Minnesota · Census place 2747536
Nowthen, Minnesota
Nowthen is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,565 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,565
- #166 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +33 people
- Land area
- 33.7 sq mi
- + 1.54 sq mi water
- Density
- 136 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Nowthen population, 2020 to 2024
Nowthen added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +38.
Nowthen covers 33.66 square miles of land and 1.54 of water, for 136 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Nowthen is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nowthen is in
All of Nowthen's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Nowthen holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nowthen
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nowthen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55303, 55330. 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 Nowthen is
The Census internal point of Nowthen is at 45.343100, -93.449600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 31.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Francis, MN (8,523 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 27.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.343100, -93.449600
- DMS
- 45°20'35.16"N 93°26'58.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 464776.8E 5021163.9N
- Geohash
- cbj9cw2nd
- Plus code
- 86Q88HV2+65
Daylight in Nowthen
At 45.34° N, Nowthen gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nowthen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Francis, 4.4 miles away, with 8,523 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nowthen, MN?
4,565 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 33 (0.7%) from 4,532 in July 2020.
What county is Nowthen in?
Anoka County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nowthen?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55303, 55330.
How far is Nowthen from Saint Paul?
31.7 miles (51.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Nowthen.
What is the nearest larger city to Nowthen?
St. Francis, MN, with 8,523 residents, 4.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.