South St. Paul, Minnesota

South St. Paul population, 2020 to 2024

South St. Paul lost 124 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -127. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so South St. Paul is 1.4 times that size.

South St. Paul covers 5.63 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 3,657 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so South St. Paul is denser than the typical town.

What county South St. Paul is in

All of South St. Paul's residents live in Dakota County, which had 453,156 residents in 2024. South St. Paul holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South St. Paul

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South St. Paul by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55075. 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 South St. Paul is

The Census internal point of South St. Paul is at 44.888000, -93.040500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 5.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West St. Paul, MN (21,920 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 5.2 miles away.

Daylight in South St. Paul

At 44.89° N, South St. Paul gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South St. Paul

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Newport, 2.3 miles away, with 5,415 people.