Deuel County, South Dakota

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Deuel County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 4,498. Its county seat is Clear Lake 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 1,649 km² (637 mi²). 1,615 km² (624 mi²) of it is land and 34 km² (13 mi²) of it (2.07%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into sixteen townships: Altamont, Antelope Valley, Blom, Brandt, Clear Lake, Glenwood, Goodwin, Grange, Havana, Herrick, Hidewood, Lowe, Norden, Portland, Rome, and Scandinavia.

[edit] Major Highways

Interstate 29
U.S. Highway 212
South Dakota Highway 15
South Dakota Highway 22

South Dakota Highway 28
South Dakota Highway 101

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Grant County, South Dakota - north
Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota - northeast
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota - east
Lincoln County, Minnesota - southeast
Brookings County, South Dakota - south
Hamlin County, South Dakota - southwest
Codington County, South Dakota - northwest

[edit] Demographics

Deuel County Population by year
1900 - 6,656 1910 - 7,768 1920 - 8,759 1930 - 8,732 1940 - 8,450 1950 - 7,689 1960 - 6,782 1970 - 5,686 1980 - 5,289 1990 - 4,522 2000 - 4,498

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 4,498 people, 1,843 households, and 1,258 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/km² (7/mi²). There were 2,172 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.51% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,843 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.40% were married couples living together, 4.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

	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