Kingsbury County, South Dakota

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Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Map
Location in the state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	De Smet
Area - Total - Land - Water	864 sq mi (2,237 km²) 838 sq mi (2,171 km²) 25 sq mi (66 km²), 2.93%
Population - (2000) - Density	5,815 3/sq mi (1/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/sd/county/kingsbury/
Named for: George W. Kingsbury and T.A. Kingsbury

Kingsbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 5,815. Its county seat is De Smet.^[1]

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns
4 References

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 864 square miles (2,237 km²), of which, 838 square miles (2,171 km²) of it is land and 25 square miles (66 km²) of it (2.93%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into thirteen townships: Badger, Baker, Denver, De Smet, Esmond, Hartland, Iroquois, Le Sueur, Manchester, Mathews, Spirit Lake, Spring Lake, and Whitewood.

[edit] Major Highways

[edit] Adjacent Counties

[edit] Lakes

Lake Preston

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	9,866	—
1910	12,560	27.3%
1920	12,802	1.9%
1930	12,805	0.0%
1940	10,831	-15.4%
1950	9,962	-8.0%
1960	9,227	-7.4%
1970	7,657	-17.0%
1980	6,679	-12.8%
1990	5,925	-11.3%
2000	5,815	-1.9%
Est. 2007	5,394	-7.2%

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 5,815 people, 2,406 households, and 1,592 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 2,724 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.54% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. 0.69% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 36.2% were of German, 22.5% Norwegian, 8.4% Danish, 7.0% American and 5.9% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 2,406 households out of which 27.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were married couples living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.80% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.80% 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 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.50% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 24.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,262, and the median income for a family was $41,057. Males had a median income of $26,681 versus $19,174 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,522. About 7.00% of families and 10.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.50% of those under age 18 and 11.10% of those age 65 or over.