Anoka, Minnesota

Anoka population, 2020 to 2024

Anoka added 166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +57. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Anoka is 1.3 times that size.

Anoka covers 6.67 square miles of land and 0.51 of water, for 2,709 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Anoka is denser than the typical town.

What county Anoka is in

All of Anoka's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Anoka holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anoka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Anoka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55303. 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 Anoka is

The Census internal point of Anoka is at 45.214400, -93.391600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 22.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Champlin, MN (23,045 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 18.4 miles away.

Daylight in Anoka

At 45.21° N, Anoka 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Anoka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Champlin, 2.9 miles away, with 23,045 people.