Sioux Falls
| Sioux Falls | |
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| Nickname : Best Little City in America | |
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| Location in South Dakota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1876 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| Counties : |
Minnehaha County Lincoln County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
174,360 (as of 2016) 255,729 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 922.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 190.29 km 2 (approx. 73 mi 2 ) of which 188.97 km 2 (approx. 73 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 448 m |
| Postcodes : | 57100-57199 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-59020 |
| GNIS ID : | 1267670 |
| Website : | www.siouxfalls.org |
| Mayor : | Paul TenHaken ( R ) |
 Sioux Falls City Hall |
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Sioux Falls [ SU fɔːlz ] with 174,360 inhabitants (estimate 2016), the largest city in the US -amerikanischen state of South Dakota . Sioux Falls is the administrative seat of Minnehaha County and extends in its southern part into Lincoln County .
geography
Sioux Falls is located in eastern South Dakota at the falls of the Big Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri . The geographical coordinates of Sioux Falls are 43 ° 32 ' N , 96 ° 44' W . The urban area extends over an area of 190.29 km², which is spread over 188.97 km² of land and 1.32 km² of water.
history
The city was founded on the banks of the river in 1856 and was one of the earliest urban developments in South Dakota . The founders were land speculators who claimed the land before prospectors and railroad workers reached the area. In 1990 Sioux Falls and Potsdam entered into a city partnership. This is the oldest town twinning between an American municipality and a city in the new federal states.
traffic
Interstate 90 runs along the northern outskirts in an east-west direction . Interstate 29 runs through the west of the metropolitan area and is the shortest connection from Kansas City in Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . Interstate 229 , the eastern bypass of downtown Sioux Falls, runs through the eastern part of the city . In addition, South Dakota Highways 11 , 42 and 115 meet in the urban area of Sioux Falls . All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In Sioux Falls several lines of different railway companies meet.
In the north of the urban area is the Sioux Falls Regional Airport . The nearest international airports are Eppley Airfield near Omaha (292 km south), Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (375 km east-northeast) and Des Moines International Airport (465 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 2164 | - | |
| 1890 | 10.177 | 370.3% | |
| 1900 | 10,266 | 0.9% | |
| 1910 | 14.094 | 37.3% | |
| 1920 | 25.202 | 78.8% | |
| 1930 | 33,362 | 32.4% | |
| 1940 | 40,832 | 22.4% | |
| 1950 | 52,969 | 29.7% | |
| 1960 | 65,466 | 23.6% | |
| 1970 | 72,488 | 10.7% | |
| 1980 | 81,182 | 12% | |
| 1990 | 100,814 | 24.2% | |
| 2000 | 123.975 | 23% | |
| 2010 | 153,888 | 24.1% | |
| 2016 estimate | 174,360 | 13.3% | |
| 1880–2000 2010 2016 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Sioux Falls had 153,888 people in 61,707 households. The population density was 814.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.4 people lived in each of the 61,707 households.
The racial the population was composed of 86.8 percent white, 4.2 percent African American, 2.7 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.4 percent of the population.
24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,831 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,997. 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Bruce Arnold (* 1955), jazz and improvisation musician
- Patrick Billingsley (1925–2011), mathematician and actor
- George Botsford (1874–1949), composer
- Donn Clendenon (1935-2005), baseball player
- Michael Edward Fossum (* 1957), astronaut
- Paul Fitzgibbon (1903-1975), American football player
- January Jones (born 1978), actress
- Bob Stewart (* 1945), tuba player
- Richard Widmark (1914-2008), actor
- The Spill Canvas , rock band
Attractions
- Falls Park
- Washington Pavilion
- Great Bear Recreation Park
- Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum
Sports
A basketball team is based in Sioux Falls : the Sioux Falls Skyforce . The team plays in the since 2006 NBA Development League , a league structure of the NBA . Before that, the team competed in the Continental Basketball Association , where they won two CBA championships (1996 and 2005).
The Sioux Falls Stampede, an ice hockey team from the USHL junior league, is also based there.
The Sioux Falls Canaries are a professional baseball team and play in the North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
Climate table
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 18, 2013
