Fall River County, South Dakota

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Fall River County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 7,453. Its county seat is Hot Springs 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 4,530 km² (1,749 mi²). 4,506 km² (1,740 mi²) of it is land and 24 km² (9 mi²) of it (0.53%) is water.

Townships

The county is divided into three townships: Argentine, Provo, and Robins; and two areas of unorganized territory: Northeast Fall River and Southwet Fall River.

Adjacent Counties

Demographics

Fall River County Population by year
1900 - 3,541 1910 - 7,763 1920 - 6,985 1930 - 8,741 1940 - 8,089 1950 - 10,439 1960 - 10,688 1970 - 7,505 1980 - 8,439 1990 - 7,353 2000 - 7,453

As of the census² of 2000, there were 7,453 people, 3,127 households, and 1,976 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (4/mi²). There were 3,812 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.51% White, 0.32% Black or African American, 6.05% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. 1.74% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,127 households out of which 23.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.90% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.80% were non-families. 32.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 20.60% from 25 to 44, 28.30% from 45 to 64, and 22.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 109.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.80 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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