Tripp County, South Dakota

Tripp County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,430. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,189 (1,617 ). 4,179 km² (1,614 sq mi) of it is land and 10 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.24%) is water.

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

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,430 people, 2,550 households, and 1,721 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (4/sq mi). There were 3,036 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.48%, 0.03% or , 11.20% , 0.06% , 0.08% from , and 1.15% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  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 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.