Independence, Minnesota

Independence population, 2020 to 2024

Independence lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +56.

Independence covers 32.43 square miles of land and 2.15 of water, for 114 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Independence is less dense than the typical town.

What county Independence is in

All of Independence's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Independence holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Independence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Independence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55359. 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 Independence is

The Census internal point of Independence is at 45.018600, -93.719700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 30.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delano, MN (7,513 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 22.4 miles away.

Daylight in Independence

At 45.02° N, Independence gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Independence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Maple Plain, 2.9 miles away, with 1,648 people.