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Small Population Increase in Yankton County

Small Population Increase in Yankton County

Dave Mingo Photo: WNAX


The first round of official Census 2020 numbers shows a modest population increase in Yankton County.

Dave Mingo, Community and Economic Development Director for the City of Yankton, has been working through the data..

Mingo says they are also working with the housing unit information…

The population for the City of Yankton is now just over fifteen thousand four hundred which Mingo says can open more development doors…

The city grew just over three percent in the last decade while the population in the lake area grew over nineteen percent.

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