Minnesota · Census place 2758612

Sartell, Minnesota

Sartell is a city in 2 counties of Minnesota with an estimated 19,979 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 62nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,979
#62 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+602 people
Land area
10.5 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
1,912 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Sartell. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Sartell population, 2020 to 2024

Sartell added 602 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +132. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Sartell is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,356. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sartell covers 10.45 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 1,912 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Sartell is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sartell spans

Sartell crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 19,979 residents as follows; Stearns County holds 89.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Stearns County17,826
  2. 02Benton County2,153
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sartell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sartell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56377. 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 Sartell is

The Census internal point of Sartell is at 45.618100, -94.212200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 70.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Cloud, MN (72,145 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 64.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.618100, -94.212200
DMS
45°37'5.16"N 94°12'43.92"W
UTM
15N 405493.0E 5052331.8N
Geohash
cbj580sb8
Plus code
86Q7JQ9Q+64

Daylight in Sartell

At 45.62° N, Sartell gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sartell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sauk Rapids, 3.3 miles away, with 13,832 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sartell, MN?

19,979 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 602 (3.1%) from 19,377 in July 2020.

What county is Sartell in?

It spans 2 counties: Stearns County (17,826 residents), Benton County (2,153 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sartell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56377.

How far is Sartell from Saint Paul?

70.8 miles (113.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Sartell.

What is the nearest larger city to Sartell?

St. Cloud, MN, with 72,145 residents, 6.6 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.

  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.