Minnesota · Census place 2747221

North St. Paul, Minnesota

North St. Paul is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota with an estimated 12,644 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,644
#90 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+301 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
4,421 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: North St. Paul. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

North St. Paul population, 2020 to 2024

North St. Paul added 301 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so North St. Paul is 89% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,365. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

North St. Paul covers 2.86 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 4,421 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so North St. Paul is denser than the typical town.

What county North St. Paul is in

All of North St. Paul's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 542,015 residents in 2024. North St. Paul holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North St. Paul

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North St. Paul by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55109. 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 St. Paul is

The Census internal point of North St. Paul is at 45.013500, -93.001800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 6.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maplewood, MN (40,142 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 6.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.013500, -93.001800
DMS
45°00'48.60"N 93°00'6.48"W
UTM
15N 499858.2E 4984450.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q82X7X+C7

Daylight in North St. Paul

At 45.01° N, North St. Paul gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North St. Paul

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Maplewood, 1.5 miles away, with 40,142 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of North St. Paul, MN?

12,644 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 301 (2.4%) from 12,343 in July 2020.

What county is North St. Paul in?

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

What ZIP codes cover North St. Paul?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55109.

How far is North St. Paul from Saint Paul?

6.3 miles (10.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from North St. Paul.

What is the nearest larger city to North St. Paul?

Maplewood, MN, with 40,142 residents, 1.5 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.