North Mankato, Minnesota

North Mankato population, 2020 to 2024

North Mankato lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +18. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so North Mankato is 99% of it.

North Mankato covers 6.44 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 2,196 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so North Mankato is denser than the typical town.

What county North Mankato is in

All of North Mankato's residents live in Nicollet County, which had 34,493 residents in 2024. North Mankato holds 41.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Mankato

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Mankato by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56003. 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 Mankato is

The Census internal point of North Mankato is at 44.182700, -94.041100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 70.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mankato, MN (46,459 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 66.0 miles away.

Daylight in North Mankato

At 44.18° N, North Mankato gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Mankato

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mankato, 3.3 miles away, with 46,459 people.