Minnesota · Census place 2712718
Columbus, Minnesota
Columbus is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,307 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 172nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,307
- #172 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +3.2%
- +133 people
- Land area
- 44.9 sq mi
- + 2.84 sq mi water
- Density
- 96 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus added 133 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34.
Columbus covers 44.85 square miles of land and 2.84 of water, for 96 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55025. 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 Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 45.254900, -93.107700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 20.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ham Lake, MN (16,905 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 21.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.254900, -93.107700
- DMS
- 45°15'17.64"N 93°06'27.72"W
- UTM
- 15N 491549.3E 5011272.8N
- Geohash
- cbjc3q3hc
- Plus code
- 86Q87V3R+XW
Daylight in Columbus
At 45.25° N, Columbus gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Ham Lake, 4.2 miles away, with 16,905 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, MN?
4,307 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 133 (3.2%) from 4,174 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Anoka County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55025.
How far is Columbus from Saint Paul?
20.7 miles (33.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
Ham Lake, MN, with 16,905 residents, 4.2 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.