Minnesota · Census place 2736134
Le Center, Minnesota
Le Center is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,528 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,528
- #234 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +21 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,505 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Le Center population, 2020 to 2024
Le Center added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Le Center covers 1.68 square miles of land, for 1,505 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Le Center is less dense than the typical town.
What county Le Center is in
All of Le Center's residents live in Le Sueur County, which had 29,458 residents in 2024. Le Center holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Le Center
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Le Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56057. 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 Le Center is
The Census internal point of Le Center is at 44.386600, -93.731100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 50.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montgomery, MN (3,537 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 45.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.386600, -93.731100
- DMS
- 44°23'11.76"N 93°43'51.96"W
- UTM
- 15N 441766.6E 4915073.0N
- Geohash
- 9zvke074e
- Plus code
- 86P897P9+JH
Daylight in Le Center
At 44.39° N, Le Center gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Le Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Montgomery, 8.5 miles away, with 3,537 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Le Center, MN?
2,528 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (0.8%) from 2,507 in July 2020.
What county is Le Center in?
Le Sueur County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Le Center?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56057.
How far is Le Center from Saint Paul?
50.0 miles (80.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Le Center.
What is the nearest larger city to Le Center?
Montgomery, MN, with 3,537 residents, 8.5 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.
- 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.