Minnesota · Census place 2741138
Mayer, Minnesota
Mayer is a city in Carver County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,534 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,534
- #233 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +2.7%
- +66 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,850 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Mayer population, 2020 to 2024
Mayer added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Mayer covers 1.37 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,850 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Mayer is close to the typical town.
What county Mayer is in
All of Mayer's residents live in Carver County, which had 112,628 residents in 2024. Mayer holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mayer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mayer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55360. 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 Mayer is
The Census internal point of Mayer is at 44.888900, -93.894500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 39.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watertown, MN (4,774 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 31.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.888900, -93.894500
- DMS
- 44°53'20.04"N 93°53'40.20"W
- UTM
- 15N 429363.6E 4970997.9N
- Geohash
- 9zvpr7u0g
- Plus code
- 86P8V4Q4+H6
Daylight in Mayer
At 44.89° N, Mayer gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mayer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Watertown, 5.5 miles away, with 4,774 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mayer, MN?
2,534 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (2.7%) from 2,468 in July 2020.
What county is Mayer in?
Carver County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mayer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55360.
How far is Mayer from Saint Paul?
39.0 miles (62.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mayer.
What is the nearest larger city to Mayer?
Watertown, MN, with 4,774 residents, 5.5 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.