Minnesota · Census place 2707966

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Brooklyn Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 82,893 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
82,893
#6 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-3.9%
-3,323 people
Land area
26.1 sq mi
+ 0.47 sq mi water
Density
3,178 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Brooklyn Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Brooklyn Park population, 2020 to 2024

Brooklyn Park lost 3,323 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +560. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 144th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Brooklyn Park is 5.8 times that size.

86.2k202084.5k202183.5k202282.3k202382.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 86,460. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brooklyn Park covers 26.08 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 3,178 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Brooklyn Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Brooklyn Park is in

All of Brooklyn Park's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Brooklyn Park holds 6.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brooklyn Park

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Brooklyn Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55428, 55429, 55443, 55444, 55445. 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 Brooklyn Park is

The Census internal point of Brooklyn Park is at 45.110900, -93.349100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 16.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minneapolis, MN (428,579 people), 10.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.110900, -93.349100
DMS
45°06'39.24"N 93°20'56.76"W
UTM
15N 472538.7E 4995329.4N
Geohash
cbj8eu1q0
Plus code
86Q84M62+99

Daylight in Brooklyn Park

At 45.11° N, Brooklyn Park gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brooklyn Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Osseo, 2.5 miles away, with 2,526 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brooklyn Park, MN?

82,893 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3,323 (3.9%) from 86,216 in July 2020.

What county is Brooklyn Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brooklyn Park?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55428, 55429, 55443, 55444, 55445.

How far is Brooklyn Park from Saint Paul?

16.2 miles (26.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Brooklyn Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Brooklyn Park?

Minneapolis, MN, with 428,579 residents, 10.9 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.