Minnesota · Census place 2755546
Roseau, Minnesota
Roseau is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,699 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 226th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,699
- #226 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -46 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,003 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Roseau population, 2020 to 2024
Roseau lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Roseau covers 2.69 square miles of land, for 1,003 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Roseau is less dense than the typical town.
What county Roseau is in
All of Roseau's residents live in Roseau County, which had 15,265 residents in 2024. Roseau holds 17.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Roseau
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roseau by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56751. 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 Roseau is
The Census internal point of Roseau is at 48.844500, -95.762400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 296.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Thief River Falls, MN (8,779 people), 54.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 145.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.844500, -95.762400
- DMS
- 48°50'40.20"N 95°45'44.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 297333.3E 5413849.6N
- Geohash
- cbevugggy
- Plus code
- 86W6R6VQ+Q2
Daylight in Roseau
At 48.84° N, Roseau gets about 16 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Roseau
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Warroad, 20.4 miles away, with 1,983 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Roseau, MN?
2,699 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (1.7%) from 2,745 in July 2020.
What county is Roseau in?
Roseau County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Roseau?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56751.
How far is Roseau from Saint Paul?
296.6 miles (477.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Roseau.
What is the nearest larger city to Roseau?
Thief River Falls, MN, with 8,779 residents, 54.1 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.