Marshall County, South Dakota

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Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 4,576. Its county seat is Britton 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 2,294 km² (886 mi²). 2,170 km² (838 mi²) of it is land and 124 km² (48 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.41% water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into twenty-five townships: Buffalo, Dayton, Dumarce, Eden, Fort, Hamilton, Hickman, La Belle, Lake, Lowell, McKinley, Miller, Newark, Newport, Nordland, Pleasant Valley, Red Iron Lake, Sisseton, Stena, Veblen, Victor, Waverly, Weston, White, and Wismer.

[edit] Major Highways

South Dakota Highway 10
South Dakota Highway 25
South Dakota Highway 27

[edit] Adjacent Counties

[edit] Demographics

Marshall County Population by year
1900 - 5,942 1910 - 8,021 1920 - 9,596 1930 - 9,540 1940 - 8,880 1950 - 7,835 1960 - 6,663 1970 - 5,965 1980 - 5,404 1990 - 4,844 2000 - 4,576

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 4,576 people, 1,844 households, and 1,252 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (6/mi²). There were 2,562 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.59% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 6.32% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,844 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were married couples living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 21.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 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