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Sioux Falls, SD
209,289 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4659020 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sioux Falls ranked #3 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sioux Falls and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Cedar Rapids IA, Kenosha WI, Fargo ND, Fort Collins CO, Topeka KS, Boise ID, Clarksville TN, Billings MT, Lincoln NE, Huntsville AL, Des Moines IA, Macon-Bibb County GA, Reno NV · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #3 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #21 | #46 | #26 | #15 | #16 | #36 | #36 | #21 | #13 | #29 | #45 | #30 | #23 | #19 | #22 | #38 | #10 | #9 | #3 | #12 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 138,615 | 142,174 | 145,923 | 149,405 | 152,290 | 154,533 | 156,471 | 159,847 | 163,478 | 167,050 | 170,183 | 173,503 | 177,636 | 180,398 | 183,793 | 193,448 | 196,833 | 201,936 | 205,968 | 209,289 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #88 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.7 | — | -0.2 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #32 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 12 in its peer group with data | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 13.3 | 10.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #10 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 16.8% | 15.7% | 16.2% | 14.6% | 17.0% | 16.3% | 16.3% | 18.0% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 16.6% | 16.8% | 15.1% | 17.2% | 16.7% | — | 14.6% | 16.3% | 16.7% | 17.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #173 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 6.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #154 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 0.7 | 21.1 | 18.5 | 22.8 | 14.4 | 24.6 | 17.3 | 33.8 | 20.8 | 29.9 | 48.2 | 39.2 | 35.5 | 33.3 | 45.2 | 53.8 | 66.6 | 71.3 | 55.8 | 65.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 103,411 | 106,182 | 109,159 | 111,695 | 109,254 | 110,469 | 113,979 | 114,763 | 118,980 | 123,241 | 126,083 | 128,807 | 130,949 | 131,068 | 134,194 | 131,007 | 132,050 | 137,527 | 140,974 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #161 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.4 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.9 | +0.6 | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | +0.3 | -1.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85,546 | 87,447 | 91,318 | 96,706 | 91,813 | 96,911 | 99,520 | 101,977 | 103,088 | — | 110,852 | 115,354 | 115,566 | 119,260 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #10 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 2.8% | 2.1% | — | 1.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 92% | 95% | 97% | 92% | 87% | 89% | 87% | 81% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 87% | 105% | 101% | 99% | 101% | 115% | 111% | 109% | 107% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #20 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 30% | 32% | 25% | 38% | 36% | 33% | 35% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 29% | 35% | 42% | 43% | 38% | 40% | 50% | 45% | 42% | 44% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #80 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | $1,641 | $1,585 | $1,795 | $2,736 | $2,637 | $2,894 | $2,719 | $2,626 | $3,500 | $3,254 | $2,911 | $2,752 | $2,744 | $1,812 | $1,758 | $1,372 | $1,299 | $1,523 | $1,360 | $1,440 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Sioux Falls. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.