Tea, South Dakota

Tea population, 2020 to 2024

Tea added 2,021 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +35.6%. In the latest year it moved by +337. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Tea is 56% of it.

Tea covers 3.79 square miles of land, for 2,031 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Tea is denser than the typical town.

What county Tea is in

All of Tea's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 75,244 residents in 2024. Tea holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tea

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tea by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57064, 57106. 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 Tea is

The Census internal point of Tea is at 43.455600, -96.824000. Pierre, the capital, is 186.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisburg, SD (10,203 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 7.5 miles away.

Daylight in Tea

At 43.46° N, Tea gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tea

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrisburg, 5.8 miles away, with 10,203 people.