Haakon County, South Dakota

Haakon County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,196. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,732 (1,827 ). 4,696 km² (1,813 sq mi) of it is land and 37 km² (14 sq mi) of it (0.78%) is water.

The county was created in 1914 and organized in 1915, and is named for, who became king of in 1905. It is the only county in South Dakota named for a non-American person and is one of only nine counties in South Dakota named for persons who did not live in South Dakota (,, , , , , , and are the other eight). Most of the 66 South Dakota counties are named for early South Dakota officials or legislators, or for physical features ( and ), or are derived from Indian words ( and ), or from counties in other states ( and ), with one named for a Roman goddess, one for an animal, and one  for a concept.

Townships
The county is divided into two areas of unorganized territory: East Haakon and West Haakon.

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,196 people, 870 households, and 620 families residing in the county. The was 0,5/km² (1/sq mi). There were 1,002 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.40%, 2.50% , 0.09% , and 1.00% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 870 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.60% were living together, 4.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.