Minnesota · Census place 2701486

Andover, Minnesota

Andover is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 33,426 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,426
#29 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+765 people
Land area
33.9 sq mi
+ 0.96 sq mi water
Density
987 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Andover. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Andover population, 2020 to 2024

Andover added 765 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +275. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Andover is 2.3 times that size.

32.7k202033.0k202133.0k202233.2k202333.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 32,598. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Andover covers 33.87 square miles of land and 0.96 of water, for 987 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Andover is less dense than the typical town.

What county Andover is in

All of Andover's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Andover holds 8.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Andover

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Andover by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55304. 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 Andover is

The Census internal point of Andover is at 45.252400, -93.337400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 23.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coon Rapids, MN (63,807 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 20.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.252400, -93.337400
DMS
45°15'8.64"N 93°20'14.64"W
UTM
15N 473524.7E 5011044.8N
Geohash
cbj9kjcy2
Plus code
86Q87M27+X2

Daylight in Andover

At 45.25° N, Andover gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Andover

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Anoka, 3.7 miles away, with 18,068 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Andover, MN?

33,426 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 765 (2.3%) from 32,661 in July 2020.

What county is Andover in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Andover?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55304.

How far is Andover from Saint Paul?

23.5 miles (37.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Andover.

What is the nearest larger city to Andover?

Coon Rapids, MN, with 63,807 residents, 5.4 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.