Census Data for Murphy

Population ...

The last Decennial Census<1> was in 2010, which gave Murphy a population of 488 people.

The community of Murphy is located in Pennington County. The 2010 Census gave Pennington County; a population of 101,243 people. This means that Murphy had 0.48% of the county's total population.

At the same time, South Dakota had a population of 814,180 people, meaning that Murphy had 0.06% of the total population of South Dakota.

Pennington County ...

Murphy is located in Pennington County<2>.

The county had a population of 101,243 people at the 2010 Census. With it's population of 488 people, Murphy represented 0.48% of the county's total.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Murphy ...

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 Pennington County or the community of Murphy:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Murphy:
  • GNIS ID for Murphy: 1261126
  • GNIS ID for Pennington County: 1266995
  • 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: 103 (Pennington County)
  • Place Code: 44340 (Murphy)
  • State & County Code: 46/103 (South Dakota / Pennington County)
  • State & Place Code: 46/44340 (South Dakota / Murphy)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Murphy 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 Murphy.