Minnesota · Census place 2744044

Mora, Minnesota

Mora is a city in Kanabec County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,779 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,779
#189 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+102 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
732 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Mora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Mora population, 2020 to 2024

Mora added 102 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -17.

3,67720203,71220213,76920223,79620233,7792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,668. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mora covers 5.16 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 732 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Mora is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mora is in

All of Mora's residents live in Kanabec County, which had 16,608 residents in 2024. Mora holds 22.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mora

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55051. 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 Mora is

The Census internal point of Mora is at 45.877000, -93.290300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 64.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pine City, MN (3,865 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 63.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.877000, -93.290300
DMS
45°52'37.20"N 93°17'25.08"W
UTM
15N 477471.6E 5080422.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q8VPG5+RV

Daylight in Mora

At 45.88° N, Mora gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mora

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Braham, 12.1 miles away, with 1,776 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mora, MN?

3,779 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 102 (2.8%) from 3,677 in July 2020.

What county is Mora in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mora?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55051.

How far is Mora from Saint Paul?

64.4 miles (103.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Mora.

What is the nearest larger city to Mora?

Pine City, MN, with 3,865 residents, 15.8 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.