Minnesota · Census place 2704618

Becker, Minnesota

Becker is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota with an estimated 5,252 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,252
#148 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+7.2%
+352 people
Land area
11.7 sq mi
+ 0.58 sq mi water
Density
450 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Becker. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Becker population, 2020 to 2024

Becker added 352 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +172. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Becker is 37% of it.

4,90020204,96320214,99920225,08020235,2522024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,879. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Becker covers 11.67 square miles of land and 0.58 of water, for 450 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Becker is less dense than the typical town.

What county Becker is in

All of Becker's residents live in Sherburne County, which had 103,059 residents in 2024. Becker holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Becker

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Becker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55308. 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 Becker is

The Census internal point of Becker is at 45.386500, -93.887300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 48.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Lake, MN (12,855 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 42.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.386500, -93.887300
DMS
45°23'11.40"N 93°53'14.28"W
UTM
15N 430539.0E 5026270.0N
Geohash
cbj4pw37e
Plus code
86Q894P7+J3

Daylight in Becker

At 45.39° N, Becker gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Becker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Big Lake, 7.6 miles away, with 12,855 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Becker, MN?

5,252 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 352 (7.2%) from 4,900 in July 2020.

What county is Becker in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Becker?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55308.

How far is Becker from Saint Paul?

48.5 miles (78.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Becker.

What is the nearest larger city to Becker?

Big Lake, MN, with 12,855 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.