Jackson County, South Dakota

Jackson County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 2,930. Its is. was merged into Jackson County in 1979.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,846 (1,871 ). 4,841 km² (1,869 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.11%) is water. About 57 percent of its land, the portion south of the, is on the.

Townships
The county is divided into six : Grandview II, Interior, Jewett, Little Buffalo, Wall, and Weta; and four areas of unorganized territory: East Jackson, Northwest Jackson, Southeast Jackson, and Southwest Jackson.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 2,930 people, 945 households, and 675 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 1,173 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 50.07%, 0.03% or , 47.85% , 0.03% , 0.03% , 0.14% from , and 1.84% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 945 households out of which 38.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.40% were living together, 14.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.73.

In the county, the population was spread out with 36.50% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males.

The county's makes it one of the.