East Grand Forks, Minnesota

East Grand Forks population, 2020 to 2024

East Grand Forks lost 233 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 134th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so East Grand Forks is 63% of it.

East Grand Forks covers 5.95 square miles of land, for 1,498 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so East Grand Forks is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Grand Forks is in

All of East Grand Forks's residents live in Polk County, which had 30,413 residents in 2024. East Grand Forks holds 29.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Grand Forks

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Grand Forks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56721. 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 East Grand Forks is

The Census internal point of East Grand Forks is at 47.928600, -97.013800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 277.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Forks, ND (59,845 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 74.0 miles away.

Daylight in East Grand Forks

At 47.93° N, East Grand Forks gets about 16 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Grand Forks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Warren, 21.5 miles away, with 1,549 people.