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Population (year 2000): 11,893. Estimated
population in July 2005: 11,086 (-6.8% change)
Males: 5,687 (47.8%), Females: 6,206 (52.2%)
Beadle County
Zip codes:
57350.
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $29,097 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,900 (year 2000)
Races in Huron:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.3%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Black (1.0%)
Ancestries: German (48.5%), Norwegian (14.2%),
Irish (11.9%), English (8.3%), United States (4.3%), French
(4.1%).
Elevation: 1270 feet
Land area: 8.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Huron
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Huron city
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 55.3%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 10.0%
- Divorced: 11.1%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -879 (-6.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Huron:
- HURON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (172 FOURTH
STREET SE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Huron:
- AVERA WESKOTA MEMORIAL MED CTR - CAH (about 36
miles; WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD)
- COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - CAH (about 42 miles;
REDFIELD, SD)
- DESMET MEMORIAL HOSP (about 45 miles; DE SMET, SD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Huron:
- HURON REGIONAL (about 2 miles; HURON, SD; ID: HON)
- ABERDEEN REGIONAL (about 76 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; ID:
ABR)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 83 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; ID:
ATY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Huron:
- REDFIELD MUNI (about 40 miles; REDFIELD, SD; ID:
1D8)
- MITCHELL MUNI (about 43 miles; MITCHELL, SD; ID:
MHE)
- WILDER (about 47 miles; DESMET, SD; ID: 6E5)
College/University in Huron:
- HURON UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 543;
Location: 333 9TH ST SW; Private, for-profit; Website:
www.huron.edu; Offers Master's degree)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Huron:
- NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; ABERDEEN,
SD; Full-time enrollment: 2,356)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 99 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 138 miles;
VERMILLION, SD; FT enrollment: 6,014)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 169 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 170 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 173
miles; WAHPETON, ND; FT enrollment: 2,176)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 174 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
Public high school in Huron:
- HURON HI SCH (Students: 713; Location: 18TH &
NEVADA SW; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Huron:
- JAMES VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 132;
Location: PO BOX 1257; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Huron:
- HURON MIDDLE SCH (Students: 525; Location:
1045 18TH SW; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WASHINGTON ELEM (Students: 256; Location:
1451 MCCLELLAN DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- MADISON ELEM (Students: 207; Location: 16TH &
IDAHO SE; Grades: KG - 05)
- JEFFERSON ELEM (Students: 169; Location: 855
UTAH SE; Grades: KG - 05)
- BUCHANAN ELEM (Students: 151; Location: 5TH &
MELLETTE SW; Grades: PK - 05)
- OUR HOME (Students: 36; Location: 40354 210TH
STREET; Grades: 06 - 12)
- RIVERSIDE COLONY (Students: 24; Location:
40361 200TH ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- HURON COLONY (Students: 22; Location: 40068
HURON COLONY LANE; Grades: KG - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Huron:
- SAINT MARTIN SCHOOL (Students: 148; Location:
522 OREGON SE; Grades: PK - 5)
Library in Huron:
- HURON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$373,906; Location: 521 DAKOTA AVE SOUTH; 81,442 books;
5,227 audio materials; 1,492 video materials; 165 serial
subscriptions)
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