Minnesota · Census place 2754268
Richmond, Minnesota
Richmond is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,521 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,521
- #296 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +2.3%
- +34 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,278 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Richmond population, 2020 to 2024
Richmond added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Richmond covers 1.19 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,278 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Richmond is less dense than the typical town.
What county Richmond is in
All of Richmond's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. Richmond holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Richmond
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Richmond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56368. 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 Richmond is
The Census internal point of Richmond is at 45.454500, -94.513600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 76.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cold Spring, MN (4,326 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 69.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.454500, -94.513600
- DMS
- 45°27'16.20"N 94°30'48.96"W
- UTM
- 15N 381652.3E 5034555.8N
- Geohash
- cbhf969r9
- Plus code
- 86Q7FF3P+RH
Daylight in Richmond
At 45.45° N, Richmond gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Richmond
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Cold Spring, 4.1 miles away, with 4,326 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Richmond, MN?
1,521 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (2.3%) from 1,487 in July 2020.
What county is Richmond in?
Stearns County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Richmond?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56368.
How far is Richmond from Saint Paul?
76.9 miles (123.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Richmond.
What is the nearest larger city to Richmond?
Cold Spring, MN, with 4,326 residents, 4.2 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.