South Dakota · Census place 4659260

Sisseton, South Dakota

Sisseton is a city in Roberts County, South Dakota with an estimated 2,432 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,432
#31 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-41 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,530 / sq mi
State median 1,459
Orange pin: Sisseton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Pierre.

Sisseton population, 2020 to 2024

Sisseton lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

2,47320202,43620212,41120222,42020232,4322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,481. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sisseton covers 1.59 square miles of land, for 1,530 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Sisseton is close to the typical town.

What county Sisseton is in

All of Sisseton's residents live in Roberts County, which had 10,283 residents in 2024. Sisseton holds 23.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sisseton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sisseton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57262. 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 Sisseton is

The Census internal point of Sisseton is at 45.662500, -97.045300. Pierre, the capital, is 184.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milbank, SD (3,545 people), 36.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 83.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.662500, -97.045300
DMS
45°39'45.00"N 97°02'43.08"W
UTM
14N 652273.9E 5058408.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q4MX73+2V

Daylight in Sisseton

At 45.66° N, Sisseton gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sisseton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Webster, 32.2 miles away, with 1,666 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sisseton, SD?

2,432 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 41 (1.7%) from 2,473 in July 2020.

What county is Sisseton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sisseton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57262.

How far is Sisseton from Pierre?

184.4 miles (296.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Sisseton.

What is the nearest larger city to Sisseton?

Milbank, SD, with 3,545 residents, 36.5 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)

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