Minnesota · Census place 2700622
Albany, Minnesota
Albany is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,874 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 219th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,874
- #219 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +3.2%
- +89 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,318 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Albany population, 2020 to 2024
Albany added 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +23.
Albany covers 2.18 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,318 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Albany is less dense than the typical town.
What county Albany is in
All of Albany's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. Albany holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Albany
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56307. 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 Albany is
The Census internal point of Albany is at 45.626700, -94.563200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 84.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Melrose, MN (3,911 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 77.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.626700, -94.563200
- DMS
- 45°37'36.12"N 94°33'47.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 378146.7E 5053761.0N
- Geohash
- cbhg84j4v
- Plus code
- 86Q7JCGP+MP
Daylight in Albany
At 45.63° N, Albany gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Albany
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Avon, 5.8 miles away, with 1,742 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Albany, MN?
2,874 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 89 (3.2%) from 2,785 in July 2020.
What county is Albany in?
Stearns County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Albany?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56307.
How far is Albany from Saint Paul?
84.8 miles (136.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Albany.
What is the nearest larger city to Albany?
Melrose, MN, with 3,911 residents, 12.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.