Minnesota · Census place 2702872
Aurora, Minnesota
Aurora is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,652 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 290th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,652
- #290 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.22 sq mi water
- Density
- 446 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Aurora population, 2020 to 2024
Aurora lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Aurora covers 3.70 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 446 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Aurora is less dense than the typical town.
What county Aurora is in
All of Aurora's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Aurora holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Aurora
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aurora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55705. 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 Aurora is
The Census internal point of Aurora is at 47.531600, -92.241000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 182.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hoyt Lakes, MN (1,988 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 183.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.531600, -92.241000
- DMS
- 47°31'53.76"N 92°14'27.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 557128.4E 5264520.8N
- Geohash
- cbqqmhb5s
- Plus code
- 86V9GQJ5+JJ
Daylight in Aurora
At 47.53° N, Aurora gets about 15 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Aurora
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Hoyt Lakes, 6.8 miles away, with 1,988 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Aurora, MN?
1,652 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.4%) from 1,676 in July 2020.
What county is Aurora in?
St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Aurora?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55705.
How far is Aurora from Saint Paul?
182.7 miles (294.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Aurora.
What is the nearest larger city to Aurora?
Hoyt Lakes, MN, with 1,988 residents, 6.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.