Minnesota · Census place 2738006

Long Lake, Minnesota

Long Lake is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,937 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,937
#273 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+11.3%
+197 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
2,252 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Long Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Long Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Long Lake added 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.3%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

1,74020201,70520211,67620221,92920231,9372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,746. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Long Lake covers 0.86 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,252 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Long Lake is denser than the typical town.

What county Long Lake is in

All of Long Lake's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Long Lake holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Long Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Long Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55356. 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 Long Lake is

The Census internal point of Long Lake is at 44.983200, -93.570100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 23.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Orono, MN (8,228 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 14.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.983200, -93.570100
DMS
44°58'59.52"N 93°34'12.36"W
UTM
15N 455054.3E 4981242.2N
Geohash
9zvryubq4
Plus code
86P8XCMH+7X

Daylight in Long Lake

At 44.98° N, Long Lake gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Long Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Orono, 1.8 miles away, with 8,228 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Long Lake, MN?

1,937 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 197 (11.3%) from 1,740 in July 2020.

What county is Long Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Long Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55356.

How far is Long Lake from Saint Paul?

23.0 miles (37.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Long Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Long Lake?

Orono, MN, with 8,228 residents, 1.7 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.