Erwin, South Dakota
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Erwin is a town in Kingsbury County
Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Kingsbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,148. It's county seat is De Smet. It was named for two brothers, George W. and T. A. Kingsbury, who were prominently involved in the affairs of Dakota Territory and members of...

, South Dakota
South Dakota
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, United States
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. The population was 45 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Erwin is located at 44°29′13"N 97°26′33"W (44.487051, -97.442543).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Erwin has been assigned the ZIP code
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 57233 and the FIPS place code 19860.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 58 people, 26 households, and 17 families residing in the town. The population density
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 was 123.1 people per square mile (47.6/km²). There were 34 housing units at an average density of 72.2 per square mile (27.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White.

There were 26 households out of which 19.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were married couples
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 living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 1.7% from 18 to 24, 12.1% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 81.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,125, and the median income for a family was $33,125. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $16,875 for females. The per capita income
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 for the town was $15,661. None of the population or families were below the poverty line.
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