Hill City, South Dakota

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Hill City is a city in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 780 at the 2000 census but is currently 650.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Points of interest
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Hill City is located in the Black Hills at 43°56′1″N, 103°34′17″W (43.933675, -103.571415)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.28% is water.

Hill City has been assigned the ZIP code 57745 and the FIPS place code 29100.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 780 people, 298 households, and 213 families residing in the city. The population density was 391.1/km² (1,013.5/mi²). There were 340 housing units at an average density of 170.5/km² (441.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.74% White, 3.46% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 4.36% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.05% of the population.

There were 298 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the city the population was spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $30,114 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,789. About 12.5% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.