St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul population, 2020 to 2024

St. Paul lost 3,662 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2,318. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 116th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so St. Paul is 21.6 times that size.

St. Paul covers 51.98 square miles of land and 4.12 of water, for 5,915 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so St. Paul is denser than the typical town.

What county St. Paul is in

All of St. Paul's residents live in Ramsey County, which had 542,015 residents in 2024. St. Paul holds 56.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Paul

14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. Paul by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55101, 55102, 55103, 55104, 55105, 55106, 55107, 55108, 55114, 55116, 55117, 55119, 55130, 55155. 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. Paul is

The Census internal point of St. Paul is at 44.948900, -93.104100. That is next to the Saint Paul capitol point. The nearest larger place is Minneapolis, MN (428,579 people), 8.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 257 m (843 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in St. Paul

At 44.95° N, St. Paul gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the St. Paul daylight page.

Places near St. Paul

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is West St. Paul, 3.3 miles away, with 21,920 people.