Jackson County, South Dakota

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Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 2,930. Its county seat is Kadoka 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 4,846 km² (1,871 mi²). 4,841 km² (1,869 mi²) of it is land and 5 km² (2 mi²) of it (0.11%) is water. About 57 percent of its land, the portion south of the White River, is on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into six townships: Grandview II, Interior, Jewett, Little Buffalo, Wall, and Weta; and four areas of unorganized territory: East Jackson, Northwest Jackson, Southeast Jackson, and Southwest Jackson.

[edit] Major Highways

South Dakota Highway 73
South Dakota Highway 377

[edit] Adjacent Counties

Haakon County, South Dakota - north
Jones County, South Dakota - northeast
Mellette County, South Dakota - east
Bennett County, South Dakota - south
Shannon County, South Dakota - southwest
Pennington County, South Dakota - northwest

[edit] Demographics

Jackson County Population by year
1920 - 2,472 1930 - 2,636 1940 - 1,955 1950 - 1,768 1960 - 1,985 1970 - 1,531 1980 - 3,437 1990 - 2,811 2000 - 2,930

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 2,930 people, 945 households, and 675 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² (2/mi²). There were 1,173 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 50.07% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 47.85% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 1.84% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 945 households out of which 38.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.40% were married couples living together, 14.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.73.

In the county, the population was spread out with 36.50% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males.

The county's per-capita income makes it one of the poorest counties in the United States.

[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