McPherson County, South Dakota

McPherson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,904. Its is. The county is named after.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,983 (1,152 ). 2,945 km² (1,137 sq mi) of it is land and 39 km² (15 sq mi) of it (1.29%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into five : Carl, Hoffman, Wachter, Wacker, and Weber; and two areas of unorganized territory: West McPherson and Central McPherson.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,904 people, 1,227 households, and 822 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (3/sq mi). There were 1,465 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.35%, 0.28% , 0.14% , 0.03% from , and 0.21% from two or more races. 0.21% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,227 households out of which 23.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.10% were living together, 2.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 31.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.20% under the age of 18, 4.50% from 18 to 24, 20.10% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 29.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.40 males.