Editing Hutchinson County, South Dakota (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 37
|1880= 5573
|1890= 10469
|1900= 11897
|1910= 12319
|1920= 13475
|1930= 13904
|1940= 12668
|1950= 11423
|1960= 11085
|1970= 10379
|1980= 9350
|1990= 8262
|2000= 8075
|2010= 7343
|2020= 7427
|estyear=2024
|estimate=7416
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia Library |url-status=live |date=2007 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224028/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=December 12, 2009}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|last=Forstall |first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/sd190090.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url-status=live |date=March 27, 1995 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219135447/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/sd190090.txt |archive-date=February 19, 1999}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 7,427 people, 2,797 households, and 1,802 families residing in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hutchinson%20County,%20South%20Dakota%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=March 21, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|9.1|PD/sqmi}}. There were 3,212 housing units.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 7,343 people, 2,930 households, and 1,871 families in the county. The population density was {{convert|9.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 3,351 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.4% white, 0.7% American Indian, 0.4% black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.6% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 67.7% were [[Germans|German]], 8.7% were [[Russians|Russian]], 7.4% were [[Norwegians|Norwegian]], 6.9% were [[Irish people|Irish]], and 3.6% were [[Americans|American]].

Of the 2,930 households, 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.1% were non-families, and 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.82. The median age was 46.8 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,310 and the median income for a family was $52,390. Males had a median income of $35,180 versus $25,417 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,944. About 6.4% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

===Mennonites and Hutterites===
Hutchinson County is the most heavily [[Mennonite]]-populated county of South Dakota. [[German language|German-speaking]] [[Russian Mennonites|Mennonites from Russia]] settled in the county beginning in 1874 until the early 1880s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unruh|first=J. D.|title=Hutchinson County (South Dakota, USA)|website=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online|date=1956|access-date=July 30, 2015|url=http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hutchinson_County_(South_Dakota,_USA) }}</ref> South Dakota has the nation's largest population of [[Hutterites]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Color them plain but successful|publisher=The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis|access-date=December 14, 2008|url=http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/pub_display.cfm?id=1409}}</ref> a communal [[Anabaptist]] group that emigrated also from Russia during the same period as the Mennonites, with whom they share the [[Anabaptist]] faith. Hutterites live in communities each of about 150 people. [[Wolf Creek Colony, South Dakota|Wolf Creek Colony]] is in Hutchinson County, where the Wolf meets the [[James River (Dakotas)|James River]]. This colony is west of Freeman and north of Olivet and Menno.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/25/us/wolf-creek-journal-idealists-with-a-knack-for-being-prosperous.html|title=Wolf Creek Journal; Idealists With a Knack For Being Prosperous|date=November 25, 1987|access-date=June 20, 2015|first=Dirk|last=Johnson|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Other Hutterite communities in the county are [[Maxwell Colony, South Dakota|Maxwell Colony]], [[New Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota|New Elm Spring Colony]], [[Old Elm Spring Colony, South Dakota|Old Elm Spring Colony]], and [[Tschetter Colony, South Dakota|Tschetter Colony]].