Is Saint Paul growing?

How much Saint Paul, MN has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Saint Paul looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +4.3% — 295,043 residents in 2015 → 307,762 in 2023

Saint Paul population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 295043
• 2023: 307762

Growth since 2015

• Saint Paul: 4.3
• Ramsey County: 3.2
• MN: 5.4
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 33.5 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Saint Paul is growing at roughly the national pace since 2015.

Residents here are younger than the country overall — the median resident is about 5.2 years younger than the U.S. median.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.