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Jones 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 Murdo <!-- 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 972
  Area Km 2517
  Area Land Mi 971
  Area Land Km 2514
  Area Water Mi 1
  Area Water Km 3
  Area Percentage 012%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 1193
  Density Mi 1
  Density Km <1
  Time Zone Central
  UTC Offset -6 <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  DST Offset -5


Jones County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the population is 1,193. Its County Seat is Murdo 6 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,517 Km&2 (972 Mi&2 ). 2,514 km&2 (971 mi&2) of it is land and 3 km&2 (1 mi&2) of it (0.12%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into thirteen townships: Buffalo, Draper, Dunkel, Grandview, Kolls, Morgan, Mullen, Mussman, Okaton, Scovil, South Creek, Williams Creek, and Zickrick; and four areas of unorganized territory: Central Jones, North Jones, Rich Valley, and Westover.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1920 3004
  1930 3177
  1940 2509
  1950 2281
  1960 2066
  1970 1882
  1980 1463
  1990 1324
  2000 1193
  estyear 2006
  estimate 1067



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 1,193 people, 509 households, and 327 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 0/km&2 (1/mi&2). There were 614 housing units at an average density of 0/km&2 (1/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 95.81% White , 2.43% Native American , 0.08% Pacific Islander , 0.17% from Other Races , and 1.51% from two or more races. 0.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 509 households out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were Married Couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.60% were non-families. 33.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 103.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.80 males.


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