North Branch, Minnesota

North Branch population, 2020 to 2024

North Branch added 1,404 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.9%. In the latest year it moved by +285. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so North Branch is 86% of it.

North Branch covers 37.32 square miles of land and 0.44 of water, for 328 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so North Branch is less dense than the typical town.

What county North Branch is in

All of North Branch's residents live in Chisago County, which had 59,105 residents in 2024. North Branch holds 20.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Branch

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap North Branch by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55032, 55056. 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 North Branch is

The Census internal point of North Branch is at 45.509900, -92.955700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 39.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Bethel, MN (12,288 people), 16.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 39.5 miles away.

Daylight in North Branch

At 45.51° N, North Branch gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Branch

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Stacy, 6.0 miles away, with 4,378 people.