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DEMOGRAPHICS
Who lives in Sioux Falls?
Sioux Falls is growing both in population and diversity.
The fastest rate of growth, though, is Lincoln County,
Twenty years ago, the city had 124,000 people, and
which includes Sioux Falls south of 57th Street
just this year the population surpassed 200,000.
and the fast-growing towns of Tea and Harrisburg
Broaden to the four-county metro area, and that
number jumps above 275,000 people.
S O, WH ERE DO MO ST P EO P L E L I V E ?
Minnehaha County. It’s the largest county in South
Dakota by far.
Most Sioux Falls residents live in Minnehaha
County (the area of town north of 57th Street),
and that’s where residents are diversifying at a
faster rate.
(among others).
TEL L ME MO R E A BO UT DI V ER SI TY
One of the best ways to get a quick sense of diversity
in Sioux Falls is to look at the demographics of the
Sioux Falls School District, whose 24,000 students
show a representation of the city as a whole.
Here’s a quick breakdown in the district:
About 59 percent of students are white.
Another nearly 14 percent are Hispanic.
Nearly 13 percent are Black.
More details on Sioux Falls students:
79 different languages are spoken, with the most
common being English, Spanish, Nepali, Swahili,
Kuanyama and Amharic.
Schools aren’t a perfect picture of Sioux Falls’
diversity, though.
Census data for Minnehaha County shows about
82 percent of people are white, about 6 percent
are Black and another 5 percent are Hispanic.
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