Spink County, South Dakota

Spink County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,454. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,911 (1,510 ). 3,895 km² (1,504 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.41%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into thirty-seven : Antelope, Athol, Belle Plaine, Belmont, Benton, Beotia, Buffalo, Capitola, Clifton, Conde, Cornwall, Crandon, Exline, Frankfort, Garfield, Great Bend, Groveland, Harmony, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, La Prairie, Lincoln, Lodi, Mellette, Northville, Olean, Prairie Center, Redfield, Richfield, Spring, Sumner, Tetonka, Three Rivers, Tulare, Turton, Union.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,454 people, 2,847 households, and 1,933 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 3,352 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.56%, 0.21% or , 1.48% , 0.09% , 0.01% , 0.12% from , and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,847 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 18.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 107.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.20 males.