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Turner County, South Dakota
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Location in the state of South Dakota
South Dakota's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	information needed
Seat	Parker
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	617 sq mi (1599 km²) 617 sq mi (1598 km²) 1 sq mi (2 km²), 0.10%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	8849 6/sq mi (2/km²)
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5

Turner County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 8,849. Its county seat is Parker⁶.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Townships 1.2 Major Highways 1.3 Adjacent Counties 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,599 km² (617 mi²). 1,598 km² (617 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.10%) is water.

The county is divided into eighteen townships: Brothersfield, Centerville, Childstown, Daneville, Dolton, Germantown, Home, Hurley, Marion, Middleton, Monroe, Norway, Parker, Rosefield, Salem, Spring Valley, Swan Lake, Turner.

U.S. Highway 18 U.S. Highway 81 South Dakota Highway 19 South Dakota Highway 44

South Dakota Highway 46 South Dakota Highway 19A

• Minnehaha County, South Dakota - northeast
• Lincoln County, South Dakota - east
• Clay County, South Dakota - southeast
• Yankton County, South Dakota - southwest
• Hutchinson County, South Dakota - west
• McCook County, South Dakota - northwest

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	13,175		–
1910	13,840		5.0%
1920	14,871		7.4%
1930	14,891		0.1%
1940	13,270		-10.9%
1950	12,100		-8.8%
1960	11,159		-7.8%
1970	9,872		-11.5%
1980	9,255		-6.3%
1990	8,576		-7.3%
2000	8,849		3.2%

As of the census² of 2000, there were 8,849 people, 3,510 households, and 2,478 families residing in the county. The population density was 6/km² (14/mi²). There were 3,852 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.86% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,510 households out of which 31.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.90% were married couples living together, 5.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 20.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.90 males.

• Centerville
• Chancellor
• Davis
• Dolton
• Hurley
• Marion
• Monroe
• Parker
• Viborg

	State of South Dakota Pierre (capital)
Regions	Badlands | Black Hills | Coteau des Prairies
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