# Sioux Falls metropolitan area > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sioux_Falls_metropolitan_area > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sioux_Falls_metropolitan_area.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls_metropolitan_area > Source revision: 1350594804 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area**, as defined by the [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau), is an area consisting of four counties in [South Dakota](/source/South_Dakota) and one county in [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), anchored by the city of [Sioux Falls](/source/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota). The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire. Despite the name, it is considered a part of the larger area known as [Siouxland](/source/Siouxland) as it is within the Big Sioux River basin. As of the [2020 census](/source/United_States_Census,_2020), the MSA had a population of 276,730.[1] ## Counties - [Minnehaha County, SD](/source/Minnehaha_County,_South_Dakota) (population: 197,214)[1] - [Lincoln County, SD](/source/Lincoln_County,_South_Dakota) (population: 65,161)[1] - [Rock County, MN](/source/Rock_County,_Minnesota) (population: 9,704)[1] - [Turner County, SD](/source/Turner_County,_South_Dakota) (population: 8,673)[1] - [McCook County, SD](/source/McCook_County,_South_Dakota) (population: 5,682)[1] ## Communities ### Places with more than 150,000 inhabitants - [**Sioux Falls**](/source/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota) (Principal city) ### Places with 1,000 to 15,000 inhabitants - [*Beresford*](/source/Beresford,_South_Dakota) *(partial)* - [Brandon](/source/Brandon,_South_Dakota) - [Canton](/source/Canton,_South_Dakota) - [Crooks](/source/Crooks,_South_Dakota) - [Dell Rapids](/source/Dell_Rapids,_South_Dakota) - [Garretson](/source/Garretson,_South_Dakota) - [Harrisburg](/source/Harrisburg,_South_Dakota) - [Hartford](/source/Hartford,_South_Dakota) - [Lennox](/source/Lennox,_South_Dakota) - [Luverne, MN](/source/Luverne,_Minnesota) - [Parker](/source/Parker,_South_Dakota) - [Salem](/source/Salem,_South_Dakota) - [Tea](/source/Tea,_South_Dakota) - [Worthing](/source/Worthing,_South_Dakota) ### Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants - [Baltic](/source/Baltic,_South_Dakota) - [Bridgewater](/source/Bridgewater,_South_Dakota) - [Canistota](/source/Canistota,_South_Dakota) - [Centerville](/source/Centerville,_South_Dakota) - [Colton](/source/Colton,_South_Dakota) - [Hills, MN](/source/Hills,_Minnesota) - [Humboldt](/source/Humboldt,_South_Dakota) - *[Jasper, MN](/source/Jasper,_Minnesota) (partial)* - [Marion](/source/Marion,_South_Dakota) - [Valley Springs](/source/Valley_Springs,_South_Dakota) - [Viborg](/source/Viborg,_South_Dakota) ### Places with fewer than 500 inhabitants - [Beaver Creek, MN](/source/Beaver_Creek,_Minnesota) - [Chancellor](/source/Chancellor,_South_Dakota) - [Davis](/source/Davis,_South_Dakota) - [Dolton](/source/Dolton,_South_Dakota) - [Fairview](/source/Fairview,_South_Dakota) - [Hardwick, MN](/source/Hardwick,_Minnesota) - [Hudson](/source/Hudson,_South_Dakota) - [Hurley](/source/Hurley,_South_Dakota) - *[Irene](/source/Irene,_South_Dakota) (partial)* - [Kenneth, MN](/source/Kenneth,_Minnesota) - [Magnolia, MN](/source/Magnolia,_Minnesota) - [Monroe](/source/Monroe,_South_Dakota) - [Montrose](/source/Montrose,_South_Dakota) - [Sherman](/source/Sherman,_South_Dakota) - [Spencer](/source/Spencer,_South_Dakota) - [Steen, MN](/source/Steen,_Minnesota) ### Unincorporated places - [Ash Creek, MN](/source/Ash_Creek,_Minnesota) - [Benclare](/source/Benclare,_South_Dakota) - [Booge](/source/Booge,_South_Dakota) - [Corson](/source/Corson,_South_Dakota) - [Ellis](/source/Ellis,_South_Dakota) - [Hooker](/source/Hooker,_South_Dakota) - [Kanaranzi, MN](/source/Kanaranzi,_Minnesota) - [Lyons](/source/Lyons,_South_Dakota) - [Manley, MN](/source/Manley,_Minnesota) - [Moe](/source/Moe,_South_Dakota) - Morefield - [Naomi](/source/Naomi,_South_Dakota) - [Renner](/source/Renner,_South_Dakota) - [Rowena](/source/Rowena,_South_Dakota) - [Shindler](/source/Shindler,_South_Dakota) - [Unityville](/source/Unityville,_South_Dakota) ## Demographics As of the [census](/source/Census)[2] of 2000, there were 187,093 people, 72,492 households, and 48,282 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 94.07% [White](/source/White_(U.S._Census)), 1.25% [African American](/source/African_American_(U.S._Census)), 1.56% [Native American](/source/Native_American_(U.S._Census)), 0.87% [Asian](/source/Asian_(U.S._Census)), 0.04% [Pacific Islander](/source/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)), 0.87% from [other races](/source/Race_(United_States_Census)), and 1.33% from two or more races. [Hispanic](/source/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)) or [Latino](/source/Latino_(U.S._Census)) of any race were 1.84% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $40,590, and the median income for a family was $48,191. Males had a median income of $30,994 versus $22,493 for females. The [per capita income](/source/Per_capita_income) for the MSA was $19,184. ## See also - [South Dakota census statistical areas](/source/South_Dakota_census_statistical_areas) ## References 1. ["South Dakota"](https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html). *Census Bureau*. Retrieved 2021-08-12. 1. ["U.S. Census website"](https://www.census.gov). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved 2008-01-31. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sioux Falls metropolitan area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls_metropolitan_area) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls_metropolitan_area?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.