Population & Demographics
Sioux City, IA
Sioux City is home to 86,101 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 42,344 resident workers commute each day.
86,101 residents
Median age 34.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Sioux City population & demographics
Who lives in Sioux City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Sioux City
How Sioux City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Sioux City
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Sioux City.
These figures are for Sioux City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Sioux City commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Sioux City
42,344 commutes, one dot at a time
Sioux City
Where 42,344 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Sioux City, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Sioux City.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Sioux City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
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