Census Data for Fort Thompson

Population ...

The last Decennial Census<1> was in 2010, which gave Fort Thompson a population of 1,282 people.

The community of Fort Thompson is located in Buffalo County. The 2010 Census gave Buffalo County; a population of 1,934 people. This means that Fort Thompson had 66.3% of the county's total population.

At the same time, South Dakota had a population of 814,180 people, meaning that Fort Thompson had 0.16% of the total population of South Dakota.

Buffalo County ...

Fort Thompson is located in Buffalo County<2>.

The county had a population of 1,934 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 1,282 people, Fort Thompson represented 66.3% of the county's total.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Buffalo County.

Miscellaneous Information for Fort Thompson ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Buffalo County or the community of Fort Thompson:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Fort Thompson:
  • GNIS ID for Fort Thompson: 1255117
  • GNIS ID for Buffalo County: 1265767
  • GNIS ID for State of South Dakota: 1785534

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 46 (South Dakota)
  • County Code: 017 (Buffalo County)
  • Place Code: 22340 (Fort Thompson)
  • State & County Code: 46/017 (South Dakota / Buffalo County)
  • State & Place Code: 46/22340 (South Dakota / Fort Thompson)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Fort Thompson is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

• The US Postal Service ZIP Code ...
  • While some people have used a ZIP code to identify a community, the purpose of the ZIP code was to make mail delivery more efficient by grouping addresses together. Although the ZIP Code doesn't specifically identify a community like Fort Thompson, it does identify addresses that are in (or near) Fort Thompson. It's important to remember that the boundaries of a ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned or overlapped with other ZIP Codes.
  • The ZIP code for Fort Thompson:57339<3>

• Census ZCTA Codes ...
  • The US Census Bureau created statistical entities that they call ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and these ZCTAs are frequently confused with the ZIP codes that come from the US Postal Service (USPS).
  • ZCTAs were first created for the 2000 Census and at that time, they were based upon the USPS ZIP codes. While largely covering the same areas, the boundaries of a ZCTA do not necessarily match the boundaries of a postal ZIP code with the same number. For example, while a postal ZIP code can cross a county or state line, a Census ZCTA can not. They should be treated as separate entities with no correlation between them.

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fort Thompson.