Mitchell, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Mitchell had a population of 14,558 people^<1>. This represents 1.93% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 6th 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
3	Aberdeen	N	121 mi [194.7 km]	24,460	0.8% decrease
4	Watertown	NE	92 mi [148.1 km]	20,488	1.24% increase
5	Brookings	NE	73 mi [117.5 km]	19,865	7.36% increase
-6-	Mitchell			14,752	1.33% increase
7	Pierre	W	121 mi [194.7 km]	13,899	0.17% increase
8	Yankton	SE	66 mi [106.2 km]	13,798	2% increase
9	Central Pennington	W	259 mi [416.8 km]	14,335	7.23% increase

Mitchell had 6,555 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Mitchell has a total area of 10.87 square miles [28.16 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 9.87 square miles [25.55 km²]1.01 square miles [2.6 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Mitchell had a 2000 population density of 1,475 people per square mile [569 people/km²], making it the state's 34th most densely populated area.

Davison County

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

The county had a population of 18,728 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 14,558 people, Mitchell contained 77.7% of the Davison County total.

In addition, where the community of Mitchell has a population density of 1,475 people per square mile [569 people/km²], Davison County averages 43.01 people per square mile [16.61 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Davison County (QF-46035).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Davison County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aurora	QF-46003	W	2,867	6.31% decrease
	Douglas	QF-46043	SW	2,945	14.41% decrease
	Hanson	QF-46061	E	3,609	14.43% increase
	Hutchinson	QF-46067	SE	7,250	10.15% decrease
	Sanborn	QF-46111	N	2,447	8.49% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Mitchell 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 Mitchell.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Dakota<6>

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) Mitchell. 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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