Pelican Rapids, Minnesota

Pelican Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Pelican Rapids added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

Pelican Rapids covers 2.58 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,005 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Pelican Rapids is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pelican Rapids is in

All of Pelican Rapids's residents live in Otter Tail County, which had 60,884 residents in 2024. Pelican Rapids holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pelican Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pelican Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56572. 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 Pelican Rapids is

The Census internal point of Pelican Rapids is at 46.570300, -96.085900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 182.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Barnesville, MN (2,765 people), 16.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 40.6 miles away.

Daylight in Pelican Rapids

At 46.57° N, Pelican Rapids gets about 15 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pelican Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Barnesville, 16.6 miles away, with 2,765 people.