Harrisburg, South Dakota

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Harrisburg
Location of Harrisburg in South Dakota
Location in South Dakota
Basic data
State : United States
State : South Dakota
County : Lincoln County
Coordinates : 43 ° 26 ′  N , 96 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 26 ′  N , 96 ° 42 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,089 (as of 2010)
Population density : 636.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.42 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 435 m
Postal code : 57032
Area code : +1 605
FIPS : 46-27260
GNIS ID : 1265650
Website : www.harrisburg.govoffice.com
Mayor : Julie Burke-Bowen

Harrisburg is a small town (with the status " City ") in Lincoln County in US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 Harrisburg had 4,089 residents.

geography

Harrisburg is located in southeast South Dakota, a few miles west of the Big Sioux River , which forms the border with Iowa . The geographical coordinates of Harrisburg are 43 ° 25'53 "north latitude and 96 ° 41'50" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​6.42 km².

Neighboring towns to Harrisburg are Shindler (8.8 km northeast), Larchwood , Iowa (14.8 km east), Canton (14.9 km southeast), Worthing (16.7 km south-southwest), Lennox (15.4 km southwest ) and Tea (8 miles west-northwest).

The closest major cities are Sioux Falls (15 km north), Minneapolis , Minnesota (395 km east-northeast), Rochester (393 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (443 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (289 km south) and Fargo in North Dakota (409 km north).

traffic

About 3 miles west of Harrisburg is Interstate 29 , which runs from Kansas City in Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . In parallel, the South Dakota Highway 115 runs along the western city limits of Harrisburg . All roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through the city of Harrisburg in north-south direction for freight traffic .

The nearest airport is Sioux Falls Regional Airport , 12 miles north , which is South Dakota's largest airport.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 164 -
1920 193 17.7%
1930 205 6.2%
1940 241 17.6%
1950 274 13.7%
1960 313 14.2%
1970 338 8th %
1980 558 65.1%
1990 727 30.3%
2000 958 31.8%
2010 4089 326.8%
2012 estimate 4653 13.8%
1910-2000 2010 2012

According to the 2010 census , Harrisburg had 4,089 people in 1,423 households. The population density was 636.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.87 people in each of the 1423 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

34.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 2.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 68,146  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,455. 6.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 3, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 3, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 3, 2013
  4. 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 3, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov

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