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Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area

282,557 Population
2,575.4 square miles 109.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,852 ±$2,888 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $35,135 ±$1,116
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$75,946 ±$3,081 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $66,143 ±$2,258
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

8% ±1.2% (22,242  ±3,345) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 12.3% 106,548 (±0.8% / ±6,668)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

18.5 minutes ±0.6 (2,481,570  ±112,526) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.4 6,905,460 (±0.4 / ±192,332)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

114,967 ±1,719 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 356,887 ±3,371
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (276,230  ±1,841) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 863,807 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.4% ±1.5% (3,555  ±1,013) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 5.8% † 11,179 (±0.8% / ±1,574)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

120,316 ±737 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 400,688 ±380
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$256,700 ±$10,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $219,900 ±$4,969
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16.3% ±2% (45,403  ±5,483.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 14.1% 124,673 (±1% / ±8,520.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.6% ±3.7% (174,286  ±6,994) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.1% 549,364 (±1.8% / ±10,993.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
37% ±2.4% (68,826  ±4,464.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.7% 186,946 (±1.1% / ±6,618.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.9% ±0.8% (16,571  ±2,292) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 3.5% 30,983 (±0.3% / ±2,768)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.9% ±0.8% (14,425  ±1,701) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,403 (±0.5% / ±3,558)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
14,425 Total veterans ±1,701 13,004 Male ±1,519 1,421 Female ±632

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