Harding County, South Dakota

Harding County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 1,353. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 6,935 (2,678 ). 6,917 km² (2,670 sq mi) of it is land and 18 km² (7 sq mi) of it (0.26%) is water.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 85.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:SD 20.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:SD 79.svg|20px]]

Adjacent counties

 * - north
 * - northeast
 * - east
 * - south
 * - west
 * - northwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,353 people, 525 households, and 352 families residing in the county. The was 0.2/km² (0.5/sq mi). There were 804 housing units at an average density of 0.1/km² (0.3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.63%, 0.30% or , 0.74% , 0.59% , 0.37% from , and 0.37% from two or more races. 1.63% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 525 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the county, the population was spread out with 32.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.