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Humboldt is a town in Minnehaha County
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Minnehaha County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the population was 163,281, making it the most populous county in South Dakota....
, South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
, United States
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. The population was 521 at the 2000 census.

Demographics As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 521 people, 200 households, and 148 families residing in the town.






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Humboldt is a town in Minnehaha County
Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Minnehaha County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the population was 163,281, making it the most populous county in South Dakota....
, South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 521 at the 2000 census.

Geography


Humboldt is located at (43.644933, -97.074320).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 kmē), all of it land.

Humboldt has been assigned the ZIP code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
 57035 and the FIPS place code 30900.

Lost Lake
Lost Lake (South Dakota)

Lost Lake is located in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The lake lies north of Humboldt, South Dakota....
 lies 2 miles North of the town.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 521 people, 200 households, and 148 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density

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 was 831.0 people per square mile (319.3/kmē). There were 210 housing units at an average density of 335.0/sq mi (128.7/kmē). The racial makeup of the town was 96.74% White, 1.73% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.19% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 200 households out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the town the population was spread out with 31.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,250, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $27,426 versus $22,083 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the town was $16,455. About 5.8% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

  • Karl Mundt
    Karl Earl Mundt

    Karl Earl Mundt was an United States of America educator and a Republican Party member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives from 1938 to 1948 and in the United States Senate from 1948 to 1973....
    , United States Congressman and Senator, was born in Humboldt and spent part of his childhood there.
  • Larry Pressler, United States Congressman and Senator, was born in Humboldt and attended elementary and high school there.


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