South Dakota · Census place 4659020

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is a city in 2 counties of South Dakota with an estimated 209,289 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
209,289
#1 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020
+8.2%
+15,841 people
Land area
83.6 sq mi
+ 0.55 sq mi water
Density
2,504 / sq mi
State median 1,459
Orange pin: Sioux Falls. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Pierre.

Sioux Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Sioux Falls added 15,841 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3,321. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Sioux Falls is 15.1 times that size.

193.4k2020196.8k2021201.9k2022206.0k2023209.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 192,721. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sioux Falls covers 83.58 square miles of land and 0.55 of water, for 2,504 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Sioux Falls is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sioux Falls spans

Sioux Falls crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 209,289 residents as follows; Minnehaha County holds 80.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Minnehaha County168,750
  2. 02Lincoln County40,539
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sioux Falls

9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sioux Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57103, 57104, 57105, 57106, 57107, 57108, 57110, 57117, 57197. 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 Sioux Falls is

The Census internal point of Sioux Falls is at 43.540700, -96.732000. Pierre, the capital, is 188.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 161.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 453 m (1,486 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
43.540700, -96.732000
DMS
43°32'26.52"N 96°43'55.20"W
UTM
14N 683234.2E 4823360.4N
Geohash
9zepwy3fv
Plus code
86M5G7R9+76
Time zone
America/Chicago

Daylight in Sioux Falls

At 43.54° N, Sioux Falls 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 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Sioux Falls daylight page.

Places near Sioux Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrisburg, 7.4 miles away, with 10,203 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sioux Falls, SD?

209,289 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15,841 (8.2%) from 193,448 in July 2020.

What county is Sioux Falls in?

It spans 2 counties: Minnehaha County (168,750 residents), Lincoln County (40,539 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sioux Falls?

9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 57103, 57104, 57105, 57106, 57107, 57108, 57110, 57117, 57197.

How far is Sioux Falls from Pierre?

188.6 miles (303.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Sioux Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Sioux Falls?

Omaha, NE, with 489,265 residents, 161.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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