Minnesota · Census place 2713168

Corcoran, Minnesota

Corcoran is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 8,378 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,378
#117 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+33.7%
+2,113 people
Land area
35.8 sq mi
+ 0.28 sq mi water
Density
234 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Corcoran. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Corcoran population, 2020 to 2024

Corcoran added 2,113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +33.7%. In the latest year it moved by +644. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Corcoran is 59% of it.

6,26520206,75120217,37520227,73420238,3782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,185. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Corcoran covers 35.80 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 234 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Corcoran is less dense than the typical town.

What county Corcoran is in

All of Corcoran's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Corcoran holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Corcoran

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Corcoran by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55340, 55357, 55374. 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 Corcoran is

The Census internal point of Corcoran is at 45.106900, -93.578000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 25.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rogers, MN (14,493 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.106900, -93.578000
DMS
45°06'24.84"N 93°34'40.80"W
UTM
15N 454529.5E 4994988.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q84C4C+QR

Daylight in Corcoran

At 45.11° N, Corcoran 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 Corcoran

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Medina, 5.0 miles away, with 7,209 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Corcoran, MN?

8,378 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,113 (33.7%) from 6,265 in July 2020.

What county is Corcoran in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Corcoran?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55340, 55357, 55374.

How far is Corcoran from Saint Paul?

25.5 miles (41.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Corcoran.

What is the nearest larger city to Corcoran?

Rogers, MN, with 14,493 residents, 5.3 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.