[4] It is part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Area tribes current to the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition were the Omaha, Yankton Dakota and Ponca, all Siouan language speakers.

French-Canadian farmer Joseph La Plant, born ca.

Military Road is locally known as "The Strip" hosts a number of casinos and fireworks stores.

Legalization of recreational marijuana in South Dakota is expected to encourage the opening of similar shops selling to out-of-state customers.

[10] North Sioux City is the former home of Gateway, Inc., the area's most well-known employer.

After Acer Computers bought out the majority of Gateway (MPC of Idaho purchased the business portion) in late 2007, several layoffs have taken place.

Other companies are renting from the facility, including Alorica, which absorbed a number of Gateway phone jobs.

On August 18, 2008, MPC announced the lay-offs of 55 people currently employed (who were all former Gateway employees).

In 2016 Royal Canin broke ground on a 45,000 sq ft addition to the plant and invested about $60 million in state-of-the-art facilities to enhance its production of specialty pet foods.

[11] In response to steadily increasing demand for their pet food products, Royal Canin announced in February 2022 that they would invest another $185 million in new production lines at their North Sioux City plant, which is expected to create 149 new jobs.

[15] On June 23, 2024, a BNSF railway bridge near near North Sioux City collapsed due to flooding.