Litchfield, Minnesota

Litchfield population, 2020 to 2024

Litchfield lost 115 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -29. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 126th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Litchfield is 46% of it.

Litchfield covers 4.51 square miles of land and 0.98 of water, for 1,445 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Litchfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Litchfield is in

All of Litchfield's residents live in Meeker County, which had 23,491 residents in 2024. Litchfield holds 27.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Litchfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Litchfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55355. 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 Litchfield is

The Census internal point of Litchfield is at 45.122000, -94.525900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 70.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hutchinson, MN (14,708 people), 17.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 62.4 miles away.

Daylight in Litchfield

At 45.12° N, Litchfield gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Litchfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Dassel, 10.5 miles away, with 1,520 people.