Pierre is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 13,969 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Pierre is the seventh largest community in South Dakota.

Unlike some cities, Pierre isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pierre are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pierre is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pierre who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.01%), sales jobs (10.96%), and management occupations (8.92%).

Also of interest is that Pierre has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the benefits of Pierre is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 10.11 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Pierre Information and Demographics

The population of Pierre is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.97% of adults in Pierre have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pierre in 2000 was $20,462, which is wealthy relative to South Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,848 for a family of four.

The people who call Pierre home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pierre is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Pierre include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, Danish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Pierre is English.