Day County, South Dakota

Day County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 6,267. Its is. The county is named after Merritt H. Day, pioneer and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,826 (1,091 ). 2,664 km² (1,029 sq mi) of it is land and 162 km² (63 sq mi) of it (5.74%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into twenty-eight : Andover, Bristol, Butler, Central Point, Egeland, Farmington, Grenville, Highland, Home, Independence, Kidder, Kosciusko, Liberty, Lynn, Morton, Nutley, Oak Gulch, Racine, Raritan, Rusk, Scotland, Troy, Union, Valley, Waubay, Webster, Wheatland, and York.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,267 people, 2,586 households, and 1,688 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (6/sq mi). There were 3,618 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (4/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.26%, 0.13% or , 7.40% , 0.06% , 0.05% , 0.16% from , and 0.94% from two or more races. 0.38% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,586 households out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.40% were living together, 6.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 31.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 22.40% from 25 to 44, 23.40% from 45 to 64, and 23.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.50 males.