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South Dakota Municipalities: 1986 Population Estimates J South Dakota State University Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station 9-1988 South Dakota Municipalities: 1986 Population Estimates J. L. Satterlee South Dakota State University D. E. Arwood South Dakota State University Follow this and additional works at: http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_circ Recommended Citation Satterlee, J. L. and Arwood, D. E., "South Dakota Municipalities: 1986 Population Estimates" (1988). Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars. Paper 252. http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_circ/252 This Circular is brought to you for free and open access by the SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station at Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars by an authorized administrator of Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. t t t ' ' t t t t t t i t i i i i i i i page Intrc::x:iuctiai..• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• . •• • • • • • • •• • • . • • • • •• • • 1 1. .Maj or :population change.......................• • 1 2. �thcx:lology used to derive estimates..• • •• • • • • • 1 3. Accuracy of estimates..• • • • •• •• •• • • • • •• • • • • • • • • 2 Table 1. Q)clllge in the total :population of different types of places, 1980-1986••••••••• 2 Figure 1. Population change by type of place••••••••••• 3 Table 2. Ten rrost populated municipalities in South Dakota, 1986 estimates••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Table 3. Ten least :i;::opulated municipalities in South Dakota, 1986 estimates••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Table 4. Ten municipalities with the greatest amount of gro,..rth (in nurrbers), 1980-1986•••••••••••• 4 Table 5. Ten municipalities with the greatest amount of gravth (in percent), 1980-1986•••••••••••• 4 Table 6. Ten municipalities with the greatest amount of decline (in nurrbers), 1980-1986 ••••••••••• 4 Table 7. Ten municipalities with the greatest amount of decline (in percent), 1980-1986••••••••••• 4 Table 8. Population and percent change of incorporated places in South Dakota, 1980-1986•••••••••••• 5 Table 9. 1986 population estimates of South Dakota municipalities ranked by size of place•••••• 10 Table 10. South Dakota municipalities ranked by nurrber change, 1980-1986•••••••••••••••••••• 15 Table 11. South Dakota municipalities ranked by percent change, 1980-1986••••••••••••••••••• 18 Table 12. 1986 :i;::opulation estimates of municipalities and other places by county•••••••••••••••• •• 21 ACl<N:lvI.El:GEMENT: James Hagedorn's assistance in the preparation of this document is sincerely awreciated. :ublished in accordanc� wit� an Act passed 1� 1881 by the 14th legislative Assembly, Dakota Territory, establishing the Dakota Agriculture College and with the Act of re-organization passed m 1887 by the 17th leg1slat1ve Assembly, whrch established the Agricultural Experiment Station at South Dakota State University South Dakota Municipalities: 1986 Population Estimates by James L. Satterlee and Donald E. Arwood Department of Rural Sociology MJre South Dakota to.ms lost people Because Rapid City is no longer an urban during the 6 years between 1980 and 1986 city, the proportion of the South Dakota tban during the 1970s. During the 70s population living in urban places has 55% (171 of 312) of ta-ms lost p::pula­ declined - fran 32 .3% in 1980 to 24.7% in tian. During the folla,..,ing 6 years, 1986. The total nurrber of persons living 63.8% (197 of 309) declined in in :rural places - ta,..,n, noninco:rporated population. places, cpen country banes, and fanns - experienced little change between 1980 In spite of these losses, the total and 1986. population of South Dakota municipalities * grew by .3%3 (14,526 persons). See Tables 1 through 12 for further Metropolitan cities (Sioux Falls and analyses of 1986 population estimates. Rapid City) grew by 19,995, offsetting much of the losses of the 197 municipalities that lost p::pulatian. MEI'HOOOLOOY USED 'IO DER.IVE OOFULATION FSTIMATFS MAJOR OOFULATION ClfAN3FS The administrative records method was * used to calculate population estimates of South Dakota has 2 metropolitan subcounty areas. This procedure takes cities (population 50,000 of nore), 22 cCII1IX)l1ents of p:>pulatian change and ad­ urban cities (2,500 to 49,999), and 285 ministrative factors into account. These :rural ITU.lilicipalities. The two CCII1IX)l1ents are: metropolitan cities make up 21.3% of South Dakota's population. The 22 urban (1) natural change - birth and death cities make up 24 .7 % of the total, while statistics. the 285 rural ta-ms account for 18.5% of (2) migration - based an federal incane thestate's population. People in the tax information for localities. ranaining 36% of the p::pulatian live in (3) adj ustments for special populations - carmunities that are not incorporated, in based an esti.mates of persons living hanes in the country, and on fanns (see in instituticns, college donnitories, figure 1 for carparison between 1980 and or military barracks. 1986). (4) adj ustments of the 1984 estimate - * based an perceived errors and chal­ Central cities (Sioux Falls and lenges by local goverr:ments. Rapid City) of metropolitan places (5) annexations since 1980. (Minnehaha and Pennington counties) grew by 84 .4 % since 1980. The significant in­ Data based an these cCII1IX)l1ents cover the crease in the populaticn of metropolitan time period July 1, 1984, to July 1, places was due to Rapid City's rise to 1986. These were added to the 1984 base the metropolitan status since 1980. That period estimates to detennine the 1986 is, its population is nav above 50,000. estimates. Estimateswere calculatedby the U.S. Bureau of the Census and are ACCURACT OF ESTIMATES reported in: 'Ihe :p:>ssibility of error gets higher as U.S. Bureau of the Census, current the size of place gets srraller. National population reports, series P-26, No. statistics reveal an average error for 86-WNC-SC, West North Central - 1986 places greater than 100, 000 to be about population and 1985 per capita incane 4% . For places greater than 2, 500 the estbnates for counties and incor­ average error is awroxirrately 8% . For :p:irated places, GFO, Washington, DC, places less than 100 persons, the error 1988. could be as high as 35% . TABLE 1. CHANGE IN 'llIE TOI'AL roruLATIOO OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACES, 1980-1986 1986 1980 1970 1960 Metropolitan Central City 150,030 81,343 72,488 65,466 (50,000+) ( 21.3%) (11.8%) ( 10.9%) (9.6%) Non-metropolitan Urban 174, 530 222,831 221,024 199,855 (2,500 to 49,999) (24.7%) (32.3%) (33.2%) (29.-l%) Rural 131,254 137,114 131,644 133,684 (less than 2,500) (18.5%) (19.8%) ( 19.8%) (19.6%) Not incorporated, Open Country, and Farm 252,183 249,480 2-ll,101 281,509 (35.6%) (36.1%) (36.2%) (41. 4%) Total 707,997 690,768 606,257 680,514 2 FIGURE 1. PROPORTION OF POFULATION IN saJTH DAKOI'A BY TYPE OF PLACE, 1980 & 1986. 1980 POPULATION METROPOLITAN CITY (50, 000+) NOT INCORPORATED, OPEN COUNTRY, AND FARM POPULATIONS 32. 3Y. URBAN CITY (2 ,500 49 , 999 19.9X RURAL TOWN LESS THAN 2,500 1986 POPULATION METROPOLITAN CITY (50 , 000+) NOT INCORPORATED, OPEN COUNTRY, 21. 3Y. AND FARM POPULATIONS 35.6X 24.7X URBAN CITY (2 ,500 49 , 999 TOWN 2,500 3 Table 2, 10 rilrI' roFULATlID l'IJNICIPALITIBS TABLB 3. 10 LEASl' R:>FULATIID ll'IJNICIPALITIBS IN nJill DAKal'A, 1986 ESTIMATES IN nJill DAKOI'A, 1986 BSTIHATBB roMl'Y CITY caJNTY 1986 rop, CITY 1986 rop, 2 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 97550 Cottonwood. Jackson Rapid City Pennington 52480 Verdon Brown 7 7 Aberdeen Brown 25670 Hillsview :"k:Pherson Watertown Codington 16670 White Rock Roberts 10 Butler Day 20 Brookings Brookings 14800 Albee Mitchell Davison 13620 Grant 20 Pierre Huahes 12600 Wetonka rtPhe rson 20 12240 Roswell Miner 20 Huron Beadle Lowry Yankton Yankton 11580 Walworth 20 Vennillion Clay 9270 5 tied with 30 30 TABLB 4. 10 l'IJNICIPALIT� WI'llf 1HB �TEST TABLB 5. 10 l'IJNICIPALITIBS WI'llf 1HB GREATEST »om OF GID(ll{in ( numbers) »om OF CB:MIH ( in percent l F1U1 1980-1986 F1U1 1980-1986 caJNTY � CITY caJNTY I CHANGH CITY CHANGE 1986-1980 1986-1980 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 16207 Fairburn Custer 46.3 Rapid City Pennington 3788 Crooks Minnehaha -13. 1 Watertown Codington 1021 Keystone Pennington 42. -l Box Elder Pennington 924 Northville Spink 37.7 Spearfish Lawrence 739 Box Elder Pennington 29.0 Pierre Hughes 627 Delmont Douglas 27.6 Brand.on Minnehaha 611 Stockholm Grant 26.3 Crooks Minnehaha 256 Kranzburg Codinaton 25.0 North Sioux City Union 188 Brandon Minnehaha 23.6 Sturgis Meade 136 Akaska Walworth 22. -t TABLE 6. 10 r-t.JNICIPALITIES WI'llf 1HB �TEST TABLB 7. 10 r-t.JNICIPALITIES WITii 1HB �TBST AM'.U1I' OF D.0:LINB ( in m.lllbersl AM'.UII' OF DFrLINE ( in percent) F1U1 1980-1986 F1U1 1980-1986 CITY caJNTY # CHAOOE CITY caJNTY � CHANGE 1986-1980 1986-1980 Vennillion Clay -866 Cottonwood Jackson -50.0 Huron Beadle -760 Cxiaka Faulk -28.6 Yankton Yankton -431 Chelsea Faulk -26.8 Lead Lawrence -340 Tabor Bon Hoome -26. 1 Mitchell Davison -296 Hetland Kingsbury -24.2 Edgemont Fall River -278 Veblen Marshall -23.9 Tyndall Bon Hoome -263 Gary Deuel -23.7 Elk Point Union -231 Java walworth -23.3 Miller Hand -231 Rockham Faulk -23.1 Freeman Hutchinson -202 Marvin Grant -23.1 4 TABLE 8. roPULA.TION AND PERCml' CHANGEOF �TED PLACES IN scm1f DAKDI'A, 1980-1986 FOP roP t CHANGE X CHANGE � ro.JNl'Y 1986 1980 1980-1986 1980-1986 ABERuEEN BROWN 25670 25851 -181 -0.100 AGAR SULLY 13 0 139 -9 -6.475 AKASKA wALWORTH 60 49 11. 22.449 ALBEE GR ANT 20 23 -3 -13.043 ALCESTER UNION 740 885 -145 -16.384 ALEXANDRIA HANSON 580 5c38 -8 -1.
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