Minnesota · Census place 2743126
Minneota, Minnesota
Minneota is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,355 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 312th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,355
- #312 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 934 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Minneota population, 2020 to 2024
Minneota lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Minneota covers 1.45 square miles of land, for 934 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Minneota is less dense than the typical town.
What county Minneota is in
All of Minneota's residents live in Lyon County, which had 25,577 residents in 2024. Minneota holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Minneota
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Minneota by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56264. 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 Minneota is
The Census internal point of Minneota is at 44.562500, -95.982700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 143.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshall, MN (13,996 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 79.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.562500, -95.982700
- DMS
- 44°33'45.00"N 95°58'57.72"W
- UTM
- 15N 263133.7E 4938679.7N
- Geohash
- 9zgtxb7e2
- Plus code
- 86P6H278+2W
Daylight in Minneota
At 44.56° N, Minneota gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Minneota
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Marshall, 12.3 miles away, with 13,996 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Minneota, MN?
1,355 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.4%) from 1,361 in July 2020.
What county is Minneota in?
Lyon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Minneota?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56264.
How far is Minneota from Saint Paul?
143.9 miles (231.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Minneota.
What is the nearest larger city to Minneota?
Marshall, MN, with 13,996 residents, 12.4 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.