Minnesota · Census place 2759350

Shakopee, Minnesota

Shakopee is a city in Scott County, Minnesota with an estimated 48,401 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
48,401
#21 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+9.8%
+4,328 people
Land area
29.5 sq mi
+ 1.35 sq mi water
Density
1,641 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Shakopee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Shakopee population, 2020 to 2024

Shakopee added 4,328 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,190. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Shakopee is 3.4 times that size.

44.1k202044.7k202145.7k202247.2k202348.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 43,710. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shakopee covers 29.50 square miles of land and 1.35 of water, for 1,641 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Shakopee is close to the typical town.

What county Shakopee is in

All of Shakopee's residents live in Scott County, which had 157,206 residents in 2024. Shakopee holds 30.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shakopee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shakopee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55379. 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 Shakopee is

The Census internal point of Shakopee is at 44.771900, -93.475700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 22.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eden Prairie, MN (62,905 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 16.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.771900, -93.475700
DMS
44°46'18.84"N 93°28'32.52"W
UTM
15N 462359.1E 4957721.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P8QGCF+QP

Daylight in Shakopee

At 44.77° N, Shakopee gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shakopee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Prior Lake, 3.6 miles away, with 28,018 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shakopee, MN?

48,401 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,328 (9.8%) from 44,073 in July 2020.

What county is Shakopee in?

Scott County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Shakopee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55379.

How far is Shakopee from Saint Paul?

22.2 miles (35.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Shakopee.

What is the nearest larger city to Shakopee?

Eden Prairie, MN, with 62,905 residents, 5.4 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.