Minnesota · Census place 2700172

Ada, Minnesota

Ada is a city in Norman County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,696 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 286th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,696
#286 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-53 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,266 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Ada. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Ada population, 2020 to 2024

Ada lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,752. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ada covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,266 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Ada is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ada is in

All of Ada's residents live in Norman County, which had 6,284 residents in 2024. Ada holds 27.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ada

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ada by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56510. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ada is

The Census internal point of Ada is at 47.298900, -96.516500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 230.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dilworth, MN (4,811 people), 30.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.298900, -96.516500
DMS
47°17'56.04"N 96°30'59.40"W
UTM
14N 687749.3E 5241371.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86V57FXM+H9

Daylight in Ada

At 47.30° N, Ada gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ada

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mahnomen, 25.7 miles away, with 1,216 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ada, MN?

1,696 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (3.0%) from 1,749 in July 2020.

What county is Ada in?

Norman County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ada?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56510.

How far is Ada from Saint Paul?

230.1 miles (370.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ada.

What is the nearest larger city to Ada?

Dilworth, MN, with 4,811 residents, 30.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.