Minnesota · Census place 2743954
Moose Lake, Minnesota
Moose Lake is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 215th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,003
- #215 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +7.7%
- +215 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- + 0.41 sq mi water
- Density
- 916 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Moose Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Moose Lake added 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.7%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Moose Lake covers 3.28 square miles of land and 0.41 of water, for 916 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Moose Lake is less dense than the typical town.
What county Moose Lake is in
All of Moose Lake's residents live in Carlton County, which had 36,745 residents in 2024. Moose Lake holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Moose Lake
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moose Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55767. 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 Moose Lake is
The Census internal point of Moose Lake is at 46.450300, -92.761000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 104.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cloquet, MN (12,475 people), 22.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 105.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.450300, -92.761000
- DMS
- 46°27'1.08"N 92°45'39.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 518355.6E 5144108.6N
- Geohash
- cbq030j88
- Plus code
- 86R9F62Q+4J
Daylight in Moose Lake
At 46.45° N, Moose Lake gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Moose Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Cloquet, 22.6 miles away, with 12,475 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Moose Lake, MN?
3,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 215 (7.7%) from 2,788 in July 2020.
What county is Moose Lake in?
Carlton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Moose Lake?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55767.
How far is Moose Lake from Saint Paul?
104.6 miles (168.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Moose Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Moose Lake?
Cloquet, MN, with 12,475 residents, 22.6 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.