South Dakota · Census place 4642260
Milbank, South Dakota
Milbank is a city in Grant County, South Dakota with an estimated 3,545 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,545
- #22 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +11 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,280 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Milbank population, 2020 to 2024
Milbank added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +19.
Milbank covers 2.77 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,280 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Milbank is less dense than the typical town.
What county Milbank is in
All of Milbank's residents live in Grant County, which had 7,618 residents in 2024. Milbank holds 46.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Milbank
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milbank by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57252. 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 Milbank is
The Census internal point of Milbank is at 45.219400, -96.633700. Pierre, the capital, is 191.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watertown, SD (23,492 people), 33.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 114.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.219400, -96.633700
- DMS
- 45°13'9.84"N 96°38'1.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 685787.2E 5010047.4N
- Geohash
- cb531pcqp
- Plus code
- 86Q56998+QG
Daylight in Milbank
At 45.22° N, Milbank gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Milbank
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Clear Lake, 32.1 miles away, with 1,201 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Milbank, SD?
3,545 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.3%) from 3,534 in July 2020.
What county is Milbank in?
Grant County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Milbank?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57252.
How far is Milbank from Pierre?
191.3 miles (307.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Milbank.
What is the nearest larger city to Milbank?
Watertown, SD, with 23,492 residents, 33.3 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.