Minnesota · Census place 2717000

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota with an estimated 87,986 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
87,986
#5 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+1,267 people
Land area
71.7 sq mi
+ 8.51 sq mi water
Density
1,228 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Duluth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Duluth population, 2020 to 2024

Duluth added 1,267 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +253. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Duluth is 6.2 times that size.

86.7k202086.6k202186.6k202287.7k202388.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 86,718. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Duluth covers 71.66 square miles of land and 8.51 of water, for 1,228 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Duluth is less dense than the typical town.

What county Duluth is in

All of Duluth's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Duluth holds 43.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Duluth

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Duluth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55802, 55803, 55804, 55805, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55810, 55811, 55812. 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 Duluth is

The Census internal point of Duluth is at 46.774500, -92.134100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 134.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Paul, MN (307,465 people), 134.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.774500, -92.134100
DMS
46°46'28.20"N 92°08'2.76"W
UTM
15N 566106.9E 5180469.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86R9QVF8+R9

Daylight in Duluth

At 46.77° N, Duluth gets about 15 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Duluth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Proctor, 5.0 miles away, with 3,076 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Duluth, MN?

87,986 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,267 (1.5%) from 86,719 in July 2020.

What county is Duluth in?

St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Duluth?

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55802, 55803, 55804, 55805, 55806, 55807, 55808, 55810, 55811, 55812.

How far is Duluth from Saint Paul?

134.1 miles (215.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Duluth.

What is the nearest larger city to Duluth?

St. Paul, MN, with 307,465 residents, 134.5 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.