Pierre, South Dakota

Pierre population, 2020 to 2024

Pierre lost 279 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -96. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Pierre is 100% of it.

Pierre covers 13.03 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,058 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Pierre is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pierre is in

All of Pierre's residents live in Hughes County, which had 17,526 residents in 2024. Pierre holds 78.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pierre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pierre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57501. 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 Pierre is

The Census internal point of Pierre is at 44.375200, -100.320000. Pierre, the capital, is 1.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huron, SD (14,515 people), 104.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 187.5 miles away.

Daylight in Pierre

At 44.38° N, Pierre 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 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pierre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Pierre, 3.1 miles away, with 2,158 people.