Minnesota · Census place 2757346

St. Michael, Minnesota

St. Michael is a city in Wright County, Minnesota with an estimated 21,681 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,681
#56 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+18.6%
+3,399 people
Land area
32.7 sq mi
+ 3.70 sq mi water
Density
664 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: St. Michael. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

St. Michael population, 2020 to 2024

St. Michael added 3,399 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.6%. In the latest year it moved by +621. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so St. Michael is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,217. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Michael covers 32.67 square miles of land and 3.70 of water, for 664 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so St. Michael is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. Michael is in

All of St. Michael's residents live in Wright County, which had 154,593 residents in 2024. St. Michael holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Michael

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. Michael by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55313, 55376. 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. Michael is

The Census internal point of St. Michael is at 45.199200, -93.689500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 33.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Otsego, MN (23,875 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 26.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.199200, -93.689500
DMS
45°11'57.12"N 93°41'22.20"W
UTM
15N 445845.5E 5005310.6N
Geohash
cbj3hh32k
Plus code
86Q858X6+M5

Daylight in St. Michael

At 45.20° N, St. Michael gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Michael

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Albertville, 2.9 miles away, with 8,555 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Michael, MN?

21,681 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,399 (18.6%) from 18,282 in July 2020.

What county is St. Michael in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. Michael?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 55313, 55376.

How far is St. Michael from Saint Paul?

33.3 miles (53.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from St. Michael.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Michael?

Otsego, MN, with 23,875 residents, 5.6 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.