Profile for Brookings, South Dakota, SD

Brookings is on the Big Sioux River.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 7. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 0.4 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 3 among towns in the ePodunk College Town Index, 2002

Local festivals include:

• Summer Arts Festival - July 14-15, 2007
• Hobo Days - Sept. 29, 2007
• Harvest Festival - Sept. 8, 2007

Historic sites and museums: State Agricultural Heritage Museum, South Dakota Art Museum

Colleges and universities: South Dakota State University

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Listed places near Brookings

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (8)

Colleges (1)

Communities (5)

Hotels (5)

Libraries (1)

Museums (2)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Brookings demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Brookings County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 57006 ZIP code.

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37% of Brookings residents report German ancestry, and 8% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Brookings ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Brookings
• Cemeteries in Brookings County
• Libraries in or near Brookings

Post a query on a message board:

• Brookings County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - SD data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

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• Cemetery record compendium
• South Dakota cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

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• Brookings business guide
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses

• Courts in South Dakota
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• Crime in Brookings County
• Arrests in Brookings County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in South Dakota
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Brookings was $17,028, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Brookings County economic census
• Brookings County economic summary
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• South Dakota economic data

38% of Brookings residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Brookings
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• Schools in or near Brookings
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• Yearbooks (old) of South Dakota high schools

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• Air pollution in Brookings County
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• Land contamination in Brookings County
• Nature Conservancy projects in South Dakota
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Brookings County
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Brookings festival dates:

• Summer Arts Festival - July 14-15, 2007
• Hobo Days - Sept. 29, 2007
• Harvest Festival - Sept. 8, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Brookings festival web sites:

• Summer Arts Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• South Dakota county fairs
• South Dakota festivals (South Dakota tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Brookings

• Confluence of latitude & longitude near Brookings
• Geocaches in South Dakota

• Brookings items now on sale

• Brookings local government Web site
• Brookings County government
• South Dakota state government
• Driver's licenses
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• Brookings medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

Historic districts in Brookings include Brookings Central Residential Historic District, Brookings Commercial Historic District, Brookings University Residential Historic District, Sexauer Seed Company Historic District ... View historic districts

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• South Dakota state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Brookings County genealogy forum

Median rent in Brookings, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $345.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $892.

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Libraries in Brookings include Brookings Public Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Brookings include Brookings Register

TV stations in Brookings include KESD.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by KESD.

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Brookings County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Brookings political report.

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The average commute time for Brookings workers is 12 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 1 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Brookings between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of .5 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

Hotels in Brookings include Brookings Inn & Convention Center, Comfort Inn Brookings, Fairfield Inn Brookings, Holiday Inn Express Suites Brookings, Super 8.

• Brookings travel guide
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• South Dakota tourism bureau

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