Minnesota · Census place 2722814

Fridley, Minnesota

Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 30,679 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
30,679
#32 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+3.7%
+1,100 people
Land area
10.2 sq mi
+ 0.72 sq mi water
Density
3,020 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Fridley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Fridley population, 2020 to 2024

Fridley added 1,100 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +467. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Fridley is 2.2 times that size.

29.6k202030.4k202130.3k202230.2k202330.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 29,580. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fridley covers 10.16 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 3,020 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Fridley is denser than the typical town.

What county Fridley is in

All of Fridley's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Fridley holds 8.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fridley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fridley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55421, 55432. 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 Fridley is

The Census internal point of Fridley is at 45.084200, -93.260100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 11.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brooklyn Center, MN (31,755 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.084200, -93.260100
DMS
45°05'3.12"N 93°15'36.36"W
UTM
15N 479530.2E 4992336.9N
Geohash
cbj8mz64d
Plus code
86Q83PMQ+MX

Daylight in Fridley

At 45.08° N, Fridley gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fridley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Spring Lake Park, 2.3 miles away, with 7,083 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fridley, MN?

30,679 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,100 (3.7%) from 29,579 in July 2020.

What county is Fridley in?

Anoka County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fridley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55421, 55432.

How far is Fridley from Saint Paul?

11.8 miles (19.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Fridley.

What is the nearest larger city to Fridley?

Brooklyn Center, MN, with 31,755 residents, 3.0 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.

  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.