Minnesota · Census place 2741480

Medina, Minnesota

Medina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 7,209 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,209
#128 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+358 people
Land area
25.6 sq mi
+ 1.58 sq mi water
Density
282 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Medina. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Medina population, 2020 to 2024

Medina added 358 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +143. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Medina is 51% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,846. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Medina covers 25.55 square miles of land and 1.58 of water, for 282 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Medina is less dense than the typical town.

What county Medina is in

All of Medina's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Medina holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Medina

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Medina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55340, 55356, 55359, 55391. 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 Medina is

The Census internal point of Medina is at 45.034500, -93.575600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 23.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corcoran, MN (8,378 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 15.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.034500, -93.575600
DMS
45°02'4.20"N 93°34'32.16"W
UTM
15N 454661.1E 4986944.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q82CMF+RQ

Daylight in Medina

At 45.03° N, Medina 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Medina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Long Lake, 3.6 miles away, with 1,937 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Medina, MN?

7,209 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 358 (5.2%) from 6,851 in July 2020.

What county is Medina in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Medina?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55340, 55356, 55359, 55391.

How far is Medina from Saint Paul?

23.8 miles (38.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Medina.

What is the nearest larger city to Medina?

Corcoran, MN, with 8,378 residents, 5.0 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.