Aurora County, South Dakota

Aurora County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population is 3,058. Its is.

History
Aurora County, named for the Roman goddess of the dawn, was created by the  on, , and organized in 1881 when three county commissioners were appointed. The county commission first met on, , and named Plankinton the county seat, an act which was ratified by voters in November 1882.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,845 (713 ). 1,834 km² (708 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.61%) is water.

Townships
The county is divided into twenty :

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,165 households, and 816 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (4/sq mi). There were 1,298 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.68%, 0.29% or , 1.93% , 0.10% , 1.44% from , and 0.56% from two or more races. 2.09% of the population were or  of any race. 48.0% were of, 13.0% , 6.9% , 6.6% , 6.1% and 5.8%  or American ancestry.

There were 1,165 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.30% were living together, 5.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.70% 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 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 104.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.