Minnesota · Census place 2702152

Arlington, Minnesota

Arlington is a city in Sibley County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,314 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 248th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,314
#248 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+78 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,437 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Arlington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Arlington population, 2020 to 2024

Arlington added 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,23620202,26320212,26920222,30720232,3142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,245. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arlington covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 1,437 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Arlington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Arlington is in

All of Arlington's residents live in Sibley County, which had 15,194 residents in 2024. Arlington holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55307. 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 Arlington is

The Census internal point of Arlington is at 44.608300, -94.076800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 53.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gaylord, MN (2,334 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 46.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.608300, -94.076800
DMS
44°36'29.88"N 94°04'36.48"W
UTM
15N 414555.4E 4940002.9N
Geohash
9zvjg0xq5
Plus code
86P7JW5F+87

Daylight in Arlington

At 44.61° N, Arlington gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Gaylord, 7.6 miles away, with 2,334 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arlington, MN?

2,314 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 78 (3.5%) from 2,236 in July 2020.

What county is Arlington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Arlington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55307.

How far is Arlington from Saint Paul?

53.5 miles (86.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Arlington.

What is the nearest larger city to Arlington?

Gaylord, MN, with 2,334 residents, 7.6 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.