St. Paul, Minnesota population is 306,684 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #69 nationally and #2 in Minnesota. Cost of living runs 4.8% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $123,802/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
306,684
-76 in the last year
Top 1% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 104.8
+4.8% vs US
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$123,802/yr
+55% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$73,394
−5.6% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$294,500
−2.9% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,709/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
83°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
80%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
How many people live in St. Paul?
306,684 people live in St. Paul as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #69 largest U.S. city.
Source detail
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population shrank 1.5% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 311,503 → 2025: 306,684 (-1.5%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
311,503
April 1, 2020
2020
311,156
July 1, 2020
2021
307,633
July 1, 2021
2022
304,970
July 1, 2022
2023
304,836
July 1, 2023
2024
306,760
July 1, 2024
2025
306,684
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 8.1% from 2010 to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
St. Paul is the #69 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #2 in Minnesota.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
311,503
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
-4,819
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
-1.5%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
-76
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
-0.0%
within V2025 only
Density
5,900
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
52
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#69
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#2
of 856 in Minnesota
What is the median household income in St. Paul?
Median household income is 6% below the U.S. median ($73,394 vs $77,719); 15.6% live in poverty — 3.1 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$73,394
US
St. Paul: $73,394 — 6% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
St. Paul
$73,394
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for St. Paul from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
73,394-5.6% vs US
±1,673
Per capita income
42,815-1.1% vs US
±903
Population in poverty
15.6%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 3% below the U.S. median ($294,500 vs $303,400); median rent is 5% below ($1,281 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio (4.0×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (3.9×).
Median home value$294,500
US
St. Paul: $294,500 — 3% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,709/mo
US
St. Paul: $1,709/mo — 59% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for St. Paul. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
2.9%
St. Paul (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
165,999
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
20.2%+44.3% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — St. Paul sits in Ramsey County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Ramsey County
13.3%
$78,562
2.9%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from St. Paul's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
69,520
$1,223 / wk
#2
Manufacturing (31-33)
27,466
$1,956 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
23,130
$806 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
22,441
$571 / wk
#5
Administrative and waste services (56)
14,733
$966 / wk
What workers earn in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest tracked occupation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro (93,560 jobs, median $38,860/yr).
▸ Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
93,560
$38,860
$18.68
Customer Service Representatives
38,630
$49,480
$23.79
Fast Food and Counter Workers
37,920
$33,040
$15.89
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
36,700
$47,320
$22.75
Office Clerks, General
35,610
$48,790
$23.46
Cashiers
32,760
$35,760
$17.19
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
29,570
$47,200
$22.69
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
51,180
$36,670
$17.63
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
44,890
$103,570
$49.80
Registered Nurses · benchmark
43,600
$103,040
$49.54
Software Developers · benchmark
27,410
$130,920
$62.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
20,430
$64,200
$30.87
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 4.8% above the U.S. average (RPP 104.8); rents run 11.8% above (RPP 111.8) — the metro's housing premium is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 104.8
US
St. Paul's cost of living runs 4.8% above the U.S. average (RPP 104.8 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 104.8
+4.8% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,709/mo
FY2026 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
9.85%
4 brackets · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$10,317/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,877/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Minnesota · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
18.2% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Other Asian or Pacific Island is the most-spoken language at home other than English (12.1% of residents 5+).
A quick read on St. Paul's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (83°F avg high). Coldest: January (7°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 32.6 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for St. Paul from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk score: 94.6/100 — Relatively High nationally; top hazard: Cold Wave (99.1).
Natural-hazard exposure for St. Paul from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Ramsey County
94.6
Relatively High
Cold Wave 99.1 Very High · Hail 99.0 Relatively High · Tornado 98.7 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in St. Paul?
12 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 80% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for St. Paul from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
12 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
10
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
79.8%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
79.8%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
142,883
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in St. Paul?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 1,878 violent and 8,617 property offenses in the St. Paul jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 617.7 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: St. Paul — an FBI jurisdiction population of 304,051, versus the Census place population of 306,684. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
1,878
617.7
359.1
Property crime
8,617
2,834.1
1,760.1
▸ Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
26
Rape
200
Robbery
362
Aggravated assault
1,290
Burglary
1,424
Larceny-theft
5,727
Motor vehicle theft
1,466
Arson (12-month reporters only)
166
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
766.4
4,648.1
277,533
2023
623.9
3,090.2
300,368
2024
617.7
2,834.1
304,051
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: St. Paul · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
St. Paul sits at state rank #2 among 856 cities in Minnesota. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Pittsburgh, PA · #68 · 307,632 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Durham, NC · #70 · 305,561 residents.
Quick travel facts for St. Paul
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field(MSP) ·
8 mi 12 km from city centroid
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about St. Paul.
How many people live in St. Paul, MN?
St. Paul has 306,684 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #69 largest city in the United States and #2 in Minnesota. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is St. Paul growing or shrinking?
St. Paul has shrunk 1.5% since the April 2020 census baseline, losing 4,819 residents, including a 0.0% decline from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was St. Paul's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for St. Paul is 2758000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
