Minnesota · Census place 2712430

Cokato, Minnesota

Cokato is a city in Wright County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,782 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,782
#221 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-12 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,783 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Cokato. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Cokato population, 2020 to 2024

Cokato lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

2,79420202,79320212,77920222,77820232,7822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,797. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cokato covers 1.56 square miles of land, for 1,783 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Cokato is close to the typical town.

What county Cokato is in

All of Cokato's residents live in Wright County, which had 154,593 residents in 2024. Cokato holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cokato

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cokato by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55321. 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 Cokato is

The Census internal point of Cokato is at 45.076700, -94.187500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 53.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Annandale, MN (3,487 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 45.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.076700, -94.187500
DMS
45°04'36.12"N 94°11'15.00"W
UTM
15N 406531.8E 4992156.7N
Geohash
cbj02tyyb
Plus code
86Q73RG7+M2

Daylight in Cokato

At 45.08° N, Cokato 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cokato

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Dassel, 6.3 miles away, with 1,520 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cokato, MN?

2,782 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.4%) from 2,794 in July 2020.

What county is Cokato in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cokato?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55321.

How far is Cokato from Saint Paul?

53.7 miles (86.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Cokato.

What is the nearest larger city to Cokato?

Annandale, MN, with 3,487 residents, 13.0 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.

  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.