Minnesota · Census place 2771122

Winthrop, Minnesota

Winthrop is a city in Sibley County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,332 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 316th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,332
#316 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+5 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,049 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Winthrop. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Winthrop population, 2020 to 2024

Winthrop added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,332. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winthrop covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 1,049 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Winthrop is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winthrop is in

All of Winthrop's residents live in Sibley County, which had 15,194 residents in 2024. Winthrop holds 8.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winthrop

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winthrop by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55396. 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 Winthrop is

The Census internal point of Winthrop is at 44.542300, -94.360000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 68.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gaylord, MN (2,334 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 61.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.542300, -94.360000
DMS
44°32'32.28"N 94°21'36.00"W
UTM
15N 391961.1E 4933007.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86P7GJRQ+WX

Daylight in Winthrop

At 44.54° N, Winthrop gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winthrop

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Gaylord, 7.3 miles away, with 2,334 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winthrop, MN?

1,332 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.4%) from 1,327 in July 2020.

What county is Winthrop in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winthrop?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55396.

How far is Winthrop from Saint Paul?

68.0 miles (109.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Winthrop.

What is the nearest larger city to Winthrop?

Gaylord, MN, with 2,334 residents, 7.3 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.