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'''Sioux City''' ({{IPAc-en|s|uː}}) is a city in [[Woodbury County, Iowa|Woodbury]] and [[Plymouth County, Iowa|Plymouth]] counties in the U.S. state of [[Iowa]]. The population was 85,797 in the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], making it the [[List of cities in Iowa|fourth-most populous city]] in Iowa.<ref name="cen2020">{{Cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |access-date=2021-08-12 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[county seat]] of Woodbury County, Sioux City is the primary city of the five-county [[Sioux City metropolitan area]], which had 149,940 residents in 2020. Sioux City and the surrounding areas of northwestern Iowa, northeastern [[Nebraska]] and southeastern [[South Dakota]] are sometimes referred to collectively as [[Siouxland]].

Sioux City is located at the navigational head of the [[Missouri River]]. The city is home to several cultural points of interest including the [[Sioux City Public Museum]], [[Sioux City Art Center]] and [[Sergeant Floyd Monument]], which is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The city is also home to Chris Larsen Park, commonly referred to as "the Riverfront", which includes the Anderson Dance Pavilion, [[Sergeant Floyd (towboat)|Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center]] and Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

==History==
[[File:Sioux City, Iowa water front scene - NARA - 285906.tif|thumb|left|Waterfront, {{Circa|1912}}]]

{{main|History of Sioux City, Iowa}}
[[Iowa]] is in the [[tallgrass prairie]] of the North American [[Great Plains]], historically inhabited by speakers of [[Siouan languages]].
The area of Sioux City was inhabited by [[Dakota people|Yankton]] [[Sioux]] when it was first reached by Spanish and French [[fur trade|furtrappers]] in the 18th century. The first documented US citizens to record their travels through this area were [[Meriwether Lewis]] and [[William Clark]] during the summer of 1804. Sergeant [[Charles Floyd (explorer)|Charles Floyd]], a member of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]], died here on August 20, 1804, the only death during the two and a half-year expedition.<ref name="LCHistory">{{Cite web |title=The Lewis & Clark Expedition - A History Brief |url=http://www.lewisandclarksiouxcity.com/history.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526224651/http://www.lewisandclarksiouxcity.com/history.htm |archive-date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2010-07-28 |publisher=Sioux City Public Library |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:1859 nebraska.jpg|thumb|1859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails]]
Sioux City was laid out in the winter of 1854–1855.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bH8HtIwXzdcC |title=History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth |publisher=Western Publishing Company |year=1882 |location=Sioux City |page=178 |oclc=15078679 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It became a major transportation hub to the western Plains, including Mormons heading to Salt Lake City and speculators heading to Wyoming goldfields.

In 1891, the Sioux City Elevated Railway was opened and became the third steam-powered elevated [[rapid transit]] system in the world, and later the first electric-powered elevated railway in the world after conversion in 1892. However, the system fell into bankruptcy and closed within a decade.<ref name="Elevated Railway">{{Cite web |title=Elevated Railway |url=http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/transportation/114-elevated-railway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814144253/http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/transportation/114-elevated-railway |archive-date=2021-08-14 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Sioux City History |language=en}}</ref>

The city gained the nickname "Little Chicago" during the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era due to its reputation for being a purveyor of alcoholic beverages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunshine |first=Rebecca |date=2008-07-20 |title=Our Hometown: 'Downtown Sioux City' |url=http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8705426 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012133/http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8705426 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[KTIV]] |language=en}}</ref>

On July 19, 1989, [[United Airlines Flight 232]] crash-landed at [[Sioux Gateway Airport]]. 112 people on board the aircraft were killed, but 184 survived the crash and ensuing fire due to outstandingly quick performances by fire and emergency local teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grandy |first=Fred |date=1989-08-16 |title=Text: H.J.Res.379 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-joint-resolution/379/text |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329221438/https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-joint-resolution/379/text |archive-date=2022-03-29  |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[United States Congress]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=George |date=1989-09-22 |title=Proclamation 6027 of September 22, 1989: Commendation of the Citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, Tri-State Area |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-103/pdf/STATUTE-103-Pg3098-2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308020753/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-103/pdf/STATUTE-103-Pg3098-2.pdf |archive-date=2017-03-08 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[Government Publishing Office]] |language=en}}</ref>

According to a 2015 University of Iowa study for the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities {{!}} Urban and Regional Planning |url=https://www.urban.uiowa.edu/iowa-initiative-for-sustainable-communities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122183850/https://sppa.uiowa.edu/community-engagement/projects |archive-date=2022-01-22 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[University of Iowa]]}}</ref> blight and disinvestment are serious problems in the downtown core as investment has shifted to suburbs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neighborhood Housing Study |url=https://iisc.uiowa.edu/neighborhood-housing-study |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104071821/https://iisc.uiowa.edu/neighborhood-housing-study |archive-date=2022-01-04 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[University of Iowa]]}}</ref>

{{wide image|Sioux City, Iowa LCCN2007660963.tif|800 px|Sioux City, 1911}}

==Geography==
Sioux City borders two states, [[South Dakota]] to the west-northwest and [[Nebraska]] to the west.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{cvt|59.63|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{cvt|58.46|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{cvt|1.165|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021" />

===City neighborhoods===
{{main|Neighborhoods of Sioux City, Iowa}}

===Climate===
As is typical of Iowa, Sioux City has a [[humid continental climate]], with very warm, humid summers, cold, dry winters, and wide temperature extremes; it is part of USDA [[Hardiness zone]] 5a.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |language=en}}</ref> The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from {{cvt|20.0|°F|1}} in January to {{cvt|74.2|°F|1}} in July. On average, there are 25 days that reach {{cvt|90|°F|0}} or higher, 52 days that do not climb above freezing, and 17 days with a low of {{cvt|0|°F|0}} or below annually. The average window for freezing temperatures is October 1 through April 26, allowing a growing season of 157 days. Extreme temperatures officially range from {{cvt|−35|°F|0}} on 12 January 1912 up to {{cvt|111|°F|0}} on 4 July 1936 and 17 July 1936, as well as 11 July 1939; the record cold daily maximum is {{cvt|−22|°F|0}} on 8 February 1899, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is {{cvt|86|°F|0}} on 18 August 1936.

Precipitation is greatest in May and June and averages {{cvt|29.27|in|mm}} annually, but has ranged from {{cvt|14.33|in|mm}} in 1976 to {{cvt|41.10|in|mm}} in 1903. Snowfall averages {{cvt|36.0|in|cm}} per season, and has historically ranged from {{cvt|6.9|in|cm}} in 1895–1896 to {{cvt|65.9|in|cm}} in 1961–1962; the average window for measurable (≥{{cvt|0.1|in|cm|disp=or}}) snowfall is November 8 through April 7, although snow in October occurs several times per decade. On 14 May 2013, the high temperature reached {{cvt|106|°F|0}}, setting a new all-time May record high, along with a {{cvt|77|F-change}} rise from the morning of the 12th.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=Jeff |date=2013-05-15 |title=Extreme Weather Whiplash: 106° in Iowa on the Heels of Record May Snows |url=https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/extreme-weather-whiplash-106-in-iowa-on-the-heels-of-record-may-sno.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329231448/https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/extreme-weather-whiplash-106-in-iowa-on-the-heels-of-record-may-sno.html |archive-date=2022-03-29  |access-date=2022-03-29 |publisher=[[Weather Underground (weather service)|Weather Underground]] |language=en }}</ref>
{{Sioux City, Iowa weatherbox}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 3401
|1880= 7366
|1890= 37806
|1900= 33111
|1910= 47828
|1920= 71227
|1930= 79183
|1940= 82364
|1950= 83991
|1960= 89159
|1970= 85925
|1980= 82003
|1990= 80505
|2000= 85013
|2010= 82684
|2020= 85797
|footnote={{ubl|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>|2020 Census<ref name="cen2020" />}}
}}

===2020 Census===
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|+'''Sioux City, Iowa – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Sioux City city, Iowa|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US1973335&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sioux City city, Iowa|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1973335&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sioux City city, Iowa|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1973335&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|68,521
|60,748
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53,964
|80.60%
|73.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.90%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,966
|2,302
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,931
|2.31%
|2.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.75%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,450
|1,685
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,771
|1.71%
|2.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.06%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,385
|2,231
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,755
|2.81%
|2.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.21%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|20
|98
|style='background: #ffffe6; |631
|0.02%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.74%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|72
|58
|style='background: #ffffe6; |333
|0.08%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.39%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|1,342
|1,964
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,451
|1.58%
|2.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.02%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|9,257
|13,598
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,961
|10.89%
|16.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20.93%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''85,013'''
|'''82,684'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''85,797'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the census of 2020, there were 85,797 people. The racial makeup of the city was 76.3% [[White]], 4.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 10.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]] or from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 20.9% of the population.<ref>{{cite news |title=2020 Census |url=https://data.statesmanjournal.com/census/total-population/not-hispanic-white/sioux-city-city-iowa/160-1973335/#cmap |access-date=November 5, 2022 |agency=census |date= }}</ref>
The city has significant minority populations of West Africans, Somalis, Ethiopians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, and Guatemalans. This has been attributed to the many meat factories and manufacturing jobs in the area.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name="wwwcensusgovquickfacts">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2012-05-11 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2010, there were 82,684 people, 31,571 households, and 20,144 families residing in the city. The population density was {{cvt|1441.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 33,425 housing units at an average density of {{cvt|582.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 80.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 16.4% of the population.

There were 31,571 households, of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.14.

The median age in the city was 33.7 years. 26.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 24% were from 45 to 64, and 12.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 85,013 people, 32,054 households, and 21,091 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,551.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 33,816 housing units at an average density of {{convert|617.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 85.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.41% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.82% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.28% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.89% of the population.

There were 32,054 households, of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.14.

Age spread: 27.1% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was {{currency|37429|USD}}, and the median income for a family was {{currency|45751|USD}}. Males had a median income of {{currency|31,385|USD}} versus {{currency|22470|USD}} for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was {{currency|18666|USD}}. About 7.9% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. This compares with a median household income for the state of [[Iowa]] of {{currency|54736|USD}} and an Iowa median family income of {{currency|69382|USD}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Quick Facts — State Data Center |url=https://www.iowadatacenter.org/quickfacts |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=[[Iowa]] |archive-date=2021-05-01  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501075540/https://www.iowadatacenter.org/quickfacts |url-status=dead }}</ref> (current data from State of Iowa, see also [[List of U.S. states by income]] for historical data).

===Metropolitan area===
As of the 2020 census, the [[Sioux City metropolitan area]] had 149,940 residents in four counties. As defined by the [[Office of Management and Budget]], the counties comprising the metropolitan area are (in descending order of population):
* [[Woodbury County, Iowa]]
* [[Dakota County, Nebraska]]
* [[Union County, South Dakota]]
* [[Dixon County, Nebraska]]

===Crime===
Sioux City has a crime rate that is 91% higher than the average for Iowa and 63% higher than the national average. The violent crime rate is 90% above the Iowa average and 49% higher than the national average, based on the FBI's uniform crime reports for 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sioux City, IA Crime Rates & Crime Map |url=https://www.areavibes.com/sioux+city-ia/crime/ |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024154014/https://www.areavibes.com/sioux%20city-ia/crime/ |archive-date=2021-10-24  |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[AreaVibes]] |language=en }}</ref> According to the report, this represented a 12% decrease over the prior year.

==Economy==
[[Image:Missouri-Floyd Rivers Sioux City Iowa.jpg|thumb|Confluence of [[Missouri River|Missouri]] and [[Floyd River]] in Sioux City]]

===Top employers===
Statistics from Sioux City's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report<ref name="CAFR">{{Cite web |title=Sioux City Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url=https://www.sioux-city.org/home/showpublisheddocument/29721 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330003046/https://www.sioux-city.org/home/showpublisheddocument/29721 |archive-date=2022-03-30  |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Sioux City, Iowa |page=156 |language=en }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width: 3em"|Rank
!style="width: 17em"|Employer
!style="width: 6em"|{{ubl|Number of|employees}}
!style="width: 7em"|{{ubl|% of Total city|employment}}
|-
|align="right"|1{{spaces|2}}
|[[Tyson Foods|Tyson Fresh Meats]]
|align="right"|4,500{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|10.77%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|2{{spaces|2}}
|[[Seaboard Corporation|Seaboard Triumph Foods]]
|align="right"|2,400{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|5.74%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|2{{spaces|2}}
|Sioux City Community School District
|align="right"|2,370{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|5.67%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|4{{spaces|2}}
|[[Bomgaars]]
|align="right"|2,100{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|5.02%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|5{{spaces|2}}
|[[Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan)|Mercy Medical Center]]
|align="right"|1,562{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|3.74%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|6{{spaces|2}}
|[[St. Luke's Regional Medical Center (Sioux City, Iowa)|UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's]]
|align="right"|1,500{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|3.59%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|7{{spaces|2}}
|[[Hy-Vee]]
|align="right"|1,023{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|2.45%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|8{{spaces|2}}
|[[185th Air Refueling Wing]]
|align="right"|952{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|2.28%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|9{{spaces|2}}
|City of Sioux City
|align="right"|878{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|2.10%{{spaces|2}}
|-
|align="right"|10{{spaces|2}}
|[[Western Iowa Tech Community College]]
|align="right"|700{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|---{{spaces|2}}
|-
|
|align="right"|'''Totals {{nbsp}} '''
|align="right"|'''17,985'''{{spaces|2}}
|align="right"|'''41.36%'''{{spaces|2}}
|}

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:091607-SiouxCity-Historic4th.jpg|thumb|[[Fourth Street Historic District (Sioux City, Iowa)|Fourth Street Historic District]]]]
[[Image:Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, IA.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]]]]

* The [[Sioux City Public Museum]] was originally located in a Northside neighborhood of fine Victorian mansions. The portico-and-gabled stone building was originally the home of the banker, John Peirce, and was built in 1890. The museum was recently relocated to downtown Sioux City, where it features Native American, pioneer, early Sioux City, and natural history exhibits.
* The [[Sioux City Art Center]], located Downtown, was formed in 1938 as part of the [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]]'s support of the arts.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1938-04-01 |title=WPA opens forty-eighth federal art center at Sioux City |journal=Museum News |language=en |volume=15 |pages=1, 4}}</ref> The Art Center supports artists from Iowa and the greater Midwest. Also, the Center has a general program of acquisition of work by national and international artists, including important works by [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], [[Salvador Dalí]], [[Käthe Kollwitz]], [[Robert Motherwell]], [[Claes Oldenburg]], [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], and [[Grant Wood]].
* The [[Sergeant Floyd Monument]] commemorates the burial site of U.S. Army Sergeant [[Charles Floyd (explorer)|Charles Floyd]], the only man to die on the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].<ref name="LCHistory" /> It is a [[National Historic Landmark]], with its prominent {{cvt|100|ft|m|-1|adj=on}} obelisk situated on {{cvt|23|acre}} of parkland, high on a river bluff with a view of the [[Missouri River]] valley.
* Chris Larsen Park, informally known as "The Riverfront," includes the Anderson Dance Pavilion, the Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, opened in 2004. Missouri River development began in 2005 with the opening of the MLR Tyme Marina area, which included Bev's on the River, an upscale restaurant, that has now become a Crave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rushing |first=Ty |date=2016-12-01 |title=Sioux City's first Crave restaurant to replace Bev's on the River early next year |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/business/sioux-city-s-first-crave-restaurant-to-replace-bev-s/article_bf76b8ce-2c25-568e-9e2a-40cadf13f010.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-01-09 |website=[[Sioux City Journal]] |language=en |issn=2689-5544}}</ref>
* The [[Sioux City Symphony Orchestra]] (SCSO) was founded in 1915. The orchestra continues offering seven concerts within its annual season. Performances take place in the [[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]] in Sioux City, Iowa. Concert dates run from September to April each year. The SCSO has included several movie scores, with film, on its concert schedule. The SCSO's education programming reaches 9,000 to 12,000 young people via the partnership with Carnegie Hall's Link Up program with 100 orchestras in the country, programs for SCSO musicians to perform and teach music lessons in the schools, and performances in nursing homes, hospitals, and elsewhere.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* Milwaukee Railroad Shop is a {{cvt|31.5|acre}} facility that is being renovated by the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association. It includes a [[4-6-2|4-6-2 Pacific type]] steam locomotive, the [[Great Northern 1355]], a model railroad exhibit, as well as multiple buildings including the roundhouse that are open to the public.
* Grandview Park is located north of the downtown area, up from Rose Hill, between The Northside and The Heights. The Municipal Bandshell is located in the park with Sunday evening municipal band concerts. The [[Saturday in the Park (music festival)|Saturday in the Park]] music festival began in 1991 and is held there annually on a weekend close to the Fourth of July holiday. Behind the bandshell is a rose garden with an arbor and trellises which has been a site for outdoor weddings, prom and other special occasion photographs, and for children to play during the Sunday evening band concerts and other events. Downtown is also home to the historic [[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]]. In 1927 when it was built, it was the largest theater in Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Orpheum Live |url=https://www.orpheumlive.com/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220330013451/https://www.orpheumlive.com/history/ |archive-date=2022-03-30 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Theatre is produced in Sioux City by three main entities, the Sioux City Community Theatre (SCCT), LAMB Arts Regional Theatre, and Shot in the Dark Productions. Each of these produce a full season of shows each year.

==Sports==
* The [[Sioux City Bandits]] are an [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team that play in [[National Arena League]]. The Bandits play their home games at the [[Tyson Events Center]].
* The [[Sioux City Explorers]] are an [[independent baseball]] team playing in the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]]. The Explorers play their home games at [[Lewis and Clark Park]]. They have been to the league playoffs five times.
* The [[Sioux City Musketeers]] are a junior hockey team based in Sioux City. They play in the [[United States Hockey League]] (USHL). They play their home games at the [[Tyson Events Center]]. Their first year of hockey was in 1972. The Musketeers have won the gold cup in the 1985-1986 season, the National Runner-up twice (1993–94, 1995–96), the Anderson Cup three times (1981–82, 1985–86, 2016–17), the Clark Cup four times (1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02, 2021- 22), and Western Division Champions for the 2004–05, and 2016-17 seasons.
* The [[Sioux City Roller Dames]] were a non-profit roller derby corporation. The Roller Dames played all home games at the [[Sioux City Municipal Auditorium|Longlines Family Recreation Center]]. The Dames hosted their first tournament in November 2008 and dissolved in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayworth |first=Bret |date=2016-12-19 |title=Sioux City women's roller derby team hangs up their skates |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/sioux-city-women-s-roller-derby-team-hangs-up-their/article_5ef12d90-2f1f-5096-b634-8e90fa891beb.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223134333/https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/sioux-city-women-s-roller-derby-team-hangs-up-their/article_5ef12d90-2f1f-5096-b634-8e90fa891beb.html |archive-date=2016-12-23 |issn=2689-5544}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Braunschweig |first=Christopher |date=2016-12-29 |title=Roll out: Sioux City Roller Dames retire their jerseys but values still intact |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/weekender/roll-out-sioux-city-roller-dames-retire-their-jerseys-but-values-still-intact/article_dc8125da-75fd-56dc-9e29-36bddfc1a431.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908112607/https://siouxcityjournal.com/weekender/roll-out-sioux-city-roller-dames-retire-their-jerseys-but-values-still-intact/article_dc8125da-75fd-56dc-9e29-36bddfc1a431.html |archive-date=2020-09-08 |issn=2689-5544}}</ref>
* In the late 19th century, the Sioux City Cornhuskers played baseball in the [[Western League (original)|Western League]]. After a [[St. Paul Saints#St. Paul Saints (1894–1899)|five-year stint]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] as the [[St. Paul Saints (1884–1900)|St. Paul Saints]], the league changed its name to the [[American League]], and the team moved to [[Chicago]], where it continues today as the [[Chicago White Sox]].
* The Sioux City Stampede play amateur outdoor football in the Midwest Football Alliance.
* The Sioux City Swine plays rugby union.

==Parks and recreation==
{{More citations needed | section|date=June 2024}}
[[Image:Stoneparkwoods.jpg|thumb|right|Stone State Park]]

* [[Stone State Park]] is in the northwest corner of the city, overlooking the South Dakota/Iowa border. Stone Park is near the northernmost extent of the [[Loess Hills]], and is at the transition from clay bluffs and prairie to sedimentary rock hills and [[bur oak]] forest along the Iowa side of the [[Big Sioux River]]. The park is used by [[picnic]]kers, day hikers, and for mountain biking.
* Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center is a destination nature preserve for Woodbury County, and is located within the boundaries of Stone State Park. The butterfly garden is unique to the area; [[wild turkey]]s and [[white-tail deer]] are commonly sighted from the well-marked trails.
* Downtown entertainment venues include the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the 10,000-seat [[Tyson Events Center]]/ Fleet Farm Arena, [[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Sioux City Orpheum Theatre]], Promenade Cinema 14 and the Anderson Dance Pavilion which overlooks the [[Missouri River]].
* Pulaski Park is named for the Polish General [[Kazimierz Pułaski]], who fought in the American Revolution. This park features baseball diamond facilities, and is located in western Morningside along old U.S. Highway 75 (South Lewis Blvd.). It is largely built on the filled lakebed of Half Moon Lake, which was originally created in the 1890s by the excavation of fill dirt to build the approaches for the iron railroad bridge spanning the Missouri near the stockyards. {{citation needed span|The neighborhood on the bluff overlooking the park was historically settled by [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] and Polish immigrants, many of whom worked in the meatpacking industry during the early 20th century.|date=July 2010}}
* Latham Park is located in a residential area of Morningside, and is {{Citation needed span|the only privately owned and maintained open-to-the-public park within the city limits.|date=July 2010}} It was left in trust in 1937 under the terms of Clara Latham's will; her family had built the house on {{cvt|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} of ground in 1915. The house and grounds are currently being restored by the Friends of Latham Park.
* First Bride's Grave is tucked in a corner pocket of South Ravine Park, lies a series of paths, trails, and steps leading to the grave of the First Bride of Sioux City, Rosalie Menard. She was the first bride of a non-Native American to be wed in Sioux City, Iowa, thus receiving her title.
* War Eagle Park is named for the [[Yankton Sioux]] chief [[Chief War Eagle|Wambdi Okicize]] ({{died-in|1851}}) who befriended early settlers. A monument overlooks the confluence of the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers. The sculpture represents the chief in his role as a leader and peacemaker, wearing the [[War bonnet|eagle feather bonnet]] and holding the [[ceremonial pipe]].
* Riverside Park is located on the banks of the Big Sioux River. One of the oldest recreational areas of the city, it is home to the Sioux City Boat Club and Sioux City Community Theater. The park is on land that once belonged to the first white settler in the area, [[Théophile Bruguier]]; his original cabin is preserved in the park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schalge |first=Gretchen E. |date=2010 |title=Theophile Bruguier Cabin |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/00000918.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221194936/https://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/00000918.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-21 |access-date=2016-12-13 |website=[[National Park Service]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Bacon Creek Park is located northeast of Morningside and features a scenic walking trail, dog park, picnic shelters, and playground equipment.

Golf courses, city parks, and aquatics: Sioux City is also home to several municipal public [[golf course]]s, including Floyd Park in Morningside, Green Valley near the Southern Hills, Sun Valley on the northern West Side, and Hidden Acres in nearby Plymouth County. Sioux City also has a number of private golf clubs, including Sioux City Country Club, and Whispering Creek Golf Club. The city has over {{cvt|1132|acre|km2|0}} of public parkland located at 53 locations, including the riverfront and many miles of recreation trails. Five public swimming pools/aquatics centers are located within Sioux City neighborhoods.

==Education==
===Public schools===
The [[Sioux City Community School District]] served 14,569 students in the 2018-2019 school year;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-31 |title=Iowa Public School District Level Certified Enrollment (2014-2015 to 2018-2019) and Certified Enrollment Projections (2019-2020 to 2023-2024) |url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/IA%20Public%20Dist%20Cert%20Enroll%202014-2015%20to%202018-2019%20and%20Cert%20Enroll%20Proj%202019-2020%20to%202023-2024.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101091101/https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/IA%20Public%20Dist%20Cert%20Enroll%202014-2015%20to%202018-2019%20and%20Cert%20Enroll%20Proj%202019-2020%20to%202023-2024.xlsx |archive-date=2020-11-01 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[Iowa Department of Education]] |language=en |format=XLSX}}</ref> there are three public high schools [[West High School (Sioux City, Iowa)|West High School]], [[Sioux City North High School|North High School]], [[East High School (Sioux City, Iowa)|East High School]] (grades 9-12), three public Middle Schools, West Middle, North Middle, and East Middle (grades 6-8), and 19 Elementary Schools (grades K-5).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools |url=https://www.siouxcityschools.org/schools/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612204223/https://www.siouxcityschools.org/schools/ |archive-date=2021-06-12 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Sioux City Community Schools |language=en}}</ref>

Because of sprawl, districts around Sioux City continue to grow at dramatic rates. [[South Sioux City, Nebraska|South Sioux City]], [[Hinton, Iowa|Hinton]], [[North Sioux City, South Dakota|North Sioux City]], [[Lawton, Iowa|Lawton]], [[Bronson, Iowa|Bronson]], [[Elk Point, South Dakota|Elk Point]], [[Jefferson, South Dakota|Jefferson]], [[Vermillion, South Dakota|Vermillion]], [[Le Mars, Iowa|Le Mars]], [[Hawarden, Iowa|Hawarden]], [[Akron, Iowa|Akron]], [[Westfield, Iowa|Westfield]], [[Ponca, Nebraska|Ponca]], [[Sergeant Bluff, Iowa|Sergeant Bluff]], [[Wayne, Nebraska|Wayne]], [[Sioux Center, Iowa|Sioux Center]], along with other school districts that serve many metro-area students.

===Private schools===
[[Bishop Heelan Catholic High School|Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools]] is a centralized private Catholic School System that includes six schools: They teach preschool through twelfth grade.

Siouxland Christian School educates grades pre-K-12 and began in 1959.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024|reason=no ref for existence and notability of siouxland christian school}}

===Advanced education===
Sioux City is home to [[Briar Cliff University]], [[Morningside University]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.morningside.edu/about/university/ | title=Our Future as Morningside University }}</ref> [[Western Iowa Tech Community College]], St. Luke's College of Nursing, and the [[Bellevue University]] outreach center.

==Media==

===Television stations===
* [[KTIV]], Channel 4, [[NBC]] affiliate (4.1); [[The CW Television Network|CW]] affiliate (4.2); [[MeTV]] affiliate (4.3); [[Court TV]] affiliate (4.4); [[Ion Television]] affiliate (4.5); [[Circle (TV network)|Circle]] affiliate (4.6)
* [[KCAU-TV]], Channel 9, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate (9.1); [[Ion Mystery]] affiliate (9.2); [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]] affiliate (9.3); [[Bounce TV]] affiliate (9.4)
* [[KMEG]], Channel 14, [[Dabl]] affiliate (14.1); [[Charge! (TV network)]] affiliate (14.2); [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]] affiliate (14.3); [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]] affiliate (14.4)
* [[KSIN]], Channel 27, an [[Iowa PBS]] station: digital channels are [[PBS]] (27.1), [[PBS Kids]] (27.2), [[World Channel]] (27.3), and [[Create (TV network)|Create]] (27.4)
* [[KPTH]], Channel 44, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate (44.1); [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] affiliate and [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate (44.2); [[CBS]] affiliate (44.3)

===Radio stations===
====FM stations====
* [[KFHC|KFHC-FM]], 88.1, Catholic radio featuring [[Eternal Word Television Network|EWTN]] programming.
* [[KWIT]], 90.3, [[National Public Radio]] owned by [[Western Iowa Tech Community College]].
* [[KMSC (FM)|KMSC]], 92.9, college radio station operated by [[Morningside University]].
* [[KGLI]], 95.5, "KG95", [[adult contemporary]].
* [[KSEZ]], 97.9, "Z98", [[active rock]].
* [[KKMA]], 99.5, "Classic Rock 99.5", plays [[classic rock]].
* [[KKYY]], 101.3, "Y101.3", [[country music]].
* [[KQNU]], 102.3, ("Q 102.3"), [[adult hits]].
* [[KTFC (FM)|KTFC]], 103.3, [[Christian radio|Religious radio]] broadcasting the [[Bott Radio Network]].
* [[KSUX]], 105.7, "The SuperPig, K-Sioux 105.7", [[country music]].
* [[KSFT-FM]], 107.1, "107.1 KISS FM", [[top 40]].

====AM stations====
* [[KMNS]], 620, [[sports talk radio]].
* [[KSCJ]], 1360, [[talk radio]].
* [[KWSL]], 1470, Spanish music.

===Print===
* ''[[Sioux City Journal]]'', daily newspaper serving greater Sioux City area, including Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.
* ''Dakota County Star'', weekly newspaper serving northeast Nebraska.
* Sioux City ''Hispanos Unidos'', bi-weekly Spanish readers paper.
* ''The Weekender'', weekly arts and entertainment magazine serving the Sioux City metro area east into Western Iowa and north to the South Dakota border.
* ''Siouxland Magazine'', quarterly magazine with community/lifestyle features.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Highways====
* [[Interstate 29 in Iowa|Interstate 29]].
* [[Interstate 129]] is a bypass to surrounding suburbs. 
* Interstate 129. 
* [[U.S. Route 20 in Iowa|U.S. Route 20]].

====Public transportation====
[[Sioux City Transit]], the local public transit organization, operates several bus lines within the city. Buses transfer downtown in the Martin Luther King Jr. Transportation Center at 505 Nebraska Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transit |url=https://www.sioux-city.org/transit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208214112/https://www.sioux-city.org/transit |archive-date=2013-02-08 |access-date=2013-08-25 |website=Sioux City |language=en}}</ref> The Sioux City Paratransit serves members of the community who would otherwise not be able to travel by providing door to door service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADA Paratransit Service {{!}} City of Sioux City |url=https://www.sioux-city.org/government/departments-q-to-z/transit/ada-paratransit-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301220729/https://www.sioux-city.org/government/departments-q-to-z/transit/ada-paratransit-service |archive-date=2022-03-01 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Sioux City |language=en}}</ref>

====Air====
The city is served by [[Sioux Gateway Airport]] (SUX) {{cvt|6|mi}} to its south where [[United Airlines]]' affiliate [[SkyWest Airlines]] has announced it plans to discontinue the one flight per day each to [[Chicago]] and [[Denver]] it currently offers. As those flights are federally subsidized under the [[Essential Air Service]] program, SkyWest is required to continue those flights until a replacement is found.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-10 |title=SkyWest Airlines looks to end Sioux Gateway flights by summer, must stay until replacement is found |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/skywest-airlines-looks-to-end-sioux-gateway-flights-by-summer-must-stay-until-replacement-is/article_6c886976-94a3-5895-a566-661a82c55099.html |url-status=bot: unknown |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330055229/https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/skywest-airlines-looks-to-end-sioux-gateway-flights-by-summer-must-stay-until-replacement-is/article_6c886976-94a3-5895-a566-661a82c55099.html |archive-date=2022-03-30  |issn=2689-5544 }}</ref>

[[Fixed-base operator|FBO]] and jet charter services are currently offered by Ascension FBO Network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawthorne Sioux City (KSUX) |url=https://www.hawthorne.aero/main/fbo-location-details/9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129171435/https://www.hawthorne.aero/main/fbo-location-details/9 |archive-date=2021-11-29 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Hawthorne Global Aviation Services |language=en}}</ref>

====Other transportation====
[[Jefferson Lines]] runs long-distance bus routes to Sioux City. Non-Transfer destinations include [[Winnipeg]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Minneapolis]], and [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]].

Sioux City also has several private taxi companies that operate within the city.

There is no established water or rail passenger transportation in the area. The last passenger train was the [[Illinois Central]]'s ''Hawkeye,'' a daily train to Chicago via Waterloo, Dubuque and Rockford, discontinued in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sanders |first1=Craig |last2=Bej |first2=Mark D. |date=1996-09-16 |title=Routes and Trains on the Eve of Amtrak |url=http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Amtk/routes_pre1971.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131090305/http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Amtk/routes_pre1971.html |archive-date=2013-01-31 |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en}}</ref>

Big Soo Terminal offers barge transportation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Soo Terminal |url=https://www.bigsoo.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216185242/https://www.bigsoo.com/ |archive-date=2021-12-16 |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people== 
* [[John W. Aldridge]], born in Sioux City, grew up in Tennessee, literary critic, author
* [[Jim Aton]], jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist and composer with Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, Anita O'Day, others
* [[Art Babbitt]] (1907–1992), an American animator, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
* [[Dave Bancroft]] (1891–1972), an [[MLB]] shortstop and manager and member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Emmett Barrett]], football player
* [[Joe Bisenius]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]] relief pitcher, graduate of [[Bishop Heelan Catholic High School]]
* [[Tommy Bolin]], born in Sioux City, member of [[Deep Purple]] and the [[James Gang]]
* [[Bread of Stone]], American [[contemporary Christian music]] and [[pop rock]] band formed in 2004. 
* [[Sally Brent]], American distance runner and marathon winner
* [[Chase Bromstedt]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergabo |first=Patrik |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Swope Park Rangers adds seven Sporting KC Academy players to 2017 roster |url=https://www.sportingkc.com/news/swope-park-rangers-adds-seven-sporting-kc-academy-players-2017-roster |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=[[Sporting Kansas City]]}}</ref>
* [[Mildred Brown]], African-American journalist, worked in Iowa as teacher
* [[Macdonald Carey]], actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
* [[Paul B. Carpenter]], politician
* [[Matt Chatham]], NFL linebacker, born in [[Newton, Iowa]], graduate of [[Sioux City North High School|North High School]]
* [[Eli Chesen]], psychiatrist and writer
* [[Ron Clements]], Disney animator, director
* [[Vern Clark]], former [[Chief of Naval Operations]] (CNO) in the United States Navy
* [[Carroll Edward Cole]], serial killer.
* [[Ryan Cownie]], stand-up comedian, born in Sioux City<ref name="KAMX">{{Cite podcast |url=https://mix947.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jay-whitecotton-ryan-cownie-bob-khosravi |title=Jay Whitecotton, Ryan Cownie & Bob Khosravi |website=Booker, Alex & Sara |publisher=[[KAMX]] |last2=Franco |first2=Alex |last3=Osburn |first3=Sara |date=2015-04-22 |access-date=2020-10-19 |first1=Brad |last1=Booker}}</ref>
* [[Tyler Cropley]], Major League Baseball catcher<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Cropley Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/croplty01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Dave Croston]] (1963– ), former [[National Football League|NFL]] player for [[Green Bay Packers]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Croston |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/davecroston/profile?id=CRO529840 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423084842/http://www.nfl.com/players/davecroston/profile?id=CRO529840 |archive-date=2008-04-23 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[National Football League]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Brigadier General [[George E. "Bud" Day]], U.S. Air Force, Vietnam [[prisoner of war|POW]], recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Leo Delperdang]], born in Sioux City.  Member of Kansas House of Representatives
* [[W. Edwards Deming]], quality-control expert, helped improve Japan's quality control
* [[Brittni Donaldson]] (born 1993), current assistant coach with the [[Atlanta Hawks]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Zach |date=2019-09-09 |title=The unusual path of new Raptors assistant coach Brittni Donaldson |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27576018/the-unusual-path-new-raptors-assistant-coach-brittni-donaldson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710220230/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27576018/the-unusual-path-new-raptors-assistant-coach-brittni-donaldson |archive-date=2021-07-10 |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Todd Doxzon]], football player
* [[Sharon Farrell]] (1940{{endash}}2023), actress (birth name Sharon Forsmoe)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The official website of Sharon Farrell: 'Hollywood Princess' from Sioux City, Iowa |url=http://www.sharonfarrell.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324221823/http://www.sharonfarrell.com/ |archive-date=2022-03-24 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Sharon Farrell |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Tommy Lee Farmer]], criminal, first person in US convicted under [[Three-strikes law]]
* [[Vergilius Ferm]] (1896–1974), philosopher, historian, and Compton Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. 
* [[Susan Fessenden]] (1840–1932), founder/president, Sioux City [[YWCA]]; president, Sioux City [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union|WCTU]]
* [[Zeron Flemister]], NFL tight end 2000-2005
* [[Bruce Forbes]], author, professor of Religious Studies [[Morningside University|Morningside College]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rushing |first=Ty |date=2017-10-24 |title=Morningside professor co-edits new book |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_business/briefs/morningside-professor-co-edits-new-book/article_ffc48d10-96f0-56db-a947-7e8bb40a080a.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30 |issn=2689-5544 |archive-date=2022-03-30  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330074202/https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_business/briefs/morningside-professor-co-edits-new-book/article_ffc48d10-96f0-56db-a947-7e8bb40a080a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[For Today (band)|For Today]], a Christian metal band signed to [[Razor & Tie Records]]
* [[Eppie Lederer|Esther]] and [[Pauline Phillips|Pauline]] Friedman, better known as [[Ann Landers]] and [[Dear Abby|Abigail Van Buren]], respectively; advice columnists
* [[Lila-Gene George]] (1918–2017), composer and pianist
* [[Peggy Gilbert]], jazz saxophonist and bandleader
* [[Dan Goldie]], tennis player, winner of two ATP singles titles
* [[Fred Grandy]], television actor, U.S. congressman, CEO of [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]], and  radio personality
* [[Dick Green]], former MLB second baseman with Kansas City and [[Oakland Athletics]], raised in South Dakota
* [[William L. Harding]] (1877–1934), born in [[Sibley, Iowa|Sibley]], the 22nd [[Governor of Iowa]] 1917–1921
* [[John Harty (American football)|John Harty]], NFL defensive end 1981-1986
* [[Matthew C. Harrison]], 13th president of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]
* [[Godfrey Hattenbach]], "father" of the Sioux City Jewish community
* [[Tim Hauff]], jazz bassist, performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shoter, Bruce Forman, others
* [[Alan J. Heeger]], physicist awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2000)
* [[Alan Hurwitz]], born in Sioux City, 10th president of [[Gallaudet University]]
* [[Kirk Hinrich]], professional basketball player
* [[J.B.E. Hittle]], author and historian
* [[Harry Hopkins]], [[Secretary of Commerce]], advisor to FDR during World War II
* [[Shelby Houlihan]] competed in the 5000m in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
* [[Fred Jackson (running back)|Fred Jackson]], football player attended [[Coe College|Coe]] in [[Cedar Rapids]]
* [[Art Johnson (racing driver)|Art Johnson]], racing driver
* [[Jacqui Kalin]] (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player
* [[Ryan Kisor]], jazz trumpeter
* [[Judy Kimball]], LPGA champion golfer, member of [[Iowa Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Roy L. Kline]], Brigadier general, USMC and Naval aviator
* [[George Koval]] (1913–2006), Soviet atomic spy and only Soviet agent to infiltrate the Manhattan Project<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broad |first=William J. |date=2007-11-12 |title=A Spy's Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/us/12koval.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Lacy]], stage, film, soap opera, and television actor 
* [[Kian Lawley]], YouTuber, influencer, and actor
* [[Bill Lewis (center)|Bill Lewis]], NFL center from 1986–93
* [[Dave Loebsack]], U.S. congressman for Iowa's 2nd congressional district 
* [[Jerry Mathers]], actor, played Beaver Cleaver on TV's ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''
* [[Daniel Matousek]], lead singer and guitarist for [[The Velaires]]
* [[Cameron McAdoo]], professional [[Motocross]] and [[Supercross]] racer
* [[Mick McGinty]], artist and illustrator 
* [[Max McGraw]], founder of McGraw-Edison and Centel
* [[Al McIntosh]], newspaper editor whose columns are featured in [[Ken Burns]]' [[The War (documentary)|''The War'']]
* [[John Melcher]], U.S. Senator from Montana from 1977 to 1989
* [[Iris Meredith]], actress
* [[Oscar Micheaux]], the first African American filmmaker in America.
* [[Big Miller]] (Clarence Horatius Miller), jazz and blues singer and double bassist
* [[Constance Moore]], singer and actress
* [[Marshall F. Moore]], 7th Governor of [[Washington Territory]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meany |first=Edmond Stephen |url=https://archive.org/details/governorsofwashi00mean/page/34/mode/2up |title=Governors of Washington, territorial and state |date=1915 |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |location=[[Seattle]] |pages=34–36 |language=en |lccn=16015657 |oclc=13072753 |ol=6588833M |author-link=Edmond S. Meany |access-date=2022-03-30 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[John Mosher]], jazz bassist and composer
* [[John Osborn (tenor)|John Osborn]], tenor
* [[Frances Rafferty]], film and television actress (''[[December Bride]]'')
* [[Max Rafferty]], [[California State Superintendent of Public Instruction]] from 1963 to 1971
* [[John Redwine]], Iowa state senator and physician, lived in Sioux Falls
* [[Harriett Rinaldo]], social worker
* [[Ann Royer]], painter, sculptor
* [[Justin Sandy]], NFL safety from 2004-2008
* [[Laurens Shull]], All-American football player killed in France during World War I
* [[Edward J. Sperling]], born in [[Slutsk]], [[Belarus]], Jewish writer and humorist
* [[Paul Splittorff]], former [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, attended college in Sioux City
* [[Doris June Struble]], pianist, singer, and dramatic reader 
* [[Morgan Taylor]], athlete, set 400-meter hurdles Olympic record while winning gold medal in 1924
* [[Kyle Thousand]], sports agent
* [[Frank Van Hoven]], vaudeville magician and comic entertainer
* [[Gertrude Van Wagenen]], [[Yale University]], pioneer in reproductive biology, primate research
* [[Ted Waitt]], co-founder of [[Gateway, Inc.]]
* [[Brian Wansink]], professor, discredited researcher, and author
* [[Pierre Watkin]], radio, films and TV actor  
* [[Tony Watson]], former [[MLB]] all star pitcher for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
* [[Kathleen Weaver]], writer and editor
* [[Don Wengert]], [[MLB]] pitcher from 1995 to 2001
* [[Paul Zaeske]], football player
* [[R. Timothy Ziemer]], Navy admiral, disease expert on the [[United States National Security Council]]

==Sister cities==
* {{flagdeco|US}}{{flagdeco|Louisiana}} [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]] (since 1995)<ref name="SCSC">{{Cite web |title=Sister Cities {{!}} City of Sioux City |url=https://www.sioux-city.org/community/sister-cities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324060158/https://www.sioux-city.org/community/sister-cities |archive-date=2022-03-24 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Sioux City |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Krewe de Charlie Sioux |url=http://krewedecharliesioux.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313072823/http://krewedecharliesioux.org/ |archive-date=2022-03-13 |access-date=2010-07-28 |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|JPN}}{{flagdeco|Yamanashi}} [[Yamanashi, Yamanashi|Yamanashi]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], Japan (since 2003)<ref name="SCSC" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zerschling |first=Lynn |date=2003-11-06 |title=Dancing and formality mark signing of sister city agreement |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/dancing-and-formality-mark-signing-of-sister-city-agreement/article_63c34555-ebfe-5c37-9943-992de927be72.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2010-07-28 |issn=2689-5544}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Kosovo}} [[Gjilan]], Kosovo (since 2020)<ref name="SCSC" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Butz |first=Dolly |date=2020-02-26 |title=Sioux City inks sister city agreement with Gjilan, Kosovo |language=en |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/sioux-city-inks-sister-city-agreement-with-gjilan-kosovo/article_5d6190c4-4059-530a-af5b-252e9eb77693.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-30 |issn=2689-5544}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mayors of Sioux City, Iowa]], is a list of the known mayors of Sioux City, Iowa
* [[Siouxland]], the vernacular region in which Sioux City, Iowa, is located
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122051651/https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/books/siouxcity/sioux_1.htm |title=Three Quarters of a Century of Progress 1848-1923: A Brief Pictorial History of Sioux City 1923 |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cooverfamily/books/siouxcity/sioux_1.htm |access-date=2022-04-18 |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-01-22 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805075810/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/woodbury_1/woodbury_7.htm |title=Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth 1890–1891 |url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/woodbury_1/woodbury_7.htm |access-date=2022-04-18 |language=en-US |archive-date=2011-08-05 |url-status=dead}}

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