Watertown, South Dakota

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The 2000 Census showed that Watertown had a population of 20,237 people^<1>. This represents 2.68% of the total population of South Dakota, making it the state's 4th 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
1	Sioux Falls	S	96 mi [154.5 km]	154,997	25.02% increase
2	Rapid City	W	304 mi [489.2 km]	65,491	9.87% increase
3	Aberdeen	NW	74 mi [119.1 km]	24,460	0.8% decrease
-4-	Watertown			20,488	1.24% increase
5	Brookings	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	19,865	7.36% increase
6	Mitchell	SW	92 mi [148.1 km]	14,752	1.33% increase
7	Pierre	W	159 mi [255.9 km]	13,899	0.17% increase

Watertown had 9,193 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Watertown has a total area of 23.09 square miles [59.8 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 15.23 square miles [39.44 km²]7.86 square miles [20.37 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Watertown had a 2000 population density of 1,328 people per square mile [513 people/km²], making it the state's 50th most densely populated area.

Codington County

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

The county had a population of 25,904 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 20,237 people, Watertown contained 78.1% of the Codington County total.

In addition, where the community of Watertown has a population density of 1,328 people per square mile [513 people/km²], Codington County averages 37.67 people per square mile [14.54 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Codington County (QF-46029).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Codington County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clark	QF-46025	W	3,436	16.62% decrease
	Day	QF-46037	NW	5,526	11.48% decrease
	Deuel	QF-46039	SE	4,276	4.83% decrease
	Grant	QF-46051	NE	7,101	9.33% decrease
	Hamlin	QF-46057	S	5,660	2% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Watertown 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 Watertown.

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) Watertown. 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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