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Brookings, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Brookings had a population of 18,504 people ^<1>. This represents 2.45% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	19,865	+7.36%	+1.52% since 2007
2007	19,567	+5.74%	+1.19% since 2006
2006	19,337	+4.5%	+2.78% since 2005
2005	18,814	+1.68%	-0.89% since 2004
2004	18,982	+2.58%
2003	18,983	+2.59%	-0.34% since 2002
2002	19,048	+2.94%	+1.01% since 2001
2001	18,857	+1.91%	+1.91% since 2000
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2000	18,504	The Last Census

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
2	Rapid City	W	319 mi [513 km]	65,491	9.87% increase
3	Aberdeen	NW	115 mi [185.1 km]	24,460	0.8% decrease
4	Watertown	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	20,488	1.24% increase
-5-	Brookings			19,865	7.36% increase
6	Mitchell	SW	73 mi [117.5 km]	14,752	1.33% increase
7	Pierre	W	174 mi [280 km]	13,899	0.17% increase
8	Yankton	S	102 mi [164.2 km]	13,798	2% increase

Brookings had 7,359 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Brookings has an area ^<4> of 11.94 square miles [30.93 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Brookings had a 2000 population density of 1,549 people per square mile [598 people/km²], making it the state's 24th most densely populated area.

Brookings County

The city of Brookings is located in Brookings County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 28,289 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 18,504 people, Brookings contained 65.4% of the Brookings County total.

In addition, where the community of Brookings has a population density of 1,549 people per square mile [598 people/km²], Brookings County averages 35.61 people per square mile [13.75 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	20,336	7.01% increase
10 mi [16 km]	5	22,247	7.03% increase
15 mi [24 km]	9	23,570	6.3% increase
20 mi [32 km]	14	27,617	4.38% increase
25 mi [40 km]	23	30,372	3.17% increase
30 mi [48 km]	31	39,124	1.62% increase

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 Brookings.

A Census Quickfact is available for Brookings County (QF-46011).

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	46 (South Dakota)
	County Code:	011 (Brookings County)
	Place Code:	07580 (Brookings)

	State & County Code:	46011 (South Dakota/Brookings County)

	State & Place Code:	4607580 (South Dakota/Brookings)

Brookings 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 Brookings.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
South Dakota ^<6>

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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) Brookings. 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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Brookings and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Brookings. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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