South Dakota · Census place 4636220

Lead, South Dakota

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota with an estimated 3,038 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,038; #25 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +59 people
Land area: 2.1 sq mi
Density: 1,475 / sq mi; State median 1,459

Orange pin: Lead. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Pierre.

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Lead population, 2020 to 2024

Lead added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,981. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lead covers 2.06 square miles of land, for 1,475 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Lead is close to the typical town.

What county Lead is in

All of Lead's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 28,809 residents in 2024. Lead holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lead

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57754. 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 Lead is

The Census internal point of Lead is at 44.352800, -103.767100. Pierre, the capital, is 169.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spearfish, SD (13,803 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 253.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.352800, -103.767100
DMS: 44°21'10.08"N 103°46'1.56"W
UTM: 13N 598259.2E 4911797.9N
Geohash: 9xyhqdpjg
Plus code: 85PR963M+45

Daylight in Lead

At 44.35° N, Lead gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lead

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Deadwood, 3.3 miles away, with 1,347 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lead, SD?

3,038 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (2.0%) from 2,979 in July 2020.

What county is Lead in?

Lawrence County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lead?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57754.

How far is Lead from Pierre?

169.0 miles (272.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lead.

What is the nearest larger city to Lead?

Spearfish, SD, with 13,803 residents, 9.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.