Minnesota · Census place 2756950
St. Francis, Minnesota
St. Francis is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota with an estimated 8,523 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,523
- #115 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +349 people
- Land area
- 23.3 sq mi
- + 0.43 sq mi water
- Density
- 365 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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St. Francis population, 2020 to 2024
St. Francis added 349 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +71. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so St. Francis is 60% of it.
St. Francis covers 23.32 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 365 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so St. Francis is less dense than the typical town.
What county St. Francis is in
All of St. Francis's residents live in Anoka County, which had 376,840 residents in 2024. St. Francis holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in St. Francis
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. Francis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55070, 55330. 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 St. Francis is
The Census internal point of St. Francis is at 45.394000, -93.394100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 33.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Grove, MN (9,327 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 30.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.394000, -93.394100
- DMS
- 45°23'38.40"N 93°23'38.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 469152.5E 5026795.9N
- Geohash
- cbjd4z8rp
- Plus code
- 86Q89JV4+J9
Daylight in St. Francis
At 45.39° N, St. Francis gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near St. Francis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Nowthen, 4.4 miles away, with 4,565 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of St. Francis, MN?
8,523 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 349 (4.3%) from 8,174 in July 2020.
What county is St. Francis in?
Anoka County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover St. Francis?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55070, 55330.
How far is St. Francis from Saint Paul?
33.5 miles (53.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from St. Francis.
What is the nearest larger city to St. Francis?
Oak Grove, MN, with 9,327 residents, 4.5 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.