Minnesota · Census place 2767288

Virginia, Minnesota

Virginia is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota with an estimated 8,267 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 118th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,267
#118 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-145 people
Land area
18.8 sq mi
+ 0.33 sq mi water
Density
440 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Virginia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Virginia population, 2020 to 2024

Virginia lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 125th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Virginia is 58% of it.

8,41220208,35920218,33820228,30220238,2672024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,432. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Virginia covers 18.77 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 440 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Virginia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Virginia is in

All of Virginia's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Virginia holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Virginia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Virginia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55792. 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 Virginia is

The Census internal point of Virginia is at 47.528000, -92.517600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 180.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hibbing, MN (15,940 people), 22.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 180.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.528000, -92.517600
DMS
47°31'40.80"N 92°31'3.36"W
UTM
15N 536311.8E 5263954.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86V9GFHJ+6X

Daylight in Virginia

At 47.53° N, Virginia gets about 15 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Virginia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Gilbert, 3.8 miles away, with 1,655 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Virginia, MN?

8,267 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 145 (1.7%) from 8,412 in July 2020.

What county is Virginia in?

St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Virginia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55792.

How far is Virginia from Saint Paul?

180.0 miles (289.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Virginia.

What is the nearest larger city to Virginia?

Hibbing, MN, with 15,940 residents, 22.0 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.