Minnesota · Census place 2714968
Dawson, Minnesota
Dawson is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,431 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 302nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,431
- #302 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -27 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 994 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Dawson population, 2020 to 2024
Dawson lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Dawson covers 1.44 square miles of land, for 994 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Dawson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Dawson is in
All of Dawson's residents live in Lac qui Parle County, which had 6,636 residents in 2024. Dawson holds 21.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Dawson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dawson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56232. 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 Dawson is
The Census internal point of Dawson is at 44.929000, -96.050400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 144.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, MN (1,488 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 101.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.929000, -96.050400
- DMS
- 44°55'44.40"N 96°03'1.44"W
- UTM
- 14N 732760.9E 4979296.4N
- Geohash
- 9zgxw744r
- Plus code
- 86P5WWHX+JR
Daylight in Dawson
At 44.93° N, Dawson gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Dawson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison, 8.9 miles away, with 1,488 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dawson, MN?
1,431 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.9%) from 1,458 in July 2020.
What county is Dawson in?
Lac qui Parle County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dawson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56232.
How far is Dawson from Saint Paul?
144.2 miles (232.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Dawson.
What is the nearest larger city to Dawson?
Madison, MN, with 1,488 residents, 8.9 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.