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Gregory County, South Dakota




  State South Dakota
  Seal <!--image of county seal -->
  Founded Year <!-- if you include a reference, the year's wikilink won't work so add the to the year -->
  Founded Date <!-- optional, syntax is: February 1 -->
  Seat Wl Burke <!-- county seat the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Largest City Wl <!-- largest city the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Area Mi 1053
  Area Km 2728
  Area Land Mi 1016
  Area Land Km 2631
  Area Water Mi 38
  Area Water Km 97
  Area Percentage 326%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 4792
  Density Mi 2
  Density Km 1
  Time Zone Central
  UTC Offset -6 <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  DST Offset -5


Gregory County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the population is 4,792. Its County Seat is Burke 6 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,728 Km&2 (1,053 Mi&2 ). 2,631 km&2 (1,016 mi&2) of it is land and 97 km&2 (38 mi&2) of it (3.56%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into thirteen townships: Burke, Carlock, Dickens, Dixon, Edens, Ellston, Fairfax, Jones, Landing Creek, Pleasant Valley, Star Valley, and Whetstone; and four areas of unorganized territory: East Gregory, North Grevory, Southeast Gregory, and Spring Valley.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 2211
  1910 13061
  1920 12700
  1930 11420
  1940 9554
  1950 8556
  1960 7399
  1970 6710
  1980 6015
  1990 5359
  2000 4792
  estyear 2006
  estimate 4268



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 4,792 people, 2,022 households, and 1,290 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 2/km&2 (5/mi&2). There were 2,405 housing units at an average density of 1/km&2 (2/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 93.18% White , 0.04% Black or African American , 5.59% Native American , 0.23% Asian , 0.10% from Other Races , and 0.86% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,022 households out of which 26.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were Married Couples living together, 5.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.20% were non-families. 33.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 22.00% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 24.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.90 males.


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