Minnehaha County | |
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![]() Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of South Dakota | |
![]() South Dakota's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 43°41′N 96°47′W / 43.68°N 96.79°W | |
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Founded | 1862 (created) 1868 (organized) |
Named for | "rapid water" |
Seat | Sioux Falls |
Largest city | Sioux Falls |
Area | |
• Total | 814 sq mi (2,110 km2) |
• Land | 807 sq mi (2,090 km2) |
• Water | 6.7 sq mi (17 km2) 0.8% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 197,214 |
• Density | 239/sq mi (92/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | At-large |
Website | www |
Minnehaha County is a county in South Dakota in the United States. As of the 2020 census, 197,214 people lived there.[1] It is the most populous county in South Dakota. The county seat of Minnehaha County is Sioux Falls.[2] The county took its name from the Sioux Indian word "Mnihaha" which means "rapid water" or "waterfall." The word is often incorrectly translated as "laughing water." The word was changed to its current spelling to make it easier to pronounce. Minnehaha County is part of the Sioux Falls, SD, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1870 | 355 | — | |
1880 | 8,251 | 2,224.2% | |
1890 | 21,879 | 165.2% | |
1900 | 23,926 | 9.4% | |
1910 | 29,631 | 23.8% | |
1920 | 42,490 | 43.4% | |
1930 | 50,872 | 19.7% | |
1940 | 57,697 | 13.4% | |
1950 | 70,910 | 22.9% | |
1960 | 86,575 | 22.1% | |
1970 | 95,209 | 10.0% | |
1980 | 109,435 | 14.9% | |
1990 | 123,809 | 13.1% | |
2000 | 148,281 | 19.8% | |
2010 | 169,468 | 14.3% | |
2020 | 197,214 | 16.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 1790-1960[4] 1900-1990[5] 1990-2000[6] 2010-2020[1] |
In the 1870 census there were 355 people living in the county.
The county has a total area of 814 square miles (2,110 km2). Of this, 810 square miles (2,100 km2) is land and 4 square miles (10 km2) (0.49%) is water. The Big Sioux River flows through the county.
The county is divided into twenty-four townships: Brandon, Benton, Buffalo, Burk, Clear Lake, Dell Rapids, Edison, Grand Meadow, Hartford, Highland, Humboldt, Logan, Lyons, Mapleton, Palisade, Red Rock, Sioux Falls, Split Rock, Sverdrup, Taopi, Valley Springs, Wall Lake, Wayne, Wellington.
Settlement | Population | |
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Sioux Falls [A] | 156,592 | |
Brandon | 8,908 | |
Dell Rapids | 3,684 | |
Hartford | 2,570 | |
Crooks | 1,285 | |
Garretson | 1,182 | |
Baltic | 1,104 | |
Valley Springs | 770 | |
Colton | 697 | |
Humboldt | 597 | |
Sherman | 78 | |
2011 estimate population[7] |
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties |