Sioux Falls, South Dakota population is 213,748 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #114 nationally and #1 in South Dakota. Cost of living runs 9.4% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $84,546/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
213,748
+3,862 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 90.6
−9.4% vs US
Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$84,546/yr
+5.5% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$75,970
−2.3% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$292,400
−3.6% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,156/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
84°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
78%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
How many people live in Sioux Falls?
213,748 people live in Sioux Falls as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #114 largest U.S. city.
Source detail
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 10.9% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 192,737 → 2025: 213,748 (+10.9%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
192,737
April 1, 2020
2020
193,453
July 1, 2020
2021
196,826
July 1, 2021
2022
201,731
July 1, 2022
2023
205,631
July 1, 2023
2024
209,886
July 1, 2024
2025
213,748
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 19.4% from 2010 to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Sioux Falls is the #114 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #1 in South Dakota.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
192,737
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+21,011
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+10.9%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+3,862
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+1.8%
within V2025 only
Density
2,528
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
84.5
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#114
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#1
of 310 in South Dakota
What is the median household income in Sioux Falls?
Median household income is 2% below the U.S. median ($75,970 vs $77,719); 9.6% live in poverty — 2.9 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$75,970
US
Sioux Falls: $75,970 — 2% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Sioux Falls
$75,970
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Sioux Falls from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
75,970-2.3% vs US
±2,280
Per capita income
44,604+3.0% vs US
±1,201
Population in poverty
9.6%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 4% below the U.S. median ($292,400 vs $303,400); median rent is 23% below ($1,035 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio (3.8×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (3.9×).
Median home value$292,400
US
Sioux Falls: $292,400 — 4% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,156/mo
US
Sioux Falls: $1,156/mo — 7% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Sioux Falls. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
1.7%
Sioux Falls (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
119,708
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
10.6%-24.3% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Sioux Falls spans 2 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Lincoln County
3.8%
$106,557
1.5%
Minnehaha County
7.5%
$80,546
1.7%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Sioux Falls's linked 2 counties in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
32,999
$1,445 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
19,556
$781 / wk
#3
Manufacturing (31-33)
14,929
$1,185 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
13,873
$474 / wk
#5
Finance and insurance (52)
11,725
$1,915 / wk
What workers earn in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Registered Nurses is the largest tracked occupation in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro (7,680 jobs, median $75,350/yr).
▸ Show all 14 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
5,730
$29,830
$14.34
Stockers and Order Fillers
5,610
$37,650
$18.10
Cashiers
4,000
$30,880
$14.85
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
3,390
$46,910
$22.55
Customer Service Representatives
3,270
$43,850
$21.08
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
3,120
$35,310
$16.98
Nursing Assistants
2,930
$39,190
$18.84
Waiters and Waitresses
2,550
$29,920
$14.38
Registered Nurses · benchmark
7,680
$75,350
$36.23
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
5,960
$34,600
$16.63
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
2,540
$60,820
$29.24
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
1,730
$142,730
$68.62
Software Developers · benchmark
1,400
$101,040
$48.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 9.4% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.6); rents run 22.4% below (RPP 77.6) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 90.6
US
Sioux Falls's cost of living runs 9.4% below the U.S. average (RPP 90.6 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 90.6
−9.4% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,156/mo
FY2026 · Sioux Falls, SD HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$7,045/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$3,880/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in South Dakota · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
8.7% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (4.6% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Sioux Falls's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving Sioux Falls, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Sioux Falls?
Hottest month: July (84°F avg high). Coldest: January (8°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 28.5 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Sioux Falls from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk spans 63.0–89.5/100 across 2 counties; most-cited top hazard is Winter Weather (in 1 of 2).
Natural-hazard exposure for Sioux Falls from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Sioux Falls spans 2 counties. We list each separately because hurricane, flood, and fire risk varies meaningfully across county lines — manufacturing a single “city-level” risk score would hide that signal.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Lincoln County
63.0
Relatively Low
Winter Weather 94.8 Relatively High · Tornado 93.3 Relatively High · Ice Storm 90.3 Relatively High
Minnehaha County
89.5
Relatively Moderate
Ice Storm 99.1 Very High · Tornado 98.4 Relatively High · Winter Weather 96.3 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Sioux Falls?
13 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 78% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Sioux Falls from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
13 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
12
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
78.4%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
78.4%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
98,831
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Sioux Falls?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 1,111 violent and 6,149 property offenses in the Sioux Falls jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 526.7 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Sioux Falls — an FBI jurisdiction population of 210,926, versus the Census place population of 213,748. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
1,111
526.7
359.1
Property crime
6,149
2,915.2
1,760.1
▸ Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
14
Rape
59
Robbery
100
Aggravated assault
938
Burglary
639
Larceny-theft
4,587
Motor vehicle theft
923
Arson (12-month reporters only)
25
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
546.3
3,082.9
199,879
2023
435.2
2,428.8
206,559
2024
526.7
2,915.2
210,926
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Sioux Falls · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Sioux Falls sits at state rank #1 among 310 cities in South Dakota. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Worcester, MA · #113 · 213,862 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Yonkers, NY · #115 · 212,603 residents.
Quick travel facts for Sioux Falls
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Sioux Falls Regional Airport(FSD) ·
3 mi 5 km from city centroid
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Sioux Falls.
How many people live in Sioux Falls, SD?
Sioux Falls has 213,748 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #114 largest city in the United States and #1 in South Dakota. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Sioux Falls growing or shrinking?
Sioux Falls has grown 10.9% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 21,011 residents, including a 1.8% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Sioux Falls's population in the 2020 census?
Sioux Falls spans Lincoln County, Minnehaha County in South Dakota.
How big is Sioux Falls?
Sioux Falls covers 84.5 square miles of land, with a population density of about 2,528 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Sioux Falls?
$75,970, about 2% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4659020
Last build2026-07-02
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Sioux Falls is 4659020. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
