Huron, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Huron had a population of 11,893 people^<1>. This represents 1.57% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 10th 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
7	Pierre	W	103 mi [165.8 km]	13,899	0.17% increase
8	Yankton	SE	109 mi [175.4 km]	13,798	2% increase
9	Central Pennington	W	249 mi [400.7 km]	14,335	7.23% increase
-10-	Huron			11,033	7.23% decrease
11	Southwest Meade	W	254 mi [408.8 km]	10,203	6.14% decrease
12	Vermillion	SE	126 mi [202.8 km]	10,495	7.48% increase
13	Spearfish	W	277 mi [445.8 km]	10,010	16.31% increase

Huron had 5,872 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Huron has an area^<4> of 8.21 square miles [21.26 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Huron had a 2000 population density of 1,448 people per square mile [559 people/km²], making it the state's 35th most densely populated area.

Beadle County

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

The county had a population of 16,983 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 11,893 people, Huron contained 70% of the Beadle County total.

In addition, where the community of Huron has a population density of 1,448 people per square mile [559 people/km²], Beadle County averages 13.49 people per square mile [5.21 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Huron and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Huron. 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 Huron.

A Census Quickfact is available for Beadle County (QF-46005).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Beadle County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clark	QF-46025	NE	3,436	16.62% decrease
	Hand	QF-46059	W	3,274	11.8% decrease
	Jerauld	QF-46073	SW	1,982	13.03% decrease
	Kingsbury	QF-46077	E	5,394	7.16% decrease
	Miner	QF-46097	SE	2,435	15.51% decrease
	Sanborn	QF-46111	S	2,447	8.49% decrease
	Spink	QF-46115	N	6,664	10.19% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Huron 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 Huron.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Huron. 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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