South Dakota · Census place 4627540
Hartford, South Dakota
Hartford is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota with an estimated 3,600 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,600
- #21 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- +7.2%
- +241 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,139 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Hartford population, 2020 to 2024
Hartford added 241 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Hartford covers 3.16 square miles of land, for 1,139 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Hartford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hartford is in
All of Hartford's residents live in Minnehaha County, which had 208,639 residents in 2024. Hartford holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hartford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57033. 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 Hartford is
The Census internal point of Hartford is at 43.621500, -96.934900. Pierre, the capital, is 177.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux Falls, SD (209,289 people), 11.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.621500, -96.934900
- DMS
- 43°37'17.40"N 96°56'5.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 666618.3E 4831907.1N
- Geohash
- 9zg04jn1t
- Plus code
- 86M5J3C8+J2
Daylight in Hartford
At 43.62° N, Hartford gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hartford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Crooks, 6.8 miles away, with 1,369 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hartford, SD?
3,600 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 241 (7.2%) from 3,359 in July 2020.
What county is Hartford in?
Minnehaha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hartford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57033.
How far is Hartford from Pierre?
177.2 miles (285.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Hartford.
What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?
Sioux Falls, SD, with 209,289 residents, 11.6 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.