# Cities in Minnesota by population, 2025

All 103 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/minnesota-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Minneapolis, MN | 430,324 |
| 2 | St. Paul, MN | 306,684 |
| 3 | Rochester, MN | 124,292 |
| 4 | Bloomington, MN | 89,034 |
| 5 | Duluth, MN | 88,330 |
| 6 | Brooklyn Park, MN | 83,543 |
| 7 | Woodbury, MN | 81,558 |
| 8 | Lakeville, MN | 79,270 |
| 9 | Plymouth, MN | 78,942 |
| 10 | Blaine, MN | 76,603 |
| 11 | Maple Grove, MN | 73,893 |
| 12 | St. Cloud, MN | 72,647 |
| 13 | Eagan, MN | 67,109 |
| 14 | Burnsville, MN | 65,244 |
| 15 | Coon Rapids, MN | 64,193 |
| 16 | Eden Prairie, MN | 63,075 |
| 17 | Apple Valley, MN | 55,248 |
| 18 | Edina, MN | 54,356 |
| 19 | Minnetonka, MN | 53,969 |
| 20 | St. Louis Park, MN | 50,027 |
| 21 | Shakopee, MN | 49,366 |
| 22 | Moorhead, MN | 46,533 |
| 23 | Mankato, MN | 46,529 |
| 24 | Cottage Grove, MN | 43,604 |
| 25 | Maplewood, MN | 40,717 |
| 26 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | 36,873 |
| 27 | Richfield, MN | 36,593 |
| 28 | Roseville, MN | 35,663 |
| 29 | Andover, MN | 33,874 |
| 30 | Savage, MN | 32,970 |
| 31 | Rosemount, MN | 31,881 |
| 32 | Brooklyn Center, MN | 31,846 |
| 33 | Fridley, MN | 30,829 |
| 34 | Oakdale, MN | 30,588 |
| 35 | Chaska, MN | 30,513 |
| 36 | Ramsey, MN | 29,624 |
| 37 | Prior Lake, MN | 28,140 |
| 38 | Elk River, MN | 27,896 |
| 39 | Shoreview, MN | 26,906 |
| 40 | Austin, MN | 26,689 |
| 41 | Owatonna, MN | 26,633 |
| 42 | Winona, MN | 26,530 |
| 43 | Chanhassen, MN | 25,748 |
| 44 | Farmington, MN | 25,425 |
| 45 | Faribault, MN | 25,040 |
| 46 | Otsego, MN | 24,525 |
| 47 | White Bear Lake, MN | 23,392 |
| 48 | Lino Lakes, MN | 23,220 |
| 49 | Champlin, MN | 23,125 |
| 50 | Hastings, MN | 22,563 |
| 51 | St. Michael, MN | 22,498 |
| 52 | Columbia Heights, MN | 22,482 |
| 53 | Crystal, MN | 22,239 |
| 54 | New Brighton, MN | 22,159 |
| 55 | Willmar, MN | 22,001 |
| 56 | Northfield, MN | 21,992 |
| 57 | West St. Paul, MN | 21,950 |
| 58 | Golden Valley, MN | 21,325 |
| 59 | Forest Lake, MN | 20,952 |
| 60 | New Hope, MN | 20,807 |
| 61 | South St. Paul, MN | 20,532 |
| 62 | Sartell, MN | 19,918 |
| 63 | Hopkins, MN | 19,523 |
| 64 | Stillwater, MN | 19,354 |
| 65 | Albert Lea, MN | 18,217 |
| 66 | Anoka, MN | 18,169 |
| 67 | Hugo, MN | 17,167 |
| 68 | Ham Lake, MN | 17,104 |
| 69 | Buffalo, MN | 16,878 |
| 70 | Red Wing, MN | 16,805 |
| 71 | Hibbing, MN | 15,823 |
| 72 | Bemidji, MN | 15,770 |
| 73 | Monticello, MN | 15,670 |
| 74 | Rogers, MN | 15,606 |
| 75 | Alexandria, MN | 15,045 |
| 76 | Hutchinson, MN | 14,655 |
| 77 | Brainerd, MN | 14,428 |
| 78 | Lake Elmo, MN | 14,376 |
| 79 | Fergus Falls, MN | 14,246 |
| 80 | Marshall, MN | 14,171 |
| 81 | North Mankato, MN | 14,165 |
| 82 | Waconia, MN | 14,113 |
| 83 | Robbinsdale, MN | 14,030 |
| 84 | Worthington, MN | 13,979 |
| 85 | New Ulm, MN | 13,863 |
| 86 | Sauk Rapids, MN | 13,768 |
| 87 | Vadnais Heights, MN | 13,052 |
| 88 | Big Lake, MN | 12,929 |
| 89 | Mounds View, MN | 12,786 |
| 90 | North St. Paul, MN | 12,780 |
| 91 | East Bethel, MN | 12,605 |
| 92 | Victoria, MN | 12,447 |
| 93 | Cloquet, MN | 12,399 |
| 94 | North Branch, MN | 12,398 |
| 95 | St. Peter, MN | 12,275 |
| 96 | Mendota Heights, MN | 11,475 |
| 97 | Dayton, MN | 11,402 |
| 98 | Grand Rapids, MN | 11,181 |
| 99 | Cambridge, MN | 11,090 |
| 100 | Little Canada, MN | 10,567 |
| 101 | Hermantown, MN | 10,110 |
| 102 | Fairmont, MN | 10,099 |
| 103 | Detroit Lakes, MN | 10,019 |