Brookings County
Brookings County Courthouse in Brookings, listed on the NRHP since 1976 |
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US state : | South Dakota |
Administrative headquarters : | Brookings |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
Brookings County Courthouse 314 6th Ave. Brookings, SD 57006-2057 |
Foundation : | 1871 |
Made up from: | Moody , Lake and Kingsbury Counties |
Area code : | +1 605 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 31,965 (2010) |
Population density : | 15.5 inhabitants / km 2 |
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Total area : | 2084 km² |
Water surface : | 27 km² |
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Website : www.brookingscountysd.gov |
The Brookings County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , the county had 31,965 residents and a population density of 15.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Brookings .
geography
The county, through which the Big Sioux River flows from north to south, is located in the east of South Dakota and borders on Minnesota . It has an area of 2084 square kilometers; of which 27 square kilometers (1.28 percent) are water. The following neighboring counties border Brookings County:
Hamlin County | Deuel County | |
Kingsbury County |
Lincoln County, Minnesota |
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Lake County | Moody County |
Pipestone County, Minnesota |
history
The county's history began with a law of April 5, 1862, which defined the boundaries of the newly founded county from parts of Moody, Lake and Kingsbury Counties. The final organization of the administration of the county took place on January 13, 1871. The county was named after Wilmot Brookings (1830-1905), a pioneer settler and member of the legislative assembly of the Dakota Territory .
The first county seat became Medary .
In 1873 the area was reduced again and the Brookings County boundaries were created.
Brookings City was founded in 1879 and quickly became a new center of the area. In the same year, Brookings was elected as the new county seat.
41 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).
Demographic data
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1900 | 12,561 | - | |
1910 | 14,178 | 12.9% | |
1920 | 16,119 | 13.7% | |
1930 | 16,847 | 4.5% | |
1940 | 16,560 | -1.7% | |
1950 | 17,851 | 7.8% | |
1960 | 20,046 | 12.3% | |
1970 | 22,158 | 10.5% | |
1980 | 24,332 | 9.8% | |
1990 | 25.207 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 28,220 | 12% | |
2010 | 31,965 | 13.3% | |
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
According to the 2010 census , Brookings County had 31,965 people in 11,597 households. The population density was 15.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in each of the 11,597 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.8 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
18.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 71.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.8 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 46,101 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,036. 18.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Brookings County localities
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Other Unincorporated Communities
1 - mostly in Kingsbury County
2 - partly in Hamlin County
structure
Brookings County is divided into 23 townships in addition to the six cities and three towns :
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 76001715. Retrieved June 8, 2013
- ↑ Brookings County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Accessed 22 February 2011
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Brookings County, SD Retrieved June 8, 2013
- ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 8, 2013
- ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 32 .
- ^ E-ReferenceDesk - Brookings County, South Dakota.Retrieved June 8, 2013
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - South Dakota ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 8, 2013
Web links
Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′ N , 96 ° 47 ′ W