Pennington County, South Dakota
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Pennington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population was 88,565. It's county seat is at Rapid City6. Pennington County is the primary county for the Rapid City, South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 7,211 km² (2,784 mi²). 7,190 km² (2,776 mi²) of it is land and 21 km² (8 mi²) of it (0.29%) is water.
[edit] Townships
The county is divided into twenty townships: Ash, Castle Butte, Cedar Butte, Conata, Crooked Creed, Fairview, Flat Butte, Huron, Imlay, Lake Creek, Lake Flat, Lake Hill, Owanka, Peno, Quinn, Rainy Creek/Cheyenne, Scenic, Shyne, Sunnyside, and Wasta; and seven areas of unorganized territory: Central Pennington, Dalzell Canyon, East Central Pennington, Mount Rushmore, Northeast Pennington, Rapid City East, and West Pennington.
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[edit] Adjacent Counties
- Meade County, South Dakota - north
- Haakon County, South Dakota - northeast
- Jackson County, South Dakota - southeast
- Shannon County, South Dakota - south
- Custer County, South Dakota - southwest
- Weston County, Wyoming - west
- Lawrence County, South Dakota - northwest
[edit] Demographics
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1900 - 5,610 |
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As of the census² of 2000, there were 88,565 people, 34,641 households, and 23,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 12/km² (32/mi²). There were 37,249 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.70% White, 0.85% Black or African American, 8.09% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other races, and 2.74% from two or more races. 2.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 34,641 households out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.30% were married couples living together, 11.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.80% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the county, the population was spread out with 26.60% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.
[edit] Cities and towns
- Ashland Heights
- Colonial Pine Hills
- Green Valley
- Hill City
- Keystone
- New Underwood
- Quinn
- Rapid City
- Rapid Valley
- Wall
- Wasta
[edit] External links
- Pennington County, SD government website
- Black Hills Community Portal Black Hills Area Guide & Community Portal
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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 |
