Minnesota · Census place 2719358
Empire, Minnesota
Empire is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,068 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 211th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,068
- #211 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -2.0%
- -64 people
- Land area
- 30.5 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 100 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Empire population, 2020 to 2024
Empire lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Empire covers 30.53 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 100 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Empire is less dense than the typical town.
What county Empire is in
All of Empire's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. Empire 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 Empire
No ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps Empire by at least 10% of either area. 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 Empire is
The Census internal point of Empire is at 44.679900, -93.092200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 19.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Farmington, MN (24,464 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 18.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.679900, -93.092200
- DMS
- 44°40'47.64"N 93°05'31.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 492692.9E 4947396.5N
- Geohash
- 9zvy1tsr6
- Plus code
- 86P8MWH5+X4
Daylight in Empire
At 44.68° N, Empire gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Empire
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 4.0 miles away, with 24,464 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Empire, MN?
3,068 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (2.0%) from 3,132 in July 2020.
What county is Empire in?
Dakota County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Empire?
No ZCTA overlaps Empire by 10% or more of either area in the 2020 relationship file.
How far is Empire from Saint Paul?
19.0 miles (30.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Empire.
What is the nearest larger city to Empire?
Farmington, MN, with 24,464 residents, 4.0 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.