Minnesota · Census place 2711494

Circle Pines, Minnesota

Circle Pines is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,944 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,944
#156 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-81 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
2,825 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Circle Pines. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Circle Pines population, 2020 to 2024

Circle Pines lost 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

5,02520205,01020214,95020224,93020234,9442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,028. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Circle Pines covers 1.75 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,825 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Circle Pines is denser than the typical town.

What county Circle Pines is in

All of Circle Pines's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Circle Pines holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Circle Pines

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Circle Pines by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55014. 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 Circle Pines is

The Census internal point of Circle Pines is at 45.143700, -93.147500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 13.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lino Lakes, MN (22,774 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 13.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.143700, -93.147500
DMS
45°08'37.32"N 93°08'51.00"W
UTM
15N 488403.8E 4998924.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q84VV3+F2

Daylight in Circle Pines

At 45.14° N, Circle Pines 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 Circle Pines

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lexington, 1.2 miles away, with 3,062 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Circle Pines, MN?

4,944 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 81 (1.6%) from 5,025 in July 2020.

What county is Circle Pines in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Circle Pines?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55014.

How far is Circle Pines from Saint Paul?

13.2 miles (21.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Circle Pines.

What is the nearest larger city to Circle Pines?

Lino Lakes, MN, with 22,774 residents, 2.1 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.