Minnesota · Census place 2772238

Zimmerman, Minnesota

Zimmerman is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota with an estimated 6,772 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,772
#136 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+8.4%
+525 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,796 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Zimmerman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Zimmerman population, 2020 to 2024

Zimmerman added 525 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Zimmerman is 47% of it.

6,24720206,41220216,53320226,76720236,7722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,213. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Zimmerman covers 3.77 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,796 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Zimmerman is close to the typical town.

What county Zimmerman is in

All of Zimmerman's residents live in Sherburne County, which had 103,059 residents in 2024. Zimmerman holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Zimmerman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Zimmerman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55398. 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 Zimmerman is

The Census internal point of Zimmerman is at 45.440600, -93.596100. Saint Paul, the capital, is 41.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elk River, MN (27,606 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 36.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.440600, -93.596100
DMS
45°26'26.16"N 93°35'45.96"W
UTM
15N 453379.7E 5032070.2N
Geohash
cbj6w0jqs
Plus code
86Q8CCR3+6H

Daylight in Zimmerman

At 45.44° N, Zimmerman gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Zimmerman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Elk River, 7.6 miles away, with 27,606 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Zimmerman, MN?

6,772 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 525 (8.4%) from 6,247 in July 2020.

What county is Zimmerman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Zimmerman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55398.

How far is Zimmerman from Saint Paul?

41.3 miles (66.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Zimmerman.

What is the nearest larger city to Zimmerman?

Elk River, MN, with 27,606 residents, 7.6 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.