Minnesota · Census place 2753026
Ramsey, Minnesota
Ramsey is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 28,999 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 28,999
- #36 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +1,186 people
- Land area
- 28.9 sq mi
- + 0.98 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,005 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Ramsey population, 2020 to 2024
Ramsey added 1,186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +389. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Ramsey is 2.0 times that size.
Ramsey covers 28.86 square miles of land and 0.98 of water, for 1,005 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Ramsey is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ramsey is in
All of Ramsey's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. Ramsey holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ramsey
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ramsey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55303. 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 Ramsey is
The Census internal point of Ramsey is at 45.260000, -93.452200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 27.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Andover, MN (33,426 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 22.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.260000, -93.452200
- DMS
- 45°15'36.00"N 93°27'7.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 464521.3E 5011933.2N
- Geohash
- cbj93rq4t
- Plus code
- 86Q87G6X+24
Daylight in Ramsey
At 45.26° N, Ramsey gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ramsey
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Anoka, 4.3 miles away, with 18,068 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ramsey, MN?
28,999 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,186 (4.3%) from 27,813 in July 2020.
What county is Ramsey in?
Anoka County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ramsey?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55303.
How far is Ramsey from Saint Paul?
27.1 miles (43.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ramsey.
What is the nearest larger city to Ramsey?
Andover, MN, with 33,426 residents, 5.6 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.