Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Thief River Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Thief River Falls lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -56. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Thief River Falls is 62% of it.

Thief River Falls covers 6.00 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,463 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Thief River Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thief River Falls is in

All of Thief River Falls's residents live in Pennington County, which had 13,652 residents in 2024. Thief River Falls holds 64.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thief River Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thief River Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56701. 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 Thief River Falls is

The Census internal point of Thief River Falls is at 48.111200, -96.177600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 262.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Grand Forks, MN (8,915 people), 40.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 91.3 miles away.

Daylight in Thief River Falls

At 48.11° N, Thief River Falls gets about 16 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thief River Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Red Lake Falls, 16.3 miles away, with 1,327 people.