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Lake County, South Dakota





U.S. Information

  County Lake County
  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 Madison <!-- county seat the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Largest City Wl Madison <!-- largest city the WikiLink is created for you: "City" results in " City " -->
  Area Mi 575
  Area Km 1489
  Area Land Mi 563
  Area Land Km 1459
  Area Water Mi 12
  Area Water Km 31
  Area Percentage 206%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 11276
  Time Zone Central
  UTC Offset -6 <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  DST Offset -5


Lake County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the population is 11,276. Its County Seat is Madison 6 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,489 Km&2 (575 Mi&2 ). 1,459 km&2 (563 mi&2) of it is land and 31 km&2 (12 mi&2) of it (2.06%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into sixteen Townships : Badus, Chester, Clarno, Concord, Farmington, Franklin, Herman, Lake View, Le Roy, Nunda, Orland, Rutland, Summit, Wayne, Wentworth, Winfred.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 9137
  1910 10711
  1920 12257
  1930 12379
  1940 12412
  1950 11792
  1960 11764
  1970 11456
  1980 10724
  1990 10550
  2000 11276
  estyear 2006
  estimate 11170



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 11,276 people, 4,372 households, and 2,828 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 8/km&2 (20/mi&2). There were 5,282 housing units at an average density of 4/km&2 (9/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.76% White , 0.20% Black or African American , 0.66% Native American , 0.54% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.33% from Other Races , and 0.51% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,372 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.90% were Married Couples living together, 5.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.30% were non-families. 29.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 15.00% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.50 males.


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