Brown County, South Dakota

Brown County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 35,460. Its is. The county is named after Alfred Brown, of, a  in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,484 (1,731 ). 4,437 km² (1,713 sq mi) of it is land and 47 km² (18 sq mi) of it (1.05%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into forty-four :, Allison, Bates, Bath, Brainard, Cambria, Carlisle, Claremont, Columbia, East Hanson, East Rondell, Franklyn, Frederick, Garden Prairie, Garland, Gem, Greenfield, Groton, Hecla, Henry, Highland, Lansing, Liberty, Lincoln, Mercier, New Hope, North Detroit, Oneota, Ordway, Osceola, Palmyra, Portage, Prairiewood, Putney, Ravinia, Richland, Riverside, Savo, Shelby, South Detroit, Warner, West Hanson, Westport, West Rondell.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 35,460 people, 14,638 households, and 9,324 families residing in the county. The was 8/km² (21/sq mi). There were 15,861 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (9/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.47%, 0.28% or , 2.72% , 0.40% , 0.09% , 0.18% from , and 0.86% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population were or  of any race. 55.0% were of and 12.7% of  ancestry.

There were 14,638 households out of which 29.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.80% were living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.30% were non-families. 30.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.60% under the age of 18, 11.60% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.50 males.

Cities and towns



 * Half of Mansfield is in Brown County ande the other half is in Spink County.