Brookings County

administration
Brookings County Courthouse in Brookings, listed on the NRHP since 1976
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
geography
Total area :	2084 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

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
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.

The Coughlin Campanile is one of 41 entries for the county in the NRHP.

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
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.