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South Dakota: Miscellaneous 2

1939, 1941-42 ANALYSIS OF COUNTY vs. CITY SERIES

 

POPULATION FROM 1940 U.S. CENSUS:

 

COUNTY     (#)     POPULATION    CITY           POPULATION    %*

Minnehaha  (1)       57,697      Sioux Falls      40,832      71%

Beadle     (3)       19,648      Huron            10,843      55%

Brookings  (6)       16,560      Brookings         5,346      32%

Brown      (7)       29,676      Aberdeen         17,015      57%

Codington  (15)      17,014      Watertown        10,617      62%

Davison    (18)      15,336      Mitchell         10,633      69%

Lake       (40)      12,412      Madison           5,018      40%

Lawrence   (41)      19,093      Deadwood          4,100      21%

                                 Lead**            7,520      39%

Pennington (51)      23,799      Rapid City       13,844      58%

Yankton    (63)      16,725      Yankton           6,798      41%

 

*percentage of county residents living in primary city

**non county-seat city

 

 

AUTO REGISTRATION FIGURES:

 

COUNTY     (#)       1939        1941         1942

Minnehaha  (1)      15,776      17,505      15,380

Beadle     (3)       4,922       5,202       4,702

Brookings  (6)       4,634       4,834       4,481

Brown      (7)       7,092       7,713       6,993

Codington  (15)      4,592       4,976       4,516

Davison    (18)      4,188       4,477       3,802

Lake       (40)      3,173       3,332       3,093

Lawrence   (41)      4,802       5,000       4,226

Pennington (51)      6,168       6,332       5,824

Yankton    (63)      3,889       4,307       3,819

 

 

HIGHEST NUMBERS EXPECTED PER REGISTRATION FIGURES AND RATIOS:

 

Numbers are based solely on the assumption that the county/city auto

registration ratio is the same as the population ratio, which is not

accurate.  Starting numbers of secondary blocks are also estimates only.

 

COUNTY (City)     1939            1941                  1942

 MINNEHAHA       1-5732      1-1000 -  1-6075      1-1000 -  1-8667

(Sioux Falls) 1A,1B3042     1:10000 - 1:22428     1:10000 - 1:20919

 BEADLE          3-3214      3-4000 -  3-6340      3-1000 -  3-3115

(Huron)          3A3706      3:1000 -  3:3860      3:3500 -  3:6085

 BROOKINGS       6-4150      6-3000 -  6-6286      6-1000 -  6-4046

(Brookings)      6A2482      6:1000 -  6:2546      6:4500 -  6:5933

 BROWN           7-4119      7-1000 -  7-4316      7-1000 -  7-4006

(Aberdeen)       7A4971      7:4500 -  7:8895      7:4500 -  7:8485

 CODINGTON      15-2744     15-4100 - 15-5990     15-1000 - 15-4070

(Watertown)     15A3846     15:1000 - 15:4084     15:4500 - 15:5944

 DAVISON        18-2297     18-4300 - 18-5687     18-1000 - 18-2178

(Mitchell)      18A3889     18:1000 - 18:4088     18:2500 - 18:5122

 LAKE           40-2903     40-2500 - 40-4498     40-1000 - 40-2855

(Madison)       40A2268     40:1000 - 40:2332     40:3500 - 40:4736

 LAWRENCE       41-2920    (41-1000 - 41-5999)   (41-1000 - 41-5225)

(Deadwood)      41A2007           (none)                (none)

(Lead)          41B2872           (none)                (none)

 PENNINGTON     51-3590     51-4100 - 51-6758     51-1000 - 51-3399,

                                                  51-7450 - 51-7495

(Rapid City)    51A4576     51:1000 - 51:4672?    51:3400 - 51:6777

 YANKTON        63-3294     63-2700 - 63-5240     63-1000 - 63-3252

(Yankton)       63A2593     63:1000 - 63:2765?    63:3500 - 63:5065

 

TOTAL CITY   34,263  21.6%    34,179  20.4%         29,175  18.9%

  

OBSERVED PLATES:

 

COUNTY (City)     1939            1941                 1942-44

 MINNEHAHA       1-6012      1-1000 -  1-6012      1-1000 -  1-8623

(Sioux Falls) 1A,1B2152     1:10000 - 1:22359     1:10000 - 1:20607

 BEADLE         (3)                                3-1293 -  3-3157

(Huron)                      3:1221 -  3:1772      3:3615 -  3:6078

 BROOKINGS       6-3039      6-3043 -  6-5996      6-1244 -  6-4085

                                                   6-6043 -

(Brookings)      6A2422      6:1198 -  6:1991      6:4644 -  6:5756

 BROWN           7-1865      7-1159 -  7-4226      7-1231 -

                                                   7-8505 -  7-9634

(Aberdeen)       7A4126      7:4775 -  7:5530      7:5413 -  7:8104

 CODINGTON      15-2300     15-4152 - 15-5983     15-1086 - 15-1178

(Watertown)     15A2269     15:1856 - 15:3711     15:4620 - 15:5537

 DAVISON        18-2153     18-4371 - 18-5454

(Mitchell)      18A1946     18:1952 - 18:2271     18:3239 - 18:5177

 LAKE           40-1358                           40-1090 - 40-2949

(Madison)       40A1204     40:1204 - 40:2271     40:3654 - 40:4416

 LAWRENCE      (41)        (41-1000 - 41-6012)   (41-2073 - 41-3903)

(Deadwood)      41A1730           (none)                (none)

(Lead)          41B2884           (none)                (none)

 PENNINGTON     51-1459     51-4185 - 51-7165     51-1000 - 51-3399,

                                                  51-7493 -

(Rapid City)    51A4497     51:1504 - 51:3085     51:3400 - 51:7139

 YANKTON        63-1700     63-2728 - 63-4204     63-1510 - 63-3432

(Yankton)       63A2374     63:1000 - 63:2439     63:4062 - 63:4514