Big Stone City, South Dakota

Grant County

46-57216

Big Stone City is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Grant County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Big Stone City had 467 inhabitants.

Geography

Big Stone City is located in the northeast of South Dakota between the Big Stone Lake to the north and the Whetstone River, directly on the border with Minnesota. The geographic coordinates of Big Stone City are 45 ° 17'30 " north latitude and 96 ° 27'46 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 3.11 km ².

Neighbouring places of Big Stone City, Ortonville, Minnesota ( at the eastern city limits ), Milbank (15,8 km southwest), Corona (28 km west-northwest ) and Shady Beach ( 20.3 km north west ).

The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (219 km south), Fargo, North Dakota (189 km north) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (269 km east).

Traffic

U.S. Highway 12 runs in east-west direction as the main road through the city of Big Stone City. In the city center branches off at the southern terminus of the South Dakota Highway 109 north north-easterly direction and runs along the lakefront. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.

Due to the metropolitan area of ​​Big Stone City runs a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.

The Ortonville Municipal Airport is located 3.8 km northeast of Big Stone City, a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (215 km south), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (200 km north) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (287 km east).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Big Stone City 467 people in 236 households. The population density was 150.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 236 households lived statistically 1.98 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent ( two people) and Asians 1.1 per cent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent ( two people) descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

16.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 35,962. The per capita income was $ 22,642. 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.