Rapid City

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Rapid City

Total population

74,703

Coordinates44.07°, -103.22°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Rapid City is a city in and the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed. It is the second-most populous city in the state with a population of 74,703 as of the 2020 census. The Rapid City metropolitan area has 156,000 residents.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.