Harrisburg (South Dakota)

Lincoln County

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Harrisburg is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Harrisburg had 4089 inhabitants.

Geography

Harrisburg is located in southeastern South Dakota, a few kilometers west of the Big Sioux River, which forms the border with Iowa. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 25'53 Harrisburg are " north latitude and 96 ° 41'50 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​6.42 km ².

Towns nearby Harrisburg are Shindler (8.8 km north-east ), Larchwood, Iowa (23,8 km east ), Canton (22,9 km southeast), Worthing ( 16.7 km SSW ), Lennox (24,4 km southwest ) and Tea (12,8 km west-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (15 km north), Minneapolis, Minnesota ( 395 km east-northeast ), Rochester ( 393 km east ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (443 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (289 km south) and Fargo North Dakota (409 km north).

Traffic

About 5 km west of Harrisburg extends Interstate 29, which runs from Kansas City, Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Parallel to this runs along the western city limits of Harrisburg South Dakota Highway 115, all roads within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

In a north-south direction is used for freight traffic a railway line of the BNSF Railway through the city of Harrisburg.

The nearest airport is located 19.4 km north of Sioux Falls Regional Airport, the largest airport of South Dakota.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Harrisburg 4089 people in 1423 households. The population density was 636.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1423 households lived statistically 2.87 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

34.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 2.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 68,146. The per capita income was $ 24,455. 6.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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