Minnesota · Census place 2727746

Hawley, Minnesota

Hawley is a city in Clay County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,274 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 251st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,274
#251 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+38 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
868 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Hawley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Hawley population, 2020 to 2024

Hawley added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

2,23620202,23420212,29520222,28820232,2742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,235. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hawley covers 2.62 square miles of land, for 868 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Hawley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hawley is in

All of Hawley's residents live in Clay County, which had 66,848 residents in 2024. Hawley holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hawley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hawley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56549. 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 Hawley is

The Census internal point of Hawley is at 46.877400, -96.320000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 203.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Barnesville, MN (2,765 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 24.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.877400, -96.320000
DMS
46°52'38.64"N 96°19'12.00"W
UTM
14N 704209.3E 5195027.3N
Geohash
cb7d8jvbt
Plus code
86R5VMGJ+X2

Daylight in Hawley

At 46.88° N, Hawley gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hawley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Glyndon, 12.2 miles away, with 1,369 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hawley, MN?

2,274 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (1.7%) from 2,236 in July 2020.

What county is Hawley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hawley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56549.

How far is Hawley from Saint Paul?

203.9 miles (328.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Hawley.

What is the nearest larger city to Hawley?

Barnesville, MN, with 2,765 residents, 16.3 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.