Minnesota · Census place 2735180
Lakeville, Minnesota
Lakeville is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota with an estimated 77,971 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 77,971
- #9 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +11.3%
- +7,941 people
- Land area
- 36.9 sq mi
- + 1.76 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,112 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Lakeville
Lakeville population, 2020 to 2024
Lakeville added 7,941 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,578. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Lakeville is 5.5 times that size.
Lakeville covers 36.92 square miles of land and 1.76 of water, for 2,112 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Lakeville is denser than the typical town.
What county Lakeville is in
All of Lakeville's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. Lakeville holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakeville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55044. 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 Lakeville is
The Census internal point of Lakeville is at 44.676100, -93.251700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 20.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomington, MN (88,344 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 19.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.676100, -93.251700
- DMS
- 44°40'33.96"N 93°15'6.12"W
- UTM
- 15N 480050.7E 4947001.0N
- Geohash
- 9zvwnj01j
- Plus code
- 86P8MPGX+C8
Daylight in Lakeville
At 44.68° N, Lakeville gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lakeville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 4.2 miles away, with 24,464 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakeville, MN?
77,971 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,941 (11.3%) from 70,030 in July 2020.
What county is Lakeville in?
Dakota County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakeville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55044.
How far is Lakeville from Saint Paul?
20.6 miles (33.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Lakeville.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakeville?
Bloomington, MN, with 88,344 residents, 11.1 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.