 - 8,336 1930 - 8,712 1940 - 7,814 1950 - 7,275 1960 - 6,079 1970 - 5,548 1980 - 5,159 1990 - 4,356 2000 - 4,367

As of the census² of 2000, there were 4,367 people, 1,681 households, and 1,210 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (4/mi²). There were 2,022 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 99.20% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.05% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. 0.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,681 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.90% were married couples living together, 4.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.30 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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