Minnesota · Census place 2711548

Clara City, Minnesota

Clara City is a city in Chippewa County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,390 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 304th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,390
#304 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-51 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
739 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Clara City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Clara City population, 2020 to 2024

Clara City lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,44120201,41120211,39720221,38920231,3902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,440. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clara City covers 1.88 square miles of land, for 739 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Clara City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clara City is in

All of Clara City's residents live in Chippewa County, which had 12,299 residents in 2024. Clara City holds 11.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clara City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clara City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56222. 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 Clara City is

The Census internal point of Clara City is at 44.957400, -95.367700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 110.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Granite Falls, MN (2,678 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 102.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.957400, -95.367700
DMS
44°57'26.64"N 95°22'3.72"W
UTM
15N 313250.6E 4980945.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P6XJ4J+XW

Daylight in Clara City

At 44.96° N, Clara City gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clara City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Granite Falls, 13.4 miles away, with 2,678 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clara City, MN?

1,390 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (3.5%) from 1,441 in July 2020.

What county is Clara City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clara City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56222.

How far is Clara City from Saint Paul?

110.8 miles (178.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Clara City.

What is the nearest larger city to Clara City?

Granite Falls, MN, with 2,678 residents, 13.4 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.