Princeton, Minnesota

Princeton population, 2020 to 2024

Princeton added 318 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.3%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Princeton is 37% of it.

Princeton covers 4.93 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,081 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Princeton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Princeton spans

Princeton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 5,329 residents as follows; Mille Lacs County holds 95.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Princeton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Princeton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55371. 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 Princeton is

The Census internal point of Princeton is at 45.568200, -93.590300. Saint Paul, the capital, is 48.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Zimmerman, MN (6,772 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 44.6 miles away.

Daylight in Princeton

At 45.57° N, Princeton gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Princeton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Zimmerman, 8.8 miles away, with 6,772 people.