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Lyman 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 Kennebec <!-- 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 1707
  Area Km 4421
  Area Land Mi 1640
  Area Land Km 4247
  Area Water Mi 67
  Area Water Km 174
  Area Percentage 393%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 3895
  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


Lyman County is a County located in the U.S. State of South Dakota . As of 2000 , the population is 3,895. Its County Seat is Kennebec 6 .


GEOGRAPHY

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 4,421 Km&2 (1,707 Mi&2 ). 4,247 km&2 (1,640 mi&2) of it is land and 174 km&2 (67 mi&2) of it (3.93%) is water.


Townships

The county is divided into sixteen townships: Bailey, Butte, Dorman, Fairland, Iona, Morningside, Oacoma, Pleasant, Pratt, Reliance, Rex, Rose, Rowe, Sioux, and Stony Butte; and six areas of unincorporated territory: Black Dog, Lafayette, Lower Brule, McClure, Northwest Lyman, and South Lyman.


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DEMOGRAPHICS

  1900 2632
  1910 10848
  1920 6591
  1930 6335
  1940 5045
  1950 4572
  1960 4428
  1970 4060
  1980 3864
  1990 3638
  2000 3895
  estyear 2006
  estimate 3929



As of the Census 2 of 2000, there were 3,895 people, 1,400 households, and 1,009 families residing in the county. The Population Density was 1/km&2 (2/mi&2). There were 1,636 housing units at an average density of 0/km&2 (1/mi&2). The racial makeup of the county was 64.75% White , 0.08% Black or African American , 33.27% Native American , 0.23% Asian , 0.05% from Other Races , and 1.62% from two or more races. 0.46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,400 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.40% were Married Couples living together, 13.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the county, the population was spread out with 32.10% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 20.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 104.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.10 males.


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