Minnesota: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Minnesota's 512 recorded places, ranked by population — 4,608,329 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Minneapolis is the largest place we record in Minnesota, with 410,939 residents. The three largest together hold 18% of the 4,608,329 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 512 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Minneapolis 410,939 2 Saint Paul 303,176 3 Rochester 112,225 4 Bloomington 86,435 5 Duluth 86,110 6 Brooklyn Park 79,149 7 Plymouth 75,907 8 Maple Grove 68,385 9 Woodbury 67,855 10 Eagan 66,286 11 Saint Cloud 65,842 12 Eden Prairie 63,496 13 West Coon Rapids 62,528 14 Coon Rapids 62,240 15 Blaine 62,124 16 Burnsville 61,481 17 Lakeville 60,633 18 Minnetonka 51,669 19 Apple Valley 51,221 20 Edina 50,138 21 Minnetonka Mills 50,117 22 Saint Louis Park 45,250 23 Moorhead 42,005 24 Mankato 41,044 25 Maplewood 40,567 26 Shakopee 39,981 27 Richfield 36,216 28 Cottage Grove 35,918 29 Roseville 35,580 30 Inver Grove Heights 34,857 31 Andover 32,213 32 Brooklyn Center 30,770 33 Savage 30,391 34 Longfellow Community 29,295 35 Oakdale 28,080 36 Fridley 27,713 37 Winona 27,094 38 Shoreview 26,477 39 Ramsey 25,828 40 Owatonna 25,725 41 Chanhassen 25,332 42 Prior Lake 25,282 43 White Bear Lake 25,205 44 Chaska 25,199 45 Austin 24,563 46 Elk River 23,963 47 Champlin 23,894 48 Faribault 23,650 49 Rosemount 23,413 50 Crystal 22,943 51 Farmington 22,731 52 Hastings 22,554 53 New Brighton 22,351 54 Golden Valley 21,270 55 Lino Lakes 21,050 56 New Hope 21,032 57 Northfield 20,380 58 South Saint Paul 20,160 59 Columbia Heights 19,715 60 Willmar 19,638 61 Forest Lake 19,618 62 West Saint Paul 19,540 63 Stillwater 18,924 64 Albert Lea 17,674 65 Hopkins 17,591 66 Anoka 17,350 67 Sartell 16,788 68 Red Wing 16,445 69 Saint Michael 16,399 70 Hibbing 16,204 71 Ham Lake 16,062 72 Buffalo 16,026 73 Otsego 15,551 74 Bemidji 14,594 75 Robbinsdale 14,418 76 Hugo 14,388 77 Hutchinson 13,913 78 Marshall 13,652 79 North Mankato 13,529 80 Sauk Rapids 13,424 81 Brainerd 13,371 82 New Ulm 13,327 83 Monticello 13,299 84 Fergus Falls 13,281 85 Vadnais Heights 13,266 86 Worthington 13,090 87 Mounds View 12,914 88 Rogers 12,562 89 Cloquet 12,075 90 Waconia 11,968 91 Alexandria 11,843 92 East Bethel 11,692 93 North Saint Paul 11,460 94 Mendota Heights 11,223 95 Saint Peter 11,196 96 Grand Rapids 11,127 97 Big Lake 10,368 98 Little Canada 10,319 99 Fairmont 10,221 100 North Branch 10,215 101 Arden Hills 9,951 102 Hermantown 9,706 103 Mound 9,336 104 Waseca 9,241 105 Detroit Lakes 9,002 106 Thief River Falls 8,752 107 Victoria 8,676 108 Little Falls 8,649 109 East Grand Forks 8,643 110 Virginia 8,587 111 Cambridge 8,451 112 Oak Grove 8,439 113 Lake Elmo 8,406 114 Saint Anthony 8,226 115 Mahtomedi 8,116 116 Orono 8,006 117 Baxter 7,934 118 Wyoming 7,813 119 Crookston 7,787 120 Shorewood 7,614 121 New Prague 7,582 122 Waite Park 7,517 123 Albertville 7,345 124 Saint Francis 7,218 125 Minnetrista 7,178 126 Belle Plaine 6,918 127 Litchfield 6,657 128 Saint Joseph 6,534 129 Spring Lake Park 6,473 130 International Falls 6,158 131 Kasson 6,123 132 Jordan 6,076 133 Stewartville 6,037 134 Medina 5,973 135 Delano 5,875 136 Falcon Heights 5,571 137 Corcoran 5,552 138 Glencoe 5,521 139 Isanti 5,464 140 Morris 5,352 141 Zimmerman 5,350 142 Byron 5,328 143 Saint Paul Park 5,279 144 Montevideo 5,217 145 Dayton 5,096 146 Redwood Falls 5,061 147 Lake City 5,027 148 Chisholm 4,981 149 North Oaks 4,968 150 Circle Pines 4,958 151 Chisago City 4,932 152 Oak Park Heights 4,831 153 La Crescent 4,826 154 Elko New Market 4,705 155 Becker 4,700 156 Princeton 4,680 157 Luverne 4,677 158 Wayzata 4,610 159 Saint James 4,605 160 Nowthen 4,582 161 Windom 4,550 162 Lindstrom 4,401 163 Dilworth 4,366 164 Rockford 4,358 165 Sauk Centre 4,357 166 Carver 4,311 167 Watertown 4,289 168 Wadena 4,176 169 Grant 4,147 170 Goodview 4,144 171 Pipestone 4,141 172 Cold Spring 4,094 173 Cannon Falls 4,062 174 Scandia 4,057 175 Columbus 4,007 176 Le Sueur 3,999 177 Park Rapids 3,947 178 Centerville 3,930 179 Deephaven 3,843 180 Lonsdale 3,843 181 Independence 3,741 182 Saint Charles 3,735 183 Bayport 3,714 184 Norwood Young America 3,677 185 Eveleth 3,673 186 Melrose 3,616 187 Two Harbors 3,578 188 Collegeville 3,516 189 Newport 3,480 190 Mora 3,462 191 Sleepy Eye 3,443 192 Ely 3,408 193 Zumbrota 3,365 194 Long Prairie 3,347 195 Pine Island 3,337 196 Saint Augusta 3,317 197 Saint Augusta 3,317 198 Annandale 3,304 199 Breckenridge 3,290 200 Hanover 3,289
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