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Marshall County, South Dakota




  State South Dakota
  Seal <!--image of county seal -->
  Founded Year 1885 ''Legislative Manual, South Dakota, 2005, p 596
  Founded Date <!-- optional, syntax is: February 1 -->
  Seat Wl Britton <!-- 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 866
  Area Km 2294
  Area Land Mi 838
  Area Land Km 2170
  Area Water Mi 48
  Area Water Km 124
  Area Percentage 541%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 4576
  Density Mi 3
  Density Km 1
  Time Zone Central
  UTC Offset -6 <!-- example: time zone = Central UTC offset = -6 DST offset = -5 -->
  DST Offset -5


Marshall County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the Population is 4,576. Its County Seat is Britton 6 . The county is named after Marshall Vincent, who homesteaded near Andover, South Dakota .''Legislative Manual, South Dakota, 2005, p. 596


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,294 Km&2 (886 Mi&2 ). 2,170 km&2 (838 mi&2) of it is land and 124 km&2 (48 mi&2) of it is Water . The total area is 5.41% water.


Townships

The county is divided into twenty-five Townships : Buffalo, Dayton, Dumarce, Eden, Fort, Hamilton, Hickman, La Belle, Lake, Lowell, McKinley, Miller, Newark, Newport, Nordland, Pleasant Valley, Red Iron Lake, Sisseton, Stena, Veblen, Victor, Waverly, Weston, White, and Wismer.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 5942
  1910 8021
  1920 9596
  1930 9540
  1940 8880
  1950 7835
  1960 6663
  1970 5965
  1980 5404
  1990 4844
  2000 4576
  estyear 2006
  estimate 4430



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 4,576 people, 1,844 households, and 1,252 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 2/km&2 (6/mi&2). There were 2,562 housing units at an average density of 1/km&2 (3/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 92.59% White , 0.09% Black or African American , 6.32% Native American , 0.09% Asian , 0.22% from Other Races , and 0.70% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,844 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were Married Couples living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 30.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 21.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males.


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