Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis population, 2020 to 2024

Minneapolis lost 2,159 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +2,010. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 104th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Minneapolis is 30.1 times that size.

Minneapolis covers 54.00 square miles of land and 3.51 of water, for 7,937 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Minneapolis is denser than the typical town.

What county Minneapolis is in

All of Minneapolis's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Minneapolis holds 33.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Minneapolis

22 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Minneapolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55410, 55411, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55416, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55430, 55454, 55455. 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 Minneapolis is

The Census internal point of Minneapolis is at 44.963300, -93.268300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 8.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Omaha, NE (489,265 people), 291.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 8.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 264 m (866 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Minneapolis

At 44.96° N, Minneapolis 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Minneapolis daylight page.

Places near Minneapolis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Lauderdale, 3.8 miles away, with 2,341 people.