Harrisburg, South Dakota

Harrisburg population, 2020 to 2024

Harrisburg added 3,356 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +49.0%. In the latest year it moved by +786. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Harrisburg is 74% of it.

Harrisburg covers 4.77 square miles of land, for 2,139 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Harrisburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Harrisburg is in

All of Harrisburg's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 75,244 residents in 2024. Harrisburg holds 13.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harrisburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harrisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57032. 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 Harrisburg is

The Census internal point of Harrisburg is at 43.434300, -96.712400. Pierre, the capital, is 192.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux Falls, SD (209,289 people), 7.4 miles away.

Daylight in Harrisburg

At 43.43° N, Harrisburg gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harrisburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Tea, 5.8 miles away, with 7,699 people.