Deuel County, South Dakota

Deuel County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,498. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,649 (637 ). 1,615 km² (624 sq mi) of it is land and 34 km² (13 sq mi) of it (2.07%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into sixteen : Altamont, Antelope Valley, Blom, Brandt, Clear Lake, Glenwood, Goodwin, Grange, Havana, Herrick, Hidewood, Lowe, Norden, Portland, Rome, and Scandinavia.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,498 people, 1,843 households, and 1,258 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 2,172 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.51%, 0.09% or , 0.29% , 0.18% , 0.02% , 0.24% from , and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,843 households out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.40% were living together, 4.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.60 males.