Hanson County, South Dakota

Hanson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 3,139. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,128 (436 ). 1,126 km² (435 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.20%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into twelve : Beulah, Edgerton, Emery, Fairview, Hanson, Jasper, Plano, Rosedale, Springlake, Taylor, Wayne, Worthen.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,139 people, 1,115 households, and 848 families residing in the county. The was 3/km² (7/sq mi). There were 1,218 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.52%, 0.10% , 0.13% , 0.03% , 0.03% from , and 0.19% from two or more races. 0.10% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,115 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.40% were living together, 3.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.90% were non-families. 21.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the county, the population was spread out with 29.50% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 100.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.20 males.