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Hamlin 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 Hayti <!-- 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 538
  Area Km 1393
  Area Land Mi 507
  Area Land Km 1313
  Area Water Mi 31
  Area Water Km 81
  Area Percentage 578%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 5540
  Density Mi 5
  Density Km 2
  Time Zone Central
  UTC Offset -6 <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  DST Offset -5
  Named For Hannibal Hamlin


Hamlin County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the population is 5,540. Its County Seat is Hayti 6 . It was named in honor of Hannibal Hamlin , Lincoln's first vice-president.


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,393 Km&2 (538 Mi&2 ). 1,313 km&2 (507 mi&2) of it is land and 81 km&2 (31 mi&2) of it (5.78%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into thirteen Townships : Brantford, Castlewood, Cleveland, Dempster, Dixon, Estelline, Florence, Garfield, Hamlin, Hayti, Norden, Opdahl, and Oxford.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 5945
  1910 7475
  1920 8054
  1930 8299
  1940 7562
  1950 7058
  1960 6303
  1970 5172
  1980 5261
  1990 4974
  2000 5540
  estyear 2006
  estimate 5616



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 5,540 people, 2,048 households, and 1,452 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 4/km&2 (11/mi&2). There were 2,626 housing units at an average density of 2/km&2 (5/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 98.48% White , 0.13% Black or African American , 0.58% Native American , 0.18% Asian , 0.11% from Other Races , and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,048 households out of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.50% were Married Couples living together, 4.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the county, the population was spread out with 29.40% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 20.50% from 45 to 64, and 19.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.


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