Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

Sauk Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Sauk Rapids lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +49. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Sauk Rapids is 97% of it.

Sauk Rapids covers 6.29 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 2,199 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Sauk Rapids is denser than the typical town.

What county Sauk Rapids is in

All of Sauk Rapids's residents live in Benton County, which had 41,881 residents in 2024. Sauk Rapids holds 33.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sauk Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sauk Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56379. 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 Sauk Rapids is

The Census internal point of Sauk Rapids is at 45.594700, -94.152700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 67.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sartell, MN (19,979 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 61.3 miles away.

Daylight in Sauk Rapids

At 45.59° N, Sauk Rapids 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 Sauk Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sartell, 3.3 miles away, with 19,979 people.