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Population (year 2000): 1,375
Males: 703 (51.1%), Females: 672 (48.9%)
Buffalo County
Zip code:
57339
Median resident age: 20.1 years
Median household income: $9,191 (year 2000)
Median house value: $32,500 (year 2000)
Races in Fort Thompson:
- American Indian (97.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (2.6%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (1.7%), Norwegian (1.1%).
Elevation: 1444 feet
Land area: 10.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fort Thompson
- High school or higher: 56.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%
- Unemployed: 26.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 10.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fort Thompson CDP
- Never married: 49.5%
- Now married: 28.3%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 5.8%
- Divorced: 12.9%
0.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Fort Thompson:
- MID-DAKOTA HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; CHAMBERLAIN,
SD)
- HAND COUNTY MEM HOSPITAL (about 42 miles; MILLER,
SD)
- AVERA WESKOTA MEMORIAL MED CTR - CAH (about 55
miles; WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort
Thompson:
- PIERRE REGIONAL (about 63 miles; PIERRE, SD; ID: PIR)
- HURON REGIONAL (about 87 miles; HURON, SD; ID: HON)
- ABERDEEN REGIONAL (about 118 miles; ABERDEEN, SD;
ID: ABR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Thompson:
- CHAMBERLAIN MUNI (about 23 miles; CHAMBERLAIN, SD;
ID: 9V9)
- HIGHMORE MUNI (about 33 miles; HIGHMORE, SD; ID:
9D0)
- HARROLD MUNI (about 38 miles; HARROLD, SD; ID: 5G3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fort Thompson:
- NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 117 miles;
ABERDEEN, SD; Full-time enrollment: 2,356)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 184 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 192 miles;
VERMILLION, SD; FT enrollment: 6,014)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 195 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY (about 208 miles; BISMARCK, ND;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 209 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE (about 213 miles; BISMARCK,
ND; FT enrollment: 2,205)
Public primary/middle school in Fort Thompson:
- CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 177; Location: PO BOX 469; Grades: KG - 05)
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