Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato population, 2020 to 2024

Mankato added 1,822 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +383. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Mankato is 3.3 times that size.

Mankato covers 19.88 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 2,337 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Mankato is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Mankato spans

Mankato crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 46,459 residents as follows; Blue Earth County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mankato

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mankato by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56001. 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 Mankato is

The Census internal point of Mankato is at 44.171100, -93.976400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 69.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shakopee, MN (48,401 people), 48.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 64.9 miles away.

Daylight in Mankato

At 44.17° N, Mankato gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mankato

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is North Mankato, 3.3 miles away, with 14,142 people.