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South Dakota
Explore this region’s place in the atlas and its connection to United States.
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AT A GLANCE
South Dakota in facts
- TypeU.S. state
- CapitalPierre
- Population886,6672020
- Area199,729 km²
All geographic & statistical details (16)
- Density
- 4 people per km²
- World region
- Americas · Northern America
- Share of United States’s area
- 2.0% of United States
- Share of United States’s people
- 0.3% of United States
- Regional anthem
- Hail, South Dakota!
- National anthem (United States)
- "The Star-Spangled Banner" · Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith
- Currency
- United States dollar
- Motto
- “Under God the people rule”
- Calling code
- +1
- Official languages
- English (designated official language by Executive Order 14224, 2025), Spanish, Chamorro, Hawaiian
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Samoan, Carolinian - Drives on the
- right
- ISO 3166-2 code
- US-SD
- Time zone
- UTC-6
- Location
- 44.5°N, 100.0°W
- Distance from Washington, D.C.
- 2,000 km (straight line)
- Neighbouring regions
- 6
Shares borders with 6 regions
- IowaU.S. state · 3.2 m people
- MinnesotaU.S. state · 5.7 m people
- MontanaU.S. state · 1.1 m people
- NebraskaU.S. state · 2 m people
- North DakotaU.S. state · 779,094 people
- WyomingU.S. state · 576,851 people
Neighbours from Wikidata (land borders and some sea borders; only places with a page here).
Facts: Wikidata Q1211, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Location, time zone and distances are worked out by The Landlore from Wikidata coordinates and the IANA time zone database.
The flag and symbols of South Dakota
Motto
“Under God the people rule”National anthem
Hail, South Dakota!
Flag, coat of arms, motto and anthem: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above), retrieved 1 November 2026.
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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.
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