Appleton, Minnesota

Appleton population, 2020 to 2024

Appleton lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

Appleton covers 1.89 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 715 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Appleton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Appleton is in

All of Appleton's residents live in Swift County, which had 9,666 residents in 2024. Appleton holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Appleton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Appleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56208. 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 Appleton is

The Census internal point of Appleton is at 45.199500, -96.022200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 143.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, MN (1,488 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 119.9 miles away.

Daylight in Appleton

At 45.20° N, Appleton 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 Appleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison, 15.3 miles away, with 1,488 people.