Tripp County, South Dakota

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Tripp County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 6,430. Its county seat is Winner ⁶.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,189 km² (1,617 mi²). 4,179 km² (1,614 mi²) of it is land and 10 km² (4 mi²) of it (0.24%) is water.

[edit] Townships

The county is divided into forty-eight townships: Banner, Beaver Creek, Black, Brunson, Bull Creek, Carter, Colome, Condon, Curlew, Dog Ear, Elliston, Greenwood, Holsclaw, Huggins, Ideal, Irwin, Joradn, Kaypaha, King, Lake, Malro, Lincoln, Lone Star, Lone Tree, McNeely, Millboro, New Witten, Pahapesto, Plainview, Pleasant Valley, Pleasant View, Progressive, Rames, Rosedale, Roseland, Star Prairie, Star Valley, Stewart, Sully, Taylor, Valley, Weaver, Willow Creek, Wilson, Winner, Witten, Wortman, and Wright; and one area of unorganized territory: Gassman.

[edit] Major highways

South Dakota Highway 53

[edit] Adjacent counties

Lyman County, South Dakota - north
Gregory County, South Dakota - east
Keya Paha County, Nebraska - south
Todd County, South Dakota - southwest
Mellette County, South Dakota - northwest

[edit] Demographics

Tripp County Population by year
1910 - 8,323 1920 - 11,970 1930 - 12,712 1940 - 9,937 1950 - 9,139 1960 - 8,761 1970 - 8,171 1980 - 7,268 1990 - 6,924 2000 - 6,430

As of the census ² of 2000, there were 6,430 people, 2,550 households, and 1,721 families residing in the county. The population density was 2/km² (4/mi²). There were 3,036 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 87.48% White, 0.03% Black or African American, 11.20% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,550 households out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.90% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.50% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.70% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.70 males.

[edit] Cities and towns

	State of South Dakota
Capital	Pierre
Regions	Badlands \| Black Hills \| Coteau des Prairies
Cities	Aberdeen \| Brandon \| Brookings \| Huron \| Madison \| Mitchell \| Pierre \| Rapid City \| Sioux Falls \| Spearfish \| Sturgis \| Vermillion \| Watertown \| Yankton
Counties	Aurora \| Beadle \| Bennett \| Bon Homme \| Brookings \| Brown \| Brule \| Buffalo \| Butte \| Campbell \| Charles Mix \| Clark \| Clay \| Codington \| Corson \| Custer \| Davison \| Day \| Deuel \| Dewey \| Douglas \| Edmunds \| Fall River \| Faulk \| Grant \| Gregory \| Haakon \| Hamlin \| Hand \| Hanson \| Harding \| Hughes \| Hutchinson \| Hyde \| Jackson \| Jerauld \| Jones \| Kingsbury \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lincoln \| Lyman \| Marshall \| McCook \| McPherson \| Meade \| Mellette \| Miner \| Minnehaha \| Moody \| Pennington \| Perkins \| Potter \| Roberts \| Sanborn \| Shannon \| Spink \| Stanley \| Sully \| Todd \| Tripp \| Turner \| Union \| Walworth \| Yankton \| Ziebach