Sioux Falls by the Numbers: 2025 Stats You Should Know

Numbers are everywhere! They almost seem to go on forever. If it wasn't for numbers, we'd never know how many tacos come in a Six Pack and a Pound. And, anything that helps me get tacos is OK in my book.

Numbers can give us a unique insight into things. When we take the time to count how many of something there are, we can get a clearer picture and better understanding of something.

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Restaurants, Stores, and Everyday Life Stats

Like, in my day-to-day Sioux Falls life, I only really see a couple of our parks. But did you know that we have at least 80 parks in Sioux Falls? It's easy to forget how giant the city is.

So, using information from the Sioux Falls Community Profile 2025 put together by the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, we take a look at Sioux Falls by the numbers:

Sioux Falls by the Numbers

Flashback 1992: Inside Sioux Falls Old Washington High School

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Who To Call For What in Sioux Falls:

The City of Sioux Falls has a great website where you can find all sorts of information about Sioux Falls. The website is: https://www.siouxfalls.gov

Sioux Falls is in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties, South Dakota. The easy way to remember is that north of 57th street is Minnehaha and south is Lincoln.

Looking for something from the State of South Dakota? Start here: https://www.sd.gov/cs

80 - Number of parks
3,452 - Acres dedicated to city parks
17 - Golf Courses (3 City-owned)
36 - Miles of Paved Bike Paths
4 - Minor league sports teams
Canaries (Baseball)
Skyforce (Basketball)
Stampede (Hockey)
Thunder FC (Soccer)
7 - Aquatic Centers / Swimming Pools / Wading Pools / Spray Pads
45 Acres - Size of the Great Plains Zoo
1,000 - Number of animals at the zoo
700+ - Restaurants
1 - Symphony orchestra based in Sioux Falls
12 - The Number of Fire Stations
85 - Area of Sioux Falls in square miles
1889 - The year Sioux Falls was incorporated
4 - Number of Public High Schools
Nearly 54,000 - Pre-K to 12th-grade students
3,300 - High school graduates each year
4 - Aldi stores
15 - Casey’s General Stores
4 - Fareway Foods
11 - Kwik Stars
14 - Lewis Drug Stores
2 - Target stores
4 - Walmart stores
6 - Walgreens Stores
10 - Ace Hardware stores
15,065 - New housing units that have been built in Sioux Falls since 2020
998.04 - Miles of sewer pipes
785 acres - total permitted area of the Sioux Falls Landfill
54,000,000 Gallons - Sioux Falls water treatment capacity per day
1,4000,000 - Passengers at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport in 2024
19.9 Minutes - Average commute Time
219,588 - 2025 city population
316,000 - 2025 metro area population
37.1 - Average age of a Sioux Falls resident
200 - Number of Sioux Falls firefighters
302 - Number of Sioux Falls Police Officers
42.5 Inches - Annual total snow
17 - Average temperature in January
74 - Average temperature in July
1,500 - Number of doctors in town