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Pierre

Also known as Pierre, South Dakota, Pierre, SD

capital city of South Dakota and county seat of Hughes County

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Pierre is the capital city of South Dakota and serves as the county seat of Hughes County. It is the state's center of government where the legislature meets and state decisions are made.

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Official name: Pierre
Population: 14091
Area: 0.054968
Elevation: 442
Official website: www.cityofpierre.org
Image: South Dakota State Capitol, Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD - 53748063274.jpg
Households: 6123
Dialing code: 605

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Commons gallery: Pierre, South Dakota
Commons category: Pierre, South Dakota
postal code: 57501
inception: 1880-00-00
P8168: Amy Beach
water as percent of area: 0.0868
per capita income: 33797
hashtag: Pierre
native label: Pierre

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Pierre (/pɪər/ PEER) is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,091. Pierre is the eleventh-most populous city of South Dakota, and the second-least populous U.S. state capital (after only Montpelier, Vermont).

Founded in 1880 on the Missouri River, the city was selected to be the state capital when South Dakota was admitted as a state in 1889. Near the center of the state, the then-new settlement was across the river from the settlement of Fort Pierre, and near what became an important railroad crossing of the river.