Rapid City, South Dakota

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The city of Rapid City is located in Pennington County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Rapid City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight savings time.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Rapid City had a population of 59,607 people. This represented 7.89% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<1> for 2007, Rapid City had a population of 63,997 people. This is an increase of 7.36% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Rapid City).

Rapid City is 3,240 feet [987.55 m] above sea level.^<2>

Official Website:   www.rcgov.org/

Both Manitoba and Michigan have communities that are named Rapid City.

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rapid City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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