Minnesota · Census place 2751730

Plymouth, Minnesota

Plymouth is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 78,551 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
78,551
#8 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-2,409 people
Land area
32.7 sq mi
+ 2.57 sq mi water
Density
2,401 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Plymouth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Plymouth population, 2020 to 2024

Plymouth lost 2,409 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +611. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 140th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Plymouth is 5.5 times that size.

81.0k202079.9k202178.8k202277.9k202378.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 81,020. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plymouth covers 32.71 square miles of land and 2.57 of water, for 2,401 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Plymouth is denser than the typical town.

What county Plymouth is in

All of Plymouth's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Plymouth holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plymouth

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Plymouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447. 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 Plymouth is

The Census internal point of Plymouth is at 45.022300, -93.462900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 18.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brooklyn Park, MN (82,893 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 10.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.022300, -93.462900
DMS
45°01'20.28"N 93°27'46.44"W
UTM
15N 463530.6E 4985531.9N
Geohash
cbj81hn3u
Plus code
86Q82GCP+WR

Daylight in Plymouth

At 45.02° N, Plymouth 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 Plymouth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Medicine Lake, 2.9 miles away, with 1,343 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plymouth, MN?

78,551 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,409 (3.0%) from 80,960 in July 2020.

What county is Plymouth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Plymouth?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447.

How far is Plymouth from Saint Paul?

18.2 miles (29.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Plymouth.

What is the nearest larger city to Plymouth?

Brooklyn Park, MN, with 82,893 residents, 8.3 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.