Minnesota · Census place 2746150

Nicollet, Minnesota

Nicollet is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 343rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,114
#343 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-30 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,224 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Nicollet. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Nicollet population, 2020 to 2024

Nicollet lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

1,14420201,14720211,14020221,11620231,1142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,143. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nicollet covers 0.91 square miles of land, for 1,224 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Nicollet is less dense than the typical town.

What county Nicollet is in

All of Nicollet's residents live in Nicollet County, which had 34,493 residents in 2024. Nicollet holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nicollet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nicollet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56074. 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 Nicollet is

The Census internal point of Nicollet is at 44.274600, -94.188100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 71.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Mankato, MN (14,142 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 65.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.274600, -94.188100
DMS
44°16'28.56"N 94°11'17.16"W
UTM
15N 405185.4E 4903059.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P77RF6+RQ

Daylight in Nicollet

At 44.27° N, Nicollet gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nicollet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is North Mankato, 9.7 miles away, with 14,142 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nicollet, MN?

1,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (2.6%) from 1,144 in July 2020.

What county is Nicollet in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Nicollet?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56074.

How far is Nicollet from Saint Paul?

71.2 miles (114.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Nicollet.

What is the nearest larger city to Nicollet?

North Mankato, MN, with 14,142 residents, 9.6 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.

  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.