Census Data for Merritt

Population ...

The last Decennial Census<1> was in 2010, which gave Merritt a population of 174 people.

The community of Merritt is located in Lawrence County. The 2010 Census gave Lawrence County; a population of 24,205 people. This means that Merritt had 0.72% of the county's total population.

At the same time, South Dakota had a population of 814,180 people, meaning that Merritt had 0.02% of the total population of South Dakota.

Lawrence County ...

Merritt is primarily located in Lawrence County<2>. A portion of Merritt extends into Pennington County.

The county had a population of 24,205 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 174 people, Merritt represented 0.72% of the county's total.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Merritt ...

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 Lawrence County or the community of Merritt:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Merritt:
  • GNIS ID for Merritt: 1262057
  • GNIS ID for Lawrence County: 1266996
  • 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: 081 (Lawrence County)
  • Place Code: 42050 (Merritt)
  • State & County Code: 46/081 (South Dakota / Lawrence County)
  • State & Place Code: 46/42050 (South Dakota / Merritt)

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

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