Albert Lea, Minnesota

Albert Lea population, 2020 to 2024

Albert Lea lost 346 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -77. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 129th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Albert Lea is 1.3 times that size.

Albert Lea covers 13.29 square miles of land and 1.85 of water, for 1,366 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Albert Lea is less dense than the typical town.

What county Albert Lea is in

All of Albert Lea's residents live in Freeborn County, which had 30,314 residents in 2024. Albert Lea holds 59.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albert Lea

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albert Lea by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56007. 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 Albert Lea is

The Census internal point of Albert Lea is at 43.654300, -93.364100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 90.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Austin, MN (26,690 people), 19.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 50.6 miles away.

Daylight in Albert Lea

At 43.65° N, Albert Lea gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albert Lea

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is New Richland, 17.8 miles away, with 1,189 people.