Minnesota · Census place 2737556

Little Falls, Minnesota

Little Falls is a city in Morrison County, Minnesota with an estimated 9,206 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,206
#107 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+87 people
Land area
8.0 sq mi
+ 0.91 sq mi water
Density
1,145 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Little Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Little Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Little Falls added 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +69. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 86th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Little Falls is 65% of it.

9,11920209,09920219,11020229,13720239,2062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,130. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Little Falls covers 8.04 square miles of land and 0.91 of water, for 1,145 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Little Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Little Falls is in

All of Little Falls's residents live in Morrison County, which had 34,520 residents in 2024. Little Falls holds 26.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Little Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Little Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56345. 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 Little Falls is

The Census internal point of Little Falls is at 45.985600, -94.359700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 93.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sartell, MN (19,979 people), 26.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 88.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.985600, -94.359700
DMS
45°59'8.16"N 94°21'34.92"W
UTM
15N 394688.3E 5093346.3N
Geohash
cbhvsg3me
Plus code
86Q7XJPR+64

Daylight in Little Falls

At 45.99° N, Little Falls gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Little Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Royalton, 11.2 miles away, with 1,280 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Little Falls, MN?

9,206 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 87 (1.0%) from 9,119 in July 2020.

What county is Little Falls in?

Morrison County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Little Falls?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56345.

How far is Little Falls from Saint Paul?

93.7 miles (150.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Little Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Little Falls?

Sartell, MN, with 19,979 residents, 26.3 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.