Minnesota · Census place 2740310
Mapleton, Minnesota
Mapleton is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,639 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 293rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,639
- #293 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -3.9%
- -66 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,196 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Mapleton population, 2020 to 2024
Mapleton lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by -17.
Mapleton covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 1,196 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Mapleton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mapleton is in
All of Mapleton's residents live in Blue Earth County, which had 70,700 residents in 2024. Mapleton holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mapleton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mapleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56065. 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 Mapleton is
The Census internal point of Mapleton is at 43.927100, -93.955300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 82.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eagle Lake, MN (3,333 people), 16.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 73.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.927100, -93.955300
- DMS
- 43°55'37.56"N 93°57'19.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 423315.8E 4864219.6N
- Geohash
- 9zv1vuxvf
- Plus code
- 86M8W2GV+RV
Daylight in Mapleton
At 43.93° N, Mapleton gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mapleton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Winnebago, 15.5 miles away, with 1,381 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mapleton, MN?
1,639 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (3.9%) from 1,705 in July 2020.
What county is Mapleton in?
Blue Earth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mapleton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56065.
How far is Mapleton from Saint Paul?
82.6 miles (132.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Mapleton.
What is the nearest larger city to Mapleton?
Eagle Lake, MN, with 3,333 residents, 16.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.