South Sioux City, Nebraska

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The 2000 Census showed that South Sioux City had a population of 11,925 people^<1>. This represents 0.7% of the total population of Nebraska, making it the state's 14th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
11	Papillion	S	92 mi [148.1 km]	23,739	45.08% increase
12	Scottsbluff	W	373 mi [600 km]	14,785	0.36% increase
13	Beatrice	S	152 mi [244.6 km]	12,769	2.18% increase
-14-	South Sioux City			11,936	0.09% increase
15	La Vista	S	90 mi [144.8 km]	16,643	42.26% increase
16	Lexington	SW	207 mi [333.1 km]	10,126	1.15% increase
17	Alliance	W	330 mi [531 km]	8,109	9.49% decrease

South Sioux City had 4,557 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that South Sioux City has an area^<4> of 4.9 square miles [12.7 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, South Sioux City had a 2000 population density of 2,431 people per square mile [938 people/km²], making it the state's 24th most densely populated area.

Dakota County

The city of South Sioux City is located in Dakota County.

The county had a population of 20,273 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 11,925 people, South Sioux City contained 58.8% of the Dakota County total.

In addition, where the community of South Sioux City has a population density of 2,431 people per square mile [938 people/km²], Dakota County averages 76.9 people per square mile [29.67 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dakota County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in South Sioux City and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on South Sioux City. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to South Sioux City.

A Census Quickfact is available for Dakota County (QF-31043).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Dakota County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Union (SD)	QF-46127	N	14,131	12.24% increase
	Woodbury (IA)	QF-19193	E	102,559	1.21% decrease
	Thurston	QF-31173	S	7,102	0.77% decrease
	Dixon	QF-31051	W	6,293	0.36% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to South Sioux City:

South Sioux City is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for South Sioux City.

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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) South Sioux 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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