Herreid, South Dakota
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Herreid is a city in Campbell County
Campbell County, South Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,782 people, 725 households, and 508 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 962 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the county was 99.33% White, 0.34%...

, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 438 at the 2010 census. The city is named after Charles N. Herreid
Charles N. Herreid
Charles Nelson Herreid was the fourth Governor of South Dakota.-Biography:Charles Herreid was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Galesville University in Wisconsin from 1874 to 1878 and the University of Wisconsin from 1880 to 1882...

, who was the Governor of South Dakota
Governor of South Dakota
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 when the town was founded in 1901.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land.

Herreid has been assigned the ZIP code
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 57632 and the FIPS place code 28340. U.S. Route 83
U.S. Route 83
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 is the main thoroughfare, running from north to south through the town.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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, there were 482 people, 207 households, and 137 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 356.3 people per square mile (137.9/km²). There were 234 housing units at an average density of 173.0 per square mile (66.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.59% White and 0.41% Native American.

There were 207 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,444, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $25,556 versus $16,375 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $15,287. About 8.5% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 23.6% of those age 65 or over.

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