Hand County, South Dakota

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Hand County, South Dakota is a county of the United States of South Dakota. In 2000, county's population was 3741 inhabitants. It has an estimated population (as of July 2008) of 3274, making it South Dakota's 21st smallest county. It covers total area of 1440.21 mi˛ (3730.13 square kilometre), of which, 1436.58 square miles (3720.73 square kilometre) of it is land and 3.63 square miles (9.4 square kilometre) of it is water, makes it the 19th largest by total area in South Dakota.


As of the census of 2000, there were 3741 people in the county, organized into 1543 households, and 1051 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.6 people per square mile (1/km˛), it is South Dakota's 16th least densely populated county. There were 1840 housing units at an average density of 1.3 per square mile (0.5/km˛). The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97. In the county the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males. It has an estimated population (as of July 2008) of 3274, The racial or ethnic makeup of the county was 3250 White, 1 Black or African American, 7 American Indian, 4 Asian, 0 Native Hawaiian, and 12 from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $32377, it is South Dakota's 23rd wealthiest county by median household income. The median income for a family in the county was $38017, it is South Dakota's 29th wealthiest county by median family income. The per capita income for the county was $18735, it is the eighth wealthiest county in terms of per capita income.

In 2000, 825 pupils and students, of which 426 are male and 399 are female, 22.05% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 69 nursery or pri school, 33 kindergarten, 433 elementary school, 257 high school and 33 College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Wessington City	Beadle County, Hand County	0.38	0.38	0	248	660.7	13767	21250
2	Miller City	Hand County	0.95	0.95	0	1530	1614.1	18401	28929
3	Ree Heights Town	Hand County	0.29	0.29	0	85	291.7	10276	27083
4	St. Lawrence Town	Hand County	1.53	1.53	0	210	137.5	13300	32031

Year	Population
April 2000 census	3741
April 2000 Estimate	3741
July 2000 Estimate	3712
July 2001 Estimate	3628
July 2002 Estimate	3548
July 2003 Estimate	3487
July 2004 Estimate	3342
July 2005 Estimate	3305
July 2006 Estimate	3283
July 2007 Estimate	3270
July 2008 Estimate	3274

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	40	29	69
Kindergarten	14	19	33
Elementary school	223	210	433
High school	147	110	257
College or graduate school	2	31	33

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Hand County, South Dakota	$32377	$38017	$18735
South Dakota, United States	$35282	$43237	$17562
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587