Newport, Minnesota

Newport population, 2020 to 2024

Newport added 1,475 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +37.4%. In the latest year it moved by +93. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Newport is 38% of it.

Newport covers 3.62 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 1,496 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Newport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newport is in

All of Newport's residents live in Washington County, which had 283,960 residents in 2024. Newport holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55055. 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 Newport is

The Census internal point of Newport is at 44.874400, -92.998600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 7.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South St. Paul, MN (20,590 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 7.3 miles away.

Daylight in Newport

At 44.87° N, Newport gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is South St. Paul, 2.3 miles away, with 20,590 people.