Minnesota · Census place 2713924

Crosby, Minnesota

Crosby is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,328 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 247th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,328
#247 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-28 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
+ 0.77 sq mi water
Density
786 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Crosby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Crosby population, 2020 to 2024

Crosby lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

2,35620202,36720212,36020222,35020232,3282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,357. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crosby covers 2.96 square miles of land and 0.77 of water, for 786 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Crosby is less dense than the typical town.

What county Crosby is in

All of Crosby's residents live in Crow Wing County, which had 68,642 residents in 2024. Crosby holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crosby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crosby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56441. 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 Crosby is

The Census internal point of Crosby is at 46.493300, -93.945700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 113.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crosslake, MN (2,412 people), 14.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 110.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.493300, -93.945700
DMS
46°29'35.88"N 93°56'44.52"W
UTM
15N 427425.9E 5149293.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86R8F3V3+8P

Daylight in Crosby

At 46.49° N, Crosby gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crosby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Aitkin, 11.7 miles away, with 2,174 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crosby, MN?

2,328 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (1.2%) from 2,356 in July 2020.

What county is Crosby in?

Crow Wing County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Crosby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56441.

How far is Crosby from Saint Paul?

113.8 miles (183.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Crosby.

What is the nearest larger city to Crosby?

Crosslake, MN, with 2,412 residents, 14.8 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.