Rapid City metropolitan area
Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
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Mount Rushmore near Keystone | |
| Coordinates: 44°04′17″N 103°13′15″W / 44.07139°N 103.22083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Dakota |
| Largest city | Rapid City |
| Other cities | Spearfish Sturgis Deadwood |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,181 sq mi (41,910 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 139,074 |
• Estimate (2022) | 145,159 |
| • Rank | US: 279th |
| • Density | 23.23/sq mi (8.971/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (CDT) |
| Area code | 605 |
The Rapid City, SD metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. Anchored by the city of Rapid City, the area corresponds to the entirety of Pennington and Meade counties in the state of South Dakota, though the Rapid City market area extends well beyond those counties and into Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. The population was 139,074 at the 2020 census. According to the 2024 census estimates, the MSA has a population of 156,227.