Corson County, South Dakota

Corson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 4,181. Its is. It was named for Dighton Corson, a native of Maine, who came to the in 1876, and in 1877 began practicing law at. He was one of the first attorneys for the, and was elected to the South Dakota Supreme Court in 1889 and served there until he retired in 1913.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,551 (2,529 ). 6,405 km² (2,473 sq mi) of it is land and 146 km² (56 sq mi) of it (2.23%) is water. The entire county lies within the.

Townships
The county is divided into eleven townships: Custer, Delaney, Lake, Mission, Pleasant Ridge, Prairie View, Ridgeland, Rolling Green, Sherman, Wakpala, and Watauga; and four areas of unorganized territory: Central Corson, Lemmon No. 2, Northeast Corson, and West Corson.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 4,181 people, 1,271 households, and 949 families residing in the county. The was 0.7/km² (1.7/sq mi). There were 1,536 housing units at an average density of 0.2/km² (0.6/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 60.80%, 37.19% , 0.10% or , 0.05% , 0.22% from , and 1.65% from two or more races. 2.13% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,271 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were living together, 19.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.82.

In the county, the population was spread out with 36.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The county's makes it one of the.