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Moody 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 Flandreau <!-- 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 521
  Area Km 1350
  Area Land Mi 520
  Area Land Km 1346
  Area Water Mi 1
  Area Water Km 4
  Area Percentage 027%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 6595
  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


Moody County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota , in the United States . As of the 2000 Census , the population is 6,595. Its County Seat is Flandreau 6 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,350 Km&2 (521 Mi&2 ). 1,346 km&2 (520 mi&2) of it is land and 4 km&2 (1 mi&2) of it (0.27%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into sixteen Townships : Alliance, Blinsmon, Clare, Colman, Egan, Enterprise, Flandreau, Fremont, Grovena, Jefferson, Lone Rock, Lynn, Riverview, Spring Creek, Union, Ward.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 8326
  1910 8695
  1920 9742
  1930 9603
  1940 9341
  1950 9252
  1960 8810
  1970 7622
  1980 6692
  1990 6507
  2000 6595
  estyear 2006
  estimate 6644



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 6,595 people, 2,526 households, and 1,763 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 5/km&2 (13/mi&2). There were 2,745 housing units at an average density of 2/km&2 (5/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 84.91% White , 0.29% Black or African American , 12.01% Native American , 0.56% Asian , 0.06% from Other Races , and 2.17% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,526 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were Married Couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out with 29.10% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.00 males.


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