Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Minnehaha County
46-15980
Dell Rapids is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Minnehaha County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Dell Rapids had 3633 inhabitants.
Dell Rapids is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Sioux Falls.
Geography
Dell Rapids is located in eastern South Dakota, on the Big Sioux River, a left tributary of the Missouri. The geographical coordinates of Dell Rapids are 43 ° 50 'N, 96 ° 42' W43.826111111111 - 96.706111111111. The city covers an area of 5.41 km ².
Neighboring towns of Dell Rapids are Trent (13 km northeast), Jasper Minnesota (27 km east), Garretson (28,4 km southeast), Baltic (10 km SSW ), Colton (21,8 km west-southwest ), Chester (25, 5 km west-northwest ) and Colman ( 25.7 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (364 km north), Minneapolis, Minnesota ( 369 km east-northeast ), Rochester, Minnesota ( 391 km east ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 489 km southeast), Omaha, Nebraska ( 331 km south-southeast ) and Sioux Falls ( 33.6 km to the south).
Traffic
About 5 km west of Dell Rapids extends Interstate 29, which runs from Kansas City, Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The South Dakota Highway 115 leads as the main road through the city of Dell Rapids. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
Following the course of the Big Sioux River runs a railroad line of the D & I Railroad through the city of Dell Rapids.
The nearest airport is 30.2 kilometers south to Sioux Falls Regional Airport, the largest airport of South Dakota.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Dell Rapids 3633 people in 1388 households. The population density was 671.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1388 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 46,687. The per capita income was $ 26,930. 5.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Dennis Daugaard ( born 1953 ), Governor of South Dakota since 2011, born and raised in Dell Rapids