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Spearfish, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Spearfish had a population of 8,606 people ^<1>. This represents 1.14% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 13th 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	10,010	+16.31%	+0.18% since 2007
2007	9,992	+16.11%	+2.18% since 2006
2006	9,779	+13.63%	+2.53% since 2005
2005	9,538	+10.83%	+2.9% since 2004
2004	9,269	+7.7%	+3.82% since 2003
2003	8,928	+3.74%	+2.72% since 2002
2002	8,692	+1%	+0.61% since 2001
2001	8,639	+0.38%	+0.38% since 2000
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2000	8,606	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
10	Huron	E	277 mi [445.8 km]	11,033	7.23% decrease
11	Southwest Meade	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	10,203	6.14% decrease
12	Vermillion	E	365 mi [587 km]	10,495	7.48% increase
-13-	Spearfish			10,010	16.31% increase
14	West Shannon	SE	97 mi [156.1 km]	---
15	Madison	E	334 mi [537 km]	6,482	0.89% decrease
16	Sturgis	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	5,950	7.64% decrease

Spearfish had 3,904 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Spearfish has an area ^<4> of 6.11 square miles [15.82 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Spearfish had a 2000 population density of 1,409 people per square mile [544 people/km²], making it the state's 39th most densely populated area.

Lawrence County

The city of Spearfish is located in Lawrence County.

The county had a population of 21,763 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 8,606 people, Spearfish contained 39.54% of the Lawrence County total.

In addition, where the community of Spearfish has a population density of 1,409 people per square mile [544 people/km²], Lawrence County averages 27.2 people per square mile [10.5 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Spearfish and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Spearfish. 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	15,565	11.91% increase
10 mi [16 km]	6	20,727	7.34% increase
15 mi [24 km]	8	25,768	7.65% increase
20 mi [32 km]	11	34,337	4.92% increase
25 mi [40 km]	12	44,540	2.16% increase
30 mi [48 km]	15	49,080	2.09% 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 Spearfish.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lawrence County (QF-46081).

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	46 (South Dakota)
	County Code:	081 (Lawrence County)
	Place Code:	60020 (Spearfish)

	State & County Code:	46081 (South Dakota/Lawrence County)

	State & Place Code:	4660020 (South Dakota/Spearfish)

Spearfish 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 Spearfish.

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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 Spearfish 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 Spearfish. 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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