Potter County, South Dakota

Potter County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,693. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,327 (898 ). 2,244 km² (866 sq mi) of it is land and 83 km² (32 sq mi) of it (3.56%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into three areas of unorganized territory: West Potter, Central Potter, and East Potter.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,693 people, 1,145 households, and 767 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,760 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.14%, 0.82% , 0.19% , 0.07% from , and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.19% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,145 households out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.20% were living together, 4.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 31.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 3.90% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 25.70% from 45 to 64, and 25.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.80 males.