South Dakota · Census place 4612180
Clark, South Dakota
Clark is a city in Clark County, South Dakota with an estimated 1,167 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,167
- #57 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +16 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 864 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Clark population, 2020 to 2024
Clark added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Clark covers 1.35 square miles of land, for 864 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Clark is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clark is in
All of Clark's residents live in Clark County, which had 3,974 residents in 2024. Clark holds 29.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clark
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57225. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Clark is
The Census internal point of Clark is at 44.880900, -97.734800. Pierre, the capital, is 133.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watertown, SD (23,492 people), 28.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 105.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.880900, -97.734800
- DMS
- 44°52'51.24"N 97°44'5.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 599923.5E 4970498.6N
- Geohash
- 9zfrrfrdn
- Plus code
- 86P4V7J8+93
Daylight in Clark
At 44.88° N, Clark gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clark
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Watertown, 28.4 miles away, with 23,492 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clark, SD?
1,167 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.4%) from 1,151 in July 2020.
What county is Clark in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clark?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57225.
How far is Clark from Pierre?
133.2 miles (214.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Clark.
What is the nearest larger city to Clark?
Watertown, SD, with 23,492 residents, 28.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.