Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Hutchinson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 8,075. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,109 (814 ). 2,105 km² (813 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.19%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into twenty-three : Capital, Clayton, Cross Plains, Fair, Foster, German, Grandview, Hassel, Kaylor, Kuim, Liberty, Mittown, Molan, Oak Hollow, Pleasant, Sharon, Silver Lake, Starr, Susquehanna, Sweet, Valley, Wittenberg, Wolf Creek.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 8,075 people, 3,190 households, and 2,191 families residing in the county. The was 4/km² (10/sq mi). There were 3,517 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.82%, 0.09% or , 0.57% , 0.10% , 0.06% from , and 0.36% from two or more races. 0.52% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,190 households out of which 28.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.50% were living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 26.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 94.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males.