Brandon, South Dakota
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 Location in South Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| County : | Minnehaha County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 36 ′ N , 96 ° 34 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
8,785 (as of 2010) 228,261 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 627.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14.01 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 412 m |
| Postal code : | 57005 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-06840 |
| GNIS ID : | 1254042 |
| Website : | www.brandon.govoffice.com |
| Mayor : | Larry D. Beesley |
 Brandon Main Street |
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Brandon is a small town (with the status " City ") in Minnehaha County in the US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 , Brandon had a population of 8,785.
Brandon is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Sioux Falls .
geography
Brandon is located in eastern South Dakota, on the Big Sioux River , a left tributary of the Missouri . The city is located in the northeastern suburbs of Sioux Falls, a few kilometers west of the Minnesota border . The intersection of the three states of South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota is about 20 southeast of Brandon. The geographical coordinates of Brandon are 43 ° 36 ' N , 96 ° 34' W . The urban area extends over an area of 14.01 km².
Downtown Sioux Falls is 8.5 miles southwest of Brandon. Brandon's other neighboring towns are Crooks (17 miles west-northwest), Garretson (12 miles northeast), Beaver Creek in Minnesota (11 miles east), Valley Springs (6 miles east-southeast), Hills in Minnesota (24 , 2 km southeast) and Larchwood , Iowa (14.8 km southeast).
The nearest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (399 km north), Minneapolis , Minnesota (364 km east-northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (366 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (474 km in the same direction), Omaha , Nebraska ( 304 km south) and Kansas City , Missouri (591 km in the same direction).
traffic
Interstate 90 , the longest interstate highway in the country, runs along the northern outskirts in an east-west direction . The South Dakota Highway 11 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through the city of Brandon. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In Brandon several lines of different railway companies meet.
The nearest airport is Sioux Falls Regional Airport, 17 km to the east .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1950 | 200 | - | |
| 1960 | 696 | 248% | |
| 1970 | 1431 | 105.6% | |
| 1980 | 2589 | 80.9% | |
| 1990 | 3545 | 36.9% | |
| 2000 | 5693 | 60.6% | |
| 2010 | 8785 | 54.3% | |
| 2012 estimate | 9286 | 5.7% | |
| 1950–2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Brandon had 8,785 people in 3,118 households. The population density was 627.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.82 people lived in each of the 3118 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
33.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 64,144 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,902. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 6, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 5, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 6, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 2, 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 July 6, 2013
