Minnesota · Census place 2728790

Hibbing, Minnesota

Hibbing is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota with an estimated 15,940 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,940
#71 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-237 people
Land area
182.0 sq mi
+ 4.43 sq mi water
Density
88 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Hibbing. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Hibbing population, 2020 to 2024

Hibbing lost 237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -53. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 120th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Hibbing is 1.1 times that size.

16.2k202016.1k202116.1k202216.0k202315.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,211. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hibbing covers 182.03 square miles of land and 4.43 of water, for 88 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Hibbing is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hibbing is in

All of Hibbing's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Hibbing holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hibbing

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hibbing by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55746. 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 Hibbing is

The Census internal point of Hibbing is at 47.395900, -92.946500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 168.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Duluth, MN (87,986 people), 57.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 168.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.395900, -92.946500
DMS
47°23'45.24"N 92°56'47.40"W
UTM
15N 504037.2E 5249162.0N
Geohash
cbmvsunmj
Plus code
86V993W3+99

Daylight in Hibbing

At 47.40° N, Hibbing gets about 15 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hibbing

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Chisholm, 7.1 miles away, with 4,667 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hibbing, MN?

15,940 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 237 (1.5%) from 16,177 in July 2020.

What county is Hibbing in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hibbing?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55746.

How far is Hibbing from Saint Paul?

168.8 miles (271.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Hibbing.

What is the nearest larger city to Hibbing?

Duluth, MN, with 87,986 residents, 57.5 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.