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The People

About three-quarters of all the church members in South Dakota belong to Protestant denominations. About two-fifths of the Protestants are Lutherans, and there are many Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians.

Whites constituted 88.7 percent of the population in 2000. Native Americans, most of whom are of the Dakota (Sioux) people, were 8.3 percent of the population, blacks 0.6 percent, Asians 0.6 percent, and those of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity 1.8 percent. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders numbered 261. Hispanics, who may be of any race, were 1.4 percent of the people.

The 1998 census put South Dakota's population at 738,000. The State Capital is Pierre, other major cities or towns include Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown, Brookings, Mitchell, Yankton, Huron, Vermillion.