Northeast Minnesota Cities

City	Rank	County	2026 Pop. ↓
Duluth	1	St. Louis County	88,619
Hibbing	2	St. Louis County	15,821
Brainerd	3	Crow Wing County	14,412
Cloquet	4	Carlton County	12,429
Grand Rapids	5	Itasca County	11,323
Hermantown	6	St. Louis County	10,285
Baxter	7	Crow Wing County	9,438
Virginia	8	St. Louis County	8,194
International Falls	9	Koochiching County	5,357
Chisholm	10	St. Louis County	4,619
Pine City	11	Pine County	4,225
Rice Lake	12	St. Louis County	4,201
Mora	13	Kanabec County	3,830
Eveleth	14	St. Louis County	3,380
Two Harbors	15	Lake County	3,369
Ely	16	St. Louis County	3,190
Moose Lake	17	Carlton County	3,110
Proctor	18	St. Louis County	3,057
Mountain Iron	19	St. Louis County	2,836
Breezy Point	20	Crow Wing County	2,833
Cohasset	21	Itasca County	2,737
Pequot Lakes	22	Crow Wing County	2,492
Sandstone	23	Pine County	2,471
Crosslake	24	Crow Wing County	2,418
Crosby	25	Crow Wing County	2,314
Nisswa	26	Crow Wing County	2,248
Aitkin	27	Aitkin County	2,176
Esko	28	Carlton County	2,108
Coleraine	29	Itasca County	1,990
Hoyt Lakes	30	St. Louis County	1,974
Hinckley	31	Pine County	1,925
Rock Creek	32	Pine County	1,823
Silver Bay	33	Lake County	1,734
Aurora	34	St. Louis County	1,640
Gilbert	35	St. Louis County	1,638
Babbitt	36	St. Louis County	1,357
Grand Marais	37	Cook County	1,289
East Gull Lake	38	Cass County	1,228
Lake Shore	39	Cass County	1,150
Scanlon	40	Carlton County	1,002
Walker	41	Cass County	983
Biwabik	42	St. Louis County	970
Carlton	43	Carlton County	962
Keewatin	44	Itasca County	961
Nashwauk	45	Itasca County	955
Buhl	46	St. Louis County	941
Deer River	47	Itasca County	939
Pine River	48	Cass County	928
Emily	49	Crow Wing County	872
Bovey	50	Itasca County	807
Cass Lake	51	Cass County	685
La Prairie	52	Itasca County	669
Taconite	53	Itasca County	638
Hill City	54	Aitkin County	616
Barnum	55	Carlton County	605
Marble	56	Itasca County	601
Deerwood	57	Crow Wing County	567
Ironton	58	Crow Wing County	558
Pillager	59	Cass County	540
Ranier	60	Koochiching County	527
Cook	61	St. Louis County	517
Floodwood	62	St. Louis County	515
Littlefork	63	Koochiching County	514
Jenkins	64	Crow Wing County	508
Sturgeon Lake	65	Pine County	481
Wrenshall	66	Carlton County	466
Fifty Lakes	67	Crow Wing County	454
Soudan	68	St. Louis County	431
Tower	69	St. Louis County	417
Ogilvie	70	Kanabec County	404
Bigfork	71	Itasca County	401
Willow River	72	Pine County	401
Remer	73	Cass County	400
McGregor	74	Aitkin County	377
Mahtowa	75	Carlton County	364
Finlayson	76	Pine County	351
Cuyuna	77	Crow Wing County	341
Askov	78	Pine County	331
Calumet	79	Itasca County	321
Hackensack	80	Cass County	304
Backus	81	Cass County	265
Cromwell	82	Carlton County	251
Lutsen	83	Cook County	244
Finland	84	Lake County	226
Nett Lake	85	St. Louis County	225
Rutledge	86	Pine County	212
Orr	87	St. Louis County	211
Garrison	88	Crow Wing County	205
Warba	89	Itasca County	185
Kettle River	90	Carlton County	175
Palisade	91	Aitkin County	172
Wright	92	Carlton County	170
Big Falls	93	Koochiching County	168
Winton	94	St. Louis County	162
Grasston	95	Pine County	159
Longville	96	Cass County	158
Bena	97	Cass County	154
Northome	98	Koochiching County	152
Kinney	99	St. Louis County	146
Meadowlands	100	St. Louis County	142
Brook Park	101	Pine County	132
Merrifield	102	Crow Wing County	129
Chickamaw Beach	103	Cass County	127
Beaver Bay	104	Lake County	123
Harding	105	Crow Wing County	121
Knife River	106	Lake County	121
Federal Dam	107	Cass County	119
Trommald	108	Crow Wing County	119
Brookston	109	St. Louis County	116
Riverton	110	Crow Wing County	114
Quamba	111	Kanabec County	107
Effie	112	Itasca County	106
Iron Junction	113	St. Louis County	105
Squaw Lake	114	Itasca County	102
McKinley	115	St. Louis County	101
Whipholt	116	Cass County	85
Bruno	117	Pine County	83
Fort Ripley	118	Crow Wing County	81
Zemple	119	Cass County	81
Kerrick	120	Pine County	77
Ball Club	121	Cass County	71
Genola	122	Crow Wing County	69
Manhattan Beach	123	Crow Wing County	64
Tamarack	124	Aitkin County	62
Henriette	125	Pine County	61
Mizpah	126	Koochiching County	52
Leonidas	127	St. Louis County	50
Inger	128	Cass County	46
McGrath	129	Aitkin County	41
Denham	130	Aitkin County	39
Boy River	131	Cass County	24
Goodland	132	Itasca County	11

City

Rank

County

2026 Pop. ↓

88,619

15,821