Minnesota · Census place 2709604
Canby, Minnesota
Canby is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,664 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 287th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,664
- #287 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -25 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 743 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Canby population, 2020 to 2024
Canby lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -20.
Canby covers 2.24 square miles of land, for 743 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Canby is less dense than the typical town.
What county Canby is in
All of Canby's residents live in Yellow Medicine County, which had 9,373 residents in 2024. Canby holds 17.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Canby
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Canby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56220. 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 Canby is
The Census internal point of Canby is at 44.716100, -96.269800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 156.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshall, MN (13,996 people), 30.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 84.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.716100, -96.269800
- DMS
- 44°42'57.96"N 96°16'11.28"W
- UTM
- 14N 716242.4E 4955039.9N
- Geohash
- 9zgw3k66p
- Plus code
- 86P5PP8J+C3
Daylight in Canby
At 44.72° N, Canby gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Canby
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Minneota, 17.7 miles away, with 1,355 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Canby, MN?
1,664 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (1.5%) from 1,689 in July 2020.
What county is Canby in?
Yellow Medicine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Canby?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56220.
How far is Canby from Saint Paul?
156.1 miles (251.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Canby.
What is the nearest larger city to Canby?
Marshall, MN, with 13,996 residents, 30.0 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.