City profile · Town
Brookings, South Dakota
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Brookings, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Oepke "Ope" Niemeyer
- Role
- Commission Chair
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 18,504
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofbrookings-sd.gov/75/City-Council ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofbrookings-sd.gov/75/City-Council ↗
- City websitecityofbrookings-sd.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Oepke "Ope" Niemeyer CurrentCommission Chair · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 18,504
- Median household income
- $57,824
- Median age
- 24.5
- Land area
- 13.96 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,325.5 per sq mi
- County
- Brookings County
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$65M
- City hall phone
- (605) 692-6281
- Official website
- cityofbrookings-sd.gov ↗
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