New Ulm, Minnesota

New Ulm population, 2020 to 2024

New Ulm lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 113th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so New Ulm is 98% of it.

New Ulm covers 10.17 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,374 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so New Ulm is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Ulm is in

All of New Ulm's residents live in Brown County, which had 25,710 residents in 2024. New Ulm holds 54.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Ulm

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Ulm by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56073. 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 New Ulm is

The Census internal point of New Ulm is at 44.312100, -94.468900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 80.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Mankato, MN (14,142 people), 23.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 74.2 miles away.

Daylight in New Ulm

At 44.31° N, New Ulm gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Ulm

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sleepy Eye, 12.6 miles away, with 3,489 people.