South Dakota, United States

South Dakota is one of 51 primary administrative regions in United States with a population of approximately 770,184 people.

Facts and figures on South Dakota at a glance

Region name: South Dakota (South Dakota)
Status: Primary administrative region
Population: 770,184 people
Country: United States
Continent: North America

The regional headquarters of South Dakota (South Dakota) is located in the regional capital Pierre (Pierre) with a population of 14,002 people.

The distance as the crow flies from South Dakota's regional capital Pierre to United States's capital Washington (Washington) is approximately 2,028 km (1,260 mi).

Facts and figures about South Dakota
RegionPopulationRegional capitalPopulation
South Dakota South Dakota770,184 peoplePierre Pierre14,002 people

Compare with other regions in United States.

Map of South Dakota

Map of South Dakota

Information on South Dakota

Information on South Dakota
Region nameRegional capitalSubregionsCountryContinent
South Dakota South DakotaPierre Pierre66United StatesNorth America

Time in South Dakota

Time in South Dakota
Current timeSummer time (DST)Standard timeCurrent timezone offsetTimezone
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 1:48am (01:48h)In effect (+1 hour)Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 12:48am (00:48h)GMT UTC -5.0America/Chicago

Geographic coordinates of South Dakota

Latitude & Longitude of South Dakota
PositionLatitude (width)Longitude (length)
Show on map44°30'00.9"N (44.5002600°)100°15'02.5"W (-100.2506900°)

Subregions in South Dakota

There are 66 administrative subregions in South Dakota.
Subregions in South Dakota
RegionNoPopulationRegional capitalCapital population
Aurora County Aurora County1.2,710Plankinton Plankinton714
Beadle County Beadle County2.17,398Huron Huron13,313
Bennett County Bennett County3.3,431Martin Martin1,061
Bon Homme County Bon Homme County4.7,070Tyndall Tyndall1,049
Brookings County Brookings County5.31,965Brookings Brookings23,657
Brown County Brown County6.36,531Aberdeen Aberdeen28,102
Brule County Brule County7.5,255Chamberlain Chamberlain2,386
Buffalo County Buffalo County8.1,912--
Butte County Butte County9.10,110Belle Fourche Belle Fourche5,696
Campbell County Campbell County10.1,466Mound City Mound City68
Charles Mix County Charles Mix County11.9,129Lake Andes Lake Andes840
Clark County Clark County12.3,691Clark Clark1,050
Clay County Clay County13.13,864Vermillion Vermillion10,738
Codington County Codington County14.27,227Watertown Watertown22,073
Corson County Corson County15.4,050McIntosh McIntosh175
Custer County Custer County16.8,216Custer Custer1,952
Davison County Davison County17.19,504Mitchell Mitchell15,669
Day County Day County18.5,710Webster Webster1,802
Deuel County Deuel County19.4,364Clear Lake Clear Lake1,273
Dewey County Dewey County20.5,301Timber Lake Timber Lake483
Douglas County Douglas County21.3,002Armour Armour686
Edmunds County Edmunds County22.4,071Ipswich Ipswich959
Fall River County Fall River County23.7,094Hot Springs Hot Springs3,532
Faulk County Faulk County24.2,364Faulkton Faulkton740
Grant County Grant County25.7,356Milbank Milbank3,192
Gregory County Gregory County26.4,271Burke Burke589
Haakon County Haakon County27.1,937Philip Philip751
Hamlin County Hamlin County28.5,903Hayti Hayti381
Hand County Hand County29.3,431Miller Miller1,437
Hanson County Hanson County30.3,331Alexandria Alexandria623
Harding County Harding County31.1,255Buffalo Buffalo345
Hughes County Hughes County32.17,022Pierre Pierre14,002
Hutchinson County Hutchinson County33.7,343Olivet Olivet73
Hyde County Hyde County34.1,420Highmore Highmore779
Jackson County Jackson County35.3,031Kadoka Kadoka707
Jerauld County Jerauld County36.2,071Wessington Springs Wessington Springs919
Jones County Jones County37.1,006Murdo Murdo458
Kingsbury County Kingsbury County38.5,148De Smet De Smet1,072
Lake County Lake County39.11,200Madison Madison7,258
Lawrence County Lawrence County40.24,097Deadwood Deadwood1,258
Lincoln County Lincoln County41.44,828Canton Canton3,331
Lyman County Lyman County42.3,755Kennebec Kennebec260
Marshall County Marshall County43.4,656Britton Britton1,242
McCook County McCook County44.5,618Salem Salem1,325
McPherson County McPherson County45.2,459Leola Leola440
Meade County Meade County46.25,434Sturgis Sturgis6,688
Mellette County Mellette County47.2,048White River White River575
Miner County Miner County48.2,389Howard Howard790
Minnehaha County Minnehaha County49.169,468Sioux Falls Sioux Falls171,544
Moody County Moody County50.6,486Flandreau Flandreau2,303
Oglala Lakota County Oglala Lakota County51.13,586--
Pennington County Pennington County52.100,948Rapid City Rapid City73,569
Perkins County Perkins County53.2,982Bison Bison339
Potter County Potter County54.2,329Gettysburg Gettysburg1,164
Roberts County Roberts County55.10,149Sisseton Sisseton2,450
Sanborn County Sanborn County56.2,355Woonsocket Woonsocket659
Spink County Spink County57.6,415Redfield Redfield2,379
Stanley County Stanley County58.2,966Fort Pierre Fort Pierre2,117
Sully County Sully County59.1,373Onida Onida658
Todd County Todd County60.9,612--
Tripp County Tripp County61.5,644Winner Winner2,825
Turner County Turner County62.8,347Parker Parker993
Union County Union County63.14,399Elk Point Elk Point1,874
Walworth County Walworth County64.5,438Selby Selby634
Yankton County Yankton County65.22,438Yankton Yankton14,557
Ziebach County Ziebach County66.2,801Dupree Dupree527

External sources of information on South Dakota

South Dakota on Wikipedia