Minnesota · Census place 2734622
Lakeland, Minnesota
Lakeland is a city in Washington County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,664 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 288th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,664
- #288 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -49 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.85 sq mi water
- Density
- 800 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Lakeland population, 2020 to 2024
Lakeland lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Lakeland covers 2.08 square miles of land and 0.85 of water, for 800 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Lakeland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lakeland is in
All of Lakeland's residents live in Washington County, which had 283,960 residents in 2024. Lakeland holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakeland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakeland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55043. 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 Lakeland is
The Census internal point of Lakeland is at 44.953200, -92.766600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 16.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hudson, WI (15,031 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 16.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.953200, -92.766600
- DMS
- 44°57'11.52"N 92°45'59.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 518410.5E 4977778.0N
- Geohash
- 9zyp9p3rm
- Plus code
- 86P9X63M+79
Daylight in Lakeland
At 44.95° N, Lakeland 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lakeland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake St. Croix Beach, 2.0 miles away, with 1,005 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakeland, MN?
1,664 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (2.9%) from 1,713 in July 2020.
What county is Lakeland in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakeland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55043.
How far is Lakeland from Saint Paul?
16.4 miles (26.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lakeland.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakeland?
Hudson, WI, with 15,031 residents, 1.9 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.