Miner County, South Dakota

Miner County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,884. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,481 (572 ). 1,477 km² (570 sq mi) of it is land and 4 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.29%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into sixteen : Adams, Beaver, Belleview, Canova, Carthage, Clearwater, Clinton, Grafton, Green Valley, Henden, Howard, Miner, Redstone, Rock Creek, Roswell, Vermillion.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,884 people, 1,212 households, and 789 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 1,408 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.75%, 0.52% or , 0.31% , 0.10% , 0.10% from , and 0.21% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,212 households out of which 28.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were living together, 5.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.90% were non-families. 32.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.50% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 22.70% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 23.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 99.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.00 males.