Minnesota · Census place 2712664

Cologne, Minnesota

Cologne is a city in Carver County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,097 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 261st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,097
#261 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+37 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
1,172 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Cologne. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Cologne population, 2020 to 2024

Cologne added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

2,06020202,07820212,07620222,07820232,0972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,047. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cologne covers 1.79 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,172 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Cologne is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cologne is in

All of Cologne's residents live in Carver County, which had 112,628 residents in 2024. Cologne holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cologne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cologne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55322. 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 Cologne is

The Census internal point of Cologne is at 44.769800, -93.792400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 36.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waconia, MN (13,831 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 29.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.769800, -93.792400
DMS
44°46'11.28"N 93°47'32.64"W
UTM
15N 437297.2E 4957684.0N
Geohash
9zvq9wn6y
Plus code
86P8Q695+W2

Daylight in Cologne

At 44.77° N, Cologne 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cologne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Waconia, 5.0 miles away, with 13,831 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cologne, MN?

2,097 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (1.8%) from 2,060 in July 2020.

What county is Cologne in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cologne?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55322.

How far is Cologne from Saint Paul?

36.2 miles (58.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Cologne.

What is the nearest larger city to Cologne?

Waconia, MN, with 13,831 residents, 5.0 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.