Dell Rapids, South Dakota

Dell Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Dell Rapids lost 159 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

Dell Rapids covers 2.25 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,700 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Dell Rapids is denser than the typical town.

What county Dell Rapids is in

All of Dell Rapids's residents live in Minnehaha County, which had 208,639 residents in 2024. Dell Rapids holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dell Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dell Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57022. 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 Dell Rapids is

The Census internal point of Dell Rapids is at 43.824800, -96.714600. Pierre, the capital, is 184.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brandon, SD (10,837 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 19.6 miles away.

Daylight in Dell Rapids

At 43.82° N, Dell Rapids gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dell Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Baltic, 4.6 miles away, with 1,331 people.