Minnesota · Census place 2771734
Worthington, Minnesota
Worthington is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota with an estimated 13,754 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 13,754
- #86 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -134 people
- Land area
- 8.0 sq mi
- + 1.39 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,730 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Worthington population, 2020 to 2024
Worthington lost 134 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +23. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Worthington is 96% of it.
Worthington covers 7.95 square miles of land and 1.39 of water, for 1,730 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Worthington is close to the typical town.
What county Worthington is in
All of Worthington's residents live in Nobles County, which had 21,969 residents in 2024. Worthington holds 62.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Worthington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Worthington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56187. 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 Worthington is
The Census internal point of Worthington is at 43.628700, -95.599700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 153.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux Falls, SD (209,289 people), 57.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.628700, -95.599700
- DMS
- 43°37'43.32"N 95°35'58.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 290272.4E 4833918.8N
- Geohash
- 9zu00w67t
- Plus code
- 86M6JCH2+F4
Daylight in Worthington
At 43.63° N, Worthington gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Worthington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Fulda, 16.5 miles away, with 1,326 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Worthington, MN?
13,754 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 134 (1.0%) from 13,888 in July 2020.
What county is Worthington in?
Nobles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Worthington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56187.
How far is Worthington from Saint Paul?
153.8 miles (247.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Worthington.
What is the nearest larger city to Worthington?
Sioux Falls, SD, with 209,289 residents, 57.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.