| Population | 656 |
| Nationwide Rank | 12173 |
Heron Lake, Minnesota is the 12,173rd largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Heron Lake, Minnesota is a city.
Heron Lake, Minnesota is currently 17.4% smaller than it was in 1990, the year of its peak recorded population.
Heron Lake, Minnesota's growth is extremely below average. 91% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12163 | White Hall, West Virginia | 660 | 10.0% |
| 12164 | Port Leyden, New York | 659 | -0.7% |
| 12165 | Elloree, South Carolina | 658 | -9.2% |
| 12166 | Fremont, Wisconsin | 657 | 0.0% |
| 12167 | Jennerstown, Pennsylvania | 657 | -8.1% |
| 12168 | New Florence, Pennsylvania | 657 | -15.9% |
| 12169 | Savanna, Oklahoma | 657 | -10.1% |
| 12170 | Washington, Oklahoma | 657 | 23.9% |
| 12171 | Birch Tree, Missouri | 656 | 3.7% |
| 12172 | Brighton, Iowa | 656 | -4.7% |
| 12173 | Heron Lake, Minnesota | 656 | -15.0% |
| 12174 | Russia, Ohio | 656 | 16.5% |
| 12175 | Sycamore, Georgia | 656 | 28.6% |
| 12176 | Cordova, Illinois | 655 | 0.7% |
| 12177 | Excel, Alabama | 655 | 12.9% |
| 12178 | Gallaway, Tennessee | 655 | -11.4% |
| 12179 | Joliet, Montana | 655 | 13.9% |
| 12180 | McBain, Michigan | 655 | 11.9% |
| 12181 | Timberlake, Ohio | 655 | -15.3% |
| 12182 | Welcome, Minnesota | 655 | -9.6% |
| 12183 | Anguilla, Mississippi | 654 | -27.4% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9248 | Preston | 1,299 | -9.0% |
| 9262 | Clara City | 1,296 | -6.8% |
| 9316 | Spring Grove | 1,283 | -1.5% |
| 9349 | Medford | 1,272 | 24.9% |
| 9386 | Mahnomen | 1,259 | 4.6% |
| 9406 | Starbuck | 1,253 | -4.8% |
| 9449 | Cottonwood | 1,239 | 7.6% |
| 9462 | Fulda | 1,233 | -6.1% |
| 9493 | New York Mills | 1,224 | 5.6% |
| 9500 | Adrian | 1,221 | -0.8% |
| 9520 | Mantorville | 1,216 | 13.7% |
| 9552 | Royalton | 1,208 | 47.1% |
| 9580 | Spicer | 1,200 | 6.7% |
| 9608 | Renville | 1,191 | -9.8% |
| 9620 | New Richland | 1,187 | -0.5% |
| 9653 | Goodhue | 1,176 | 51.1% |
| 9695 | Grand Meadow | 1,164 | 22.5% |
| 9702 | Madison Lake | 1,163 | 35.3% |
| 9732 | Harris | 1,156 | 2.1% |
| 9746 | Elbow Lake | 1,151 | -9.4% |
| 9776 | Fairfax | 1,142 | -12.0% |
| 9788 | Nicollet | 1,139 | 26.5% |
| 9866 | Atwater | 1,117 | 3.8% |
| 9867 | Edgerton | 1,117 | 8.8% |
| 9923 | Dellwood | 1,100 | 5.4% |
| 9945 | Sherburn | 1,095 | 1.2% |
| 9985 | Elgin | 1,082 | 29.1% |
| 9987 | Tyler | 1,082 | -11.8% |
| 9993 | Wanamingo | 1,079 | 6.8% |
| 10011 | Shafer | 1,074 | 202.5% |
| 10012 | Lake St. Croix Beach | 1,073 | -5.8% |
| 10070 | Hector | 1,060 | -9.0% |
| 10090 | Truman | 1,054 | -16.0% |
| 10114 | Lake Shore | 1,046 | 7.3% |
| 10154 | Eden Valley | 1,034 | 19.2% |
| 10169 | Carlton | 1,031 | 27.7% |
| 10189 | Keewatin | 1,026 | -11.6% |
| 10201 | East Gull Lake | 1,022 | 4.0% |
| 10216 | Taylors Falls | 1,018 | 5.0% |
| 10280 | Baudette | 1,004 | -8.3% |
| 10305 | Harmony | 999 | -7.5% |
| 10309 | Parkers Prairie | 999 | -1.2% |
| 10343 | Morristown | 992 | -0.9% |
| 10372 | Buhl | 982 | 0.2% |
| 10378 | Biwabik | 981 | 2.0% |
| 10439 | Bird Island | 969 | -18.8% |
| 10468 | Scanlon | 965 | 15.5% |
| 10485 | Houston | 960 | -5.7% |
| 10526 | Nashwauk | 950 | 1.7% |
| 10570 | Watkins | 942 | 7.0% |
| 10608 | Deer River | 934 | 1.7% |
| 10617 | Walker | 932 | -24.8% |
| 10620 | Le Roy | 931 | 0.3% |
| 10633 | Pine River | 928 | 0.4% |
| 10692 | Battle Lake | 918 | 21.9% |
| 10715 | Henderson | 914 | -0.2% |
| 10733 | Hallock | 908 | -23.6% |
| 10811 | Birchwood Village | 888 | -8.6% |
| 10945 | Onamia | 861 | 1.2% |
| 10958 | St. Stephen | 860 | -0.2% |
| 10995 | Lilydale | 853 | 53.4% |
| 11007 | Morgan | 850 | -5.4% |
| 11062 | Emily | 840 | -1.2% |
| 11066 | Mazeppa | 840 | 6.3% |
| 11110 | Fertile | 833 | -7.0% |
| 11111 | St. Clair | 833 | 0.0% |
| 11163 | Silver Lake | 824 | 7.0% |
| 11220 | Walnut Grove | 814 | 36.5% |
| 11239 | Rushford Village | 811 | 13.1% |
| 11244 | Henning | 810 | 4.3% |
| 11287 | Clarkfield | 803 | -15.8% |
| 11301 | Lake Park | 801 | 2.0% |
| 11318 | Isle | 798 | 11.6% |
| 11357 | Bovey | 791 | 19.8% |
| 11359 | Kimball | 791 | 20.7% |
| 11384 | Adams | 786 | -1.8% |
| 11407 | Twin Valley | 783 | 1.1% |
| 11449 | Lamberton | 775 | -9.3% |
| 11450 | West Concord | 775 | -7.4% |
| 11455 | Belgrade | 773 | 2.9% |
| 11468 | Blackduck | 770 | 7.0% |
| 11545 | Cass Lake | 757 | -13.5% |
| 11553 | Landfall | 756 | 9.4% |
| 11556 | Browerville | 755 | 2.3% |
| 11557 | Dover | 755 | 71.5% |
| 11564 | Hilltop | 754 | -1.4% |
| 11566 | Raymond | 754 | -8.0% |
| 11577 | Mabel | 753 | -1.5% |
| 11602 | Greenwood | 748 | 1.2% |
| 11618 | Gibbon | 746 | -7.5% |
| 11620 | Brooten | 745 | 13.7% |
| 11697 | Hancock | 732 | 2.3% |
| 11700 | Lanesboro | 732 | -6.9% |
| 11704 | Brownton | 731 | -9.0% |
| 11707 | Stockton | 731 | 6.2% |
| 11738 | Elysian | 726 | 42.9% |
| 11772 | Kerkhoven | 721 | -5.6% |
| 11789 | Cleveland | 717 | 6.6% |
| 11810 | Karlstad | 714 | -9.7% |
| 11811 | Marine on St. Croix | 714 | 17.4% |
| 11823 | Holdingford | 712 | -6.0% |
| 11838 | Greenbush | 709 | -9.2% |
| 11842 | Westbrook | 709 | -5.7% |
| 11849 | Trimont | 708 | -5.8% |
| 11920 | Hampton | 696 | 60.3% |
| 11931 | Courtland | 693 | 28.3% |
| 11948 | Ellendale | 690 | 16.7% |
| 11963 | Buffalo Lake | 688 | -10.2% |
| 11982 | Brownsdale | 686 | -4.7% |
| 11990 | Clarks Grove | 684 | -7.3% |
| 11996 | Clear Lake | 683 | 154.8% |
| 12018 | Hendricks | 679 | -5.8% |
| 12036 | Marble | 677 | -2.5% |
| 12043 | Hoffman | 676 | 0.8% |
| 12054 | Sebeka | 675 | -4.9% |
| 12085 | Loretto | 670 | 15.1% |
| 12111 | Freeport | 666 | 44.7% |
| 12114 | Hills | 666 | 16.2% |
| 12123 | Rollingstone | 665 | -4.0% |
| 12124 | Wabasso | 665 | -2.3% |
| 12144 | Kasota | 662 | -2.7% |
| 12157 | La Prairie | 660 | 9.6% |
| 12173 | Heron Lake | 656 | -15.0% |
| 12182 | Welcome | 655 | -9.6% |
| 12186 | Motley | 654 | 11.6% |
| 12192 | Clarissa | 653 | 3.8% |
| 12201 | Minnesota Lake | 652 | -4.8% |
| 12214 | Center City | 650 | 7.7% |
| 12238 | Stephen | 646 | -8.3% |
| 12264 | Argyle | 642 | -1.8% |
| 12271 | Alden | 641 | -1.6% |
| 12281 | Lake Benton | 640 | -9.0% |
| 12319 | Taconite | 633 | 116.7% |
| 12347 | Glenville | 629 | -8.5% |
| 12350 | Balaton | 628 | -1.5% |
| 12375 | Elmore | 624 | -14.8% |
| 12384 | Randall | 623 | 16.4% |
| 12413 | Ottertail | 617 | 35.9% |
| 12436 | McIntosh | 614 | -3.7% |
| 12442 | Grove City | 613 | 0.1% |
| 12468 | Littlefork | 610 | -9.8% |
| 12544 | Barnum | 601 | 14.0% |
| 12551 | Jasper | 601 | 1.0% |
| 12566 | Evansville | 599 | 5.0% |
| 12620 | Hill City | 591 | 20.6% |
| 12658 | Butterfield | 586 | 3.9% |
| 12736 | Good Thunder | 574 | -2.8% |
| 12751 | Cook | 572 | -10.3% |
| 12758 | Verndale | 572 | -0.5% |
| 12762 | Ranier | 571 | 205.3% |
| 12767 | Halstad | 570 | -8.0% |
| 12821 | Minnetonka Beach | 563 | -8.6% |
| 12838 | Ironton | 561 | 11.5% |
| 12897 | Hokah | 553 | -9.7% |
| 12908 | Graceville | 552 | -8.1% |
| 12915 | Sabin | 552 | 31.4% |
| 12921 | Lyle | 551 | -2.9% |
| 12948 | Racine | 547 | 45.0% |
| 12950 | Stewart | 547 | -2.6% |
| 12951 | Sunfish Lake | 547 | 7.2% |
| 12961 | Ulen | 544 | 2.4% |
| 12972 | Claremont | 542 | -12.7% |
| 12975 | Green Isle | 542 | 62.2% |
| 13003 | Browns Valley | 539 | -21.5% |
| 13006 | Geneva | 539 | 19.7% |
| 13017 | Ivanhoe | 538 | -20.2% |
| 13066 | Audubon | 530 | 18.3% |
| 13074 | Clearbrook | 529 | -3.2% |
| 13098 | Hamburg | 526 | -1.8% |
| 13126 | Eagle Bend | 523 | -13.1% |
| 13140 | Deerwood | 521 | -11.6% |
| 13141 | Floodwood | 521 | 0.0% |
| 13152 | Foreston | 520 | 33.3% |
| 13230 | Amboy | 511 | -10.5% |
| 13245 | Pennock | 510 | 0.9% |
| 13259 | Willernie | 508 | -5.7% |
| 13269 | Sacred Heart | 507 | -7.4% |
| 13317 | Bethel | 501 | 14.3% |
| 13377 | Prinsburg | 496 | 8.5% |
| 13380 | Brownsville | 495 | -4.6% |
| 13401 | Tower | 493 | 2.0% |
| 13404 | Carlos | 492 | 48.6% |
| 13406 | Lafayette | 492 | -7.1% |
| 13475 | Brandon | 484 | 6.1% |
| 13476 | Erskine | 484 | 11.0% |
| 13495 | Kandiyohi | 482 | -13.1% |
| 13509 | Altura | 480 | 14.2% |
| 13520 | Woodland | 480 | 0.0% |
| 13526 | Rothsay | 479 | -3.4% |
| 13549 | Gem Lake | 476 | 13.6% |
| 13558 | Brewster | 475 | -5.0% |
| 13590 | Bertha | 472 | 1.0% |
| 13607 | Franklin | 471 | -5.6% |
| 13624 | Kiester | 469 | -12.9% |
| 13631 | Pillager | 468 | 9.6% |
| 13658 | Ellsworth | 465 | -13.5% |
| 13671 | Danube | 463 | -12.3% |
| 13692 | Lynd | 461 | 32.4% |
| 13728 | Jenkins | 458 | 53.1% |
| 13749 | Cosmos | 456 | -21.9% |
| 13769 | Kellogg | 453 | 2.7% |
| 13787 | Randolph | 452 | 42.1% |
| 13841 | Bigfork | 445 | -4.9% |
| 13903 | New Auburn | 440 | -10.5% |
| 13905 | Ashby | 439 | -6.1% |
| 13928 | Akeley | 437 | 6.0% |
| 13931 | Herman | 437 | -2.8% |
| 13956 | Wykoff | 435 | -5.4% |
| 14042 | Oklee | 425 | 7.8% |
| 14045 | Fisher | 424 | -2.3% |
| 14060 | Upsala | 423 | 0.0% |
| 14074 | Vermillion | 422 | -3.4% |
| 14093 | Rose Creek | 419 | 18.0% |
| 14097 | Clinton | 418 | -7.1% |
| 14147 | Sturgeon Lake | 414 | 16.9% |
| 14176 | Nevis | 411 | 12.6% |
| 14189 | Waubun | 410 | 1.9% |
| 14191 | Wrenshall | 410 | 32.2% |
| 14193 | Barrett | 409 | 15.5% |
| 14197 | Long Beach | 409 | 53.7% |
| 14202 | Wood Lake | 409 | -5.7% |
| 14208 | New Germany | 408 | 11.1% |
| 14226 | Fountain | 406 | 18.3% |
| 14254 | Fifty Lakes | 403 | 3.0% |
| 14284 | Miltona | 401 | 38.7% |
| 14303 | Willow River | 399 | 25.8% |
| 14319 | Remer | 397 | 6.4% |
| 14326 | Pine Springs | 396 | -5.9% |
| 14418 | St. Marys Point | 386 | 10.6% |
| 14477 | Emmons | 380 | -12.2% |
| 14498 | Hanska | 378 | -14.4% |
| 14502 | Morton | 378 | -14.4% |
| 14509 | Chokio | 377 | -17.3% |
| 14529 | Medicine Lake | 375 | 3.8% |
| 14541 | Round Lake | 374 | -11.5% |
| 14592 | Ghent | 369 | 15.6% |
| 14608 | McGregor | 367 | -10.0% |
| 14610 | Newfolden | 367 | 1.9% |
| 14611 | Ogilvie | 367 | -22.7% |
| 14654 | Comfrey | 361 | -1.9% |
| 14665 | Alvarado | 360 | -2.4% |
| 14666 | Badger | 360 | -23.4% |
| 14672 | Belview | 359 | -12.4% |
| 14680 | Milan | 359 | 10.1% |
| 14705 | Underwood | 357 | 8.5% |
| 14727 | Askov | 354 | -4.3% |
| 14730 | Calumet | 354 | -7.3% |
| 14741 | Cuyuna | 353 | 51.5% |
| 14742 | Darwin | 353 | 27.8% |
| 14753 | Garfield | 352 | 59.2% |
| 14769 | Maynard | 351 | -9.3% |
| 14781 | Vergas | 350 | 12.9% |
| 14788 | Jeffers | 349 | -11.6% |
| 14807 | Canton | 347 | 1.1% |
| 14852 | Ceylon | 344 | -16.3% |
| 14888 | Bricelyn | 341 | -9.7% |
| 14910 | St. Martin | 340 | 24.0% |
| 14913 | Wilmont | 340 | 2.4% |
| 14917 | Dexter | 339 | 1.4% |
| 14920 | Orr | 339 | 36.1% |
| 14921 | Rushmore | 339 | -9.6% |
| 14935 | Russell | 338 | -8.8% |
| 14997 | Grey Eagle | 331 | -1.1% |
| 15003 | Lancaster | 331 | -8.5% |
| 15011 | Swanville | 331 | -7.0% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 656 | 12,173 |
| 2016 | 660 | 12,138 |
| 2015 | 676 | 12,030 |
| 2014 | 689 | 11,964 |
| 2013 | 692 | 11,949 |
| 2012 | 694 | 11,944 |
| 2011 | 691 | 11,966 |
| 2010 | 698 | 11,916 |
| 2009 | 734 | 11,631 |
| 2008 | 739 | 11,593 |
| 2007 | 746 | 11,546 |
| 2006 | 751 | 11,505 |
| 2005 | 753 | 11,489 |
| 2004 | 758 | 11,445 |
| 2003 | 760 | 11,434 |
| 2002 | 771 | 11,377 |
| 2001 | 770 | 11,395 |
| 2000 | 772 | 11,397 |
| 1990 | 794 | 10,849 |