Ziebach County, South Dakota

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Ziebach County is a one of the county from South Dakota's 66 counties, located in Midwestern Region (West North Central) of United States. In 2000, county's population was 2519 inhabitants. As of July 2008, the population was estimated at 2542, It is 15th least populous county in South Dakota. It has total area of 1971.05 square miles (5105 square kilometre), of which, 1962.33 square miles (5082.41 square kilometre) of it is land and 8.72 square miles (22.58 square kilometre) of it is water, makes it the ninth largest by total area in South Dakota.


According to 2000 Census Bureau, there were 2519 people, 741 households, and 594 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.3 people per square mile (0.5/kmē), it is the fifth least populated county in terms of population density. There were 879 housing units at an average density of 0.4 per square mile (0.15/kmē). It has an average household size was 3.4 persons, and the average family size was 3.81 persons. In the county the population was distributed as follows: 40.6% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 97 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. According to July 2008 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the county is 2542, The racial makeup of the county was 655 White, 0 Black or African American, 1851 American Indian, 5 Asian, 0 Native Hawaiian, and 31 from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $18063, making it the second poorest county by median household income among the South Dakota. The median income for a family in the county was $18672, it is South Dakota's second poorest county by median family income. The per capita income for the county was $7463, making its South Dakota's third lowest county by per capita income.

In 2000, 883 pupils and students, of which 47.45% are male and 52.55% are female, 35.05% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 7.25% nursery or pri school, 7.59% kindergarten, 55.04% elementary school, 20.61% high school and 9.51% 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	Eagle Butte City	Dewey County, Ziebach County	0.92	0.92	0	619	675.4	9192	18611
2	Dupree City	Ziebach County	0.4	0.4	0	434	1089.8	8206	22250

Year	Population
April 2000 census	2519
April 2000 Estimate	2519
July 2000 Estimate	2475
July 2001 Estimate	2489
July 2002 Estimate	2514
July 2003 Estimate	2524
July 2004 Estimate	2539
July 2005 Estimate	2547
July 2006 Estimate	2640
July 2007 Estimate	2616
July 2008 Estimate	2542

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	36	28	64
Kindergarten	20	47	67
Elementary school	245	241	486
High school	85	97	182
College or graduate school	33	51	84

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Ziebach County, South Dakota	$18063	$18672	$7463
South Dakota, United States	$35282	$43237	$17562
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587