Alexandria, Minnesota

Alexandria population, 2020 to 2024

Alexandria added 503 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -23. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Alexandria is 1.0 times that size.

Alexandria covers 17.20 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 867 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Alexandria is less dense than the typical town.

What county Alexandria is in

All of Alexandria's residents live in Douglas County, which had 39,933 residents in 2024. Alexandria holds 37.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alexandria

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alexandria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56308. 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 Alexandria is

The Census internal point of Alexandria is at 45.877200, -95.377000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 127.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Willmar, MN (21,892 people), 54.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 97.2 miles away.

Daylight in Alexandria

At 45.88° N, Alexandria gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alexandria

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Osakis, 10.8 miles away, with 1,747 people.