- Accountant
- Attorney
- Auto body shop
- Auto glass shop
- Auto parts store
- Auto repair shop
- Bar
- Barber shop
- Beauty salon
- Boutique
- Car dealer
- Car wash
- Cleaning service
- Clothing store
- Coffee shop
- Convenience store
- Counselor
- Day care center
- Dental clinic
- Dentist
- Electrician
- Elementary school
- Event venue
- Family practice physician
- Fast food restaurants
- Financial planner
- Florist
- Gift shop
- Gym
- Hair salon
- Health consultant
- Hotel
- HVAC contractor
- Laundromat
- Law firm
- Massage therapist
- Medical clinic
- Mental health clinic
- Nail salon
- Occupational therapist
- Painter
- Pharmacy
- Photographer
- Physical therapist
- Pizza restaurants
- Plumber
- Preschool
- Psychologist
- Public health department
- Real estate agency
- Real estate agent
- Restaurant
- Shoe store
- Souvenir store
- Spa
- Steak house
- Tattoo shop
- Tax preparation service
- Thrift store
- Tire shop
- Tourist attraction
- Truck repair shop
- Yoga studio
Pierre is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the seat of Hughes County. The population was 14091 at the 2020 census, making it the 2nd least populous US state capital after Montpelier, Vermont. It is South Dakota’s 9th most populous city. Founded in 1880 on the Missouri River near the center of South Dakota, it was selected as the state capital when the territory was admitted as a state. Pierre is the principal city of the Pierre Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hughes and Stanley counties.
Pierre was founded in 1880 on the east bank of the Missouri River opposite Fort Pierre, a former trading post that developed as a community. It was designated as the state capital when South Dakota gained statehood on November 2, 1889.
The capital city became relatively isolated in the post-World War II era of federally subsidized highway construction, as travelers and freight companies began to use automobiles and trucking. It is one of four state capitals not served by the Interstate Highway System.