Letcher township, Sanborn County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 144 (all rural)
| Males: 79 |  (54.9%) |
| Females: 65 |  (45.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 144 (120 owner occupied, 24 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Letcher township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Asian: 0.7%
Median age of males: 41.7
Median age of females: 42.5
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Average household size: 2.67
| Letcher township: | 2.7 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
| Letcher township: | $47,848 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $359 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,291 (it was $36,400 in 2000)
| : | $71,291 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 20.5% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Cities in this township include: Letcher.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: West Lawn Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
100% of Letcher township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 15
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 35
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Paper (7%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Health care (41%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Printing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Health technologists and technicians (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Letcher township:
- French (except Basque) (25.9%)
- German (22.2%)
- Irish (22.2%)
- Italian (14.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 28 (100%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Wood (30%)
- Other fuel (19%)
- Utility gas (15%)
81.8% of residents of Letcher township speak English at home.
9.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
9.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 44- In family households: 37 (15 male householders, 4 female householders)
18 spouses, 0 children (0 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 19 2-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person,
34 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (5 men, 3 women).