Minnesota · Census place 2736746

Le Sueur, Minnesota

Le Sueur is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,230 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,230
#173 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+29 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
815 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Le Sueur. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Le Sueur population, 2020 to 2024

Le Sueur added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

4,20120204,20820214,22420224,23020234,2302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,209. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Le Sueur covers 5.19 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 815 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Le Sueur is less dense than the typical town.

What county Le Sueur is in

All of Le Sueur's residents live in Le Sueur County, which had 29,458 residents in 2024. Le Sueur holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Le Sueur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Le Sueur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56058. 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 Sueur is

The Census internal point of Le Sueur is at 44.470500, -93.901800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 51.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Peter, MN (12,456 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 46.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.470500, -93.901800
DMS
44°28'13.80"N 93°54'6.48"W
UTM
15N 428272.7E 4924527.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P8F3CX+67

Daylight in Le Sueur

At 44.47° N, Le Sueur gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Le Sueur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Le Center, 10.2 miles away, with 2,528 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Le Sueur, MN?

4,230 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (0.7%) from 4,201 in July 2020.

What county is Le Sueur in?

Le Sueur County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Le Sueur?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56058.

How far is Le Sueur from Saint Paul?

51.6 miles (83.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Le Sueur.

What is the nearest larger city to Le Sueur?

St. Peter, MN, with 12,456 residents, 10.3 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.