97 cities
| City | Rank | 2025 Pop. ↓ | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density | Area (mi²) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth | 1 | 88,318 | 86,722 | 0.36% | 1,232 | 71.66 | City |
| Hibbing | 2 | 15,849 | 16,173 | -0.41% | 87 | 182.03 | City |
| Virginia | 3 | 8,214 | 8,406 | -0.46% | 438 | 18.77 | City |
| Chisholm | 4 | 4,637 | 4,761 | -0.54% | 1,038 | 4.47 | City |
| Rice Lake | 5 | 4,200 | 4,100 | 0.48% | 131 | 32.10 | City |
| Eveleth | 6 | 3,398 | 3,487 | -0.53% | 539 | 6.30 | City |
| Ely | 7 | 3,199 | 3,258 | -0.37% | 1,094 | 2.92 | City |
| White township | 8 | 3,103 | 3,135 | -0.19% | 29 | 105.24 | Township |
| Proctor | 9 | 3,068 | 3,115 | -0.29% | 913 | 3.36 | City |
| Mountain Iron | 10 | 2,844 | 2,868 | -0.18% | 42 | 68.11 | City |
| Grand Lake township | 11 | 2,727 | 2,720 | 0.18% | 41 | 66.08 | Township |
| Lakewood township | 12 | 2,364 | 2,283 | 0.51% | 85 | 27.87 | Township |
| Canosia township | 13 | 2,200 | 2,199 | 0.09% | 70 | 31.29 | Township |
| Duluth township | 14 | 2,155 | 2,033 | 1.41% | 46 | 46.41 | Township |
| Hoyt Lakes | 15 | 1,972 | 2,016 | -0.45% | 35 | 55.91 | City |
| Gnesen township | 16 | 1,932 | 1,927 | 0% | 31 | 63.15 | Township |
| Fayal township | 17 | 1,799 | 1,810 | -0.06% | 57 | 31.58 | Township |
| Gilbert | 18 | 1,648 | 1,688 | -0.48% | 141 | 11.68 | City |
| Aurora | 19 | 1,646 | 1,680 | -0.42% | 445 | 3.70 | City |
| Fredenberg township | 20 | 1,430 | 1,432 | 0.07% | 56 | 25.45 | Township |
| Midway township | 21 | 1,423 | 1,422 | -0.07% | 102 | 13.98 | Township |
| Babbitt | 22 | 1,364 | 1,394 | -0.44% | 13 | 105.95 | City |
| Brevator township | 23 | 1,223 | 1,225 | 0.08% | 35 | 34.61 | Township |
| Morse township | 24 | 1,180 | 1,185 | 0% | 10 | 116.04 | Township |
| Greenwood township | 25 | 1,033 | 1,038 | 0% | 18 | 58.06 | Township |
| Biwabik | 26 | 967 | 956 | 0.21% | 110 | 8.76 | City |
| Buhl | 27 | 943 | 952 | -0.21% | 285 | 3.31 | City |
| Cherry township | 28 | 835 | 838 | 0% | 25 | 32.97 | Township |
| Biwabik township | 29 | 832 | 834 | 0% | 31 | 26.73 | Township |
| Industrial township | 30 | 806 | 812 | -0.12% | 23 | 35.65 | Township |
| Balkan township | 31 | 805 | 811 | -0.12% | 12 | 65.17 | Township |
| Normanna township | 32 | 773 | 772 | 0.26% | 21 | 36.06 | Township |
| Embarrass township | 33 | 605 | 609 | -0.17% | 18 | 32.71 | Township |
| Wuori township | 34 | 567 | 562 | 0.35% | 16 | 34.96 | Township |
| French township | 35 | 554 | 557 | 0% | 17 | 32.98 | Township |
| Breitung township | 36 | 527 | 530 | 0% | 23 | 23.03 | Township |
| Cook | 37 | 522 | 527 | -0.19% | 201 | 2.60 | City |
| Floodwood | 38 | 516 | 521 | -0.19% | 298 | 1.73 | City |
| Aurora township | 39 | 508 | 532 | -1.36% | 14 | 36.02 | Township |
| Cotton township | 40 | 454 | 455 | 0% | 7 | 69.13 | Township |
| McDavitt township | 41 | 436 | 434 | 0.23% | 6 | 71.39 | Township |
| Alborn township | 42 | 431 | 428 | 0.47% | 12 | 34.65 | Township |
| Great Scott township | 43 | 427 | 425 | 0.23% | 7 | 59.27 | Township |
| Tower | 44 | 421 | 428 | -0.24% | 144 | 2.92 | City |
| Beatty township | 45 | 418 | 420 | 0% | 6 | 65.04 | Township |
| Soudan | 46 | 417 | 467 | -0.48% | 613 | 0.68 | CDP |
| Leiding township | 47 | 400 | 401 | 0% | 3 | 122.41 | Township |
| Pike township | 48 | 388 | 386 | 0.26% | 11 | 33.91 | Township |
| Field township | 49 | 352 | 352 | 0% | 6 | 54.28 | Township |
| New Independence township | 50 | 343 | 346 | -0.29% | 10 | 34.91 | Township |
| Sandy township | 51 | 341 | 338 | 0.29% | 11 | 30.36 | Township |
| Stoney Brook township | 52 | 315 | 317 | -0.32% | 9 | 34.95 | Township |
| Culver township | 53 | 312 | 308 | 0.32% | 9 | 34.52 | Township |
| Meadowlands township | 54 | 302 | 299 | 0.33% | 5 | 60.12 | Township |
| Arrowhead township | 55 | 289 | 287 | 0.35% | 4 | 70.71 | Township |
| Colvin township | 56 | 288 | 289 | 0% | 9 | 33.65 | Township |
| Lavell township | 57 | 285 | 288 | -0.35% | 3 | 107.89 | Township |
| Alango township | 58 | 267 | 269 | -0.37% | 7 | 36.10 | Township |
| Vermilion Lake township | 59 | 259 | 259 | 0% | 7 | 35.73 | Township |
| Nett Lake | 60 | 254 | 249 | 7.17% | 148 | 1.72 | CDP |
| Owens township | 61 | 251 | 247 | 0.4% | 9 | 27.67 | Township |
| Floodwood township | 62 | 244 | 246 | -0.41% | 7 | 33.51 | Township |
| Waasa township | 63 | 227 | 224 | 0.44% | 6 | 35.24 | Township |
| Angora township | 64 | 224 | 220 | 0.45% | 6 | 36.40 | Township |
| Eagles Nest township | 65 | 223 | 224 | 0% | 9 | 25.27 | Township |
| Orr | 66 | 209 | 216 | -0.48% | 149 | 1.40 | City |
| North Star township | 67 | 204 | 205 | 0% | 6 | 33.59 | Township |
| Ellsburg township | 68 | 189 | 189 | 0% | 3 | 69.46 | Township |
| Cedar Valley township | 69 | 180 | 183 | -0.55% | 3 | 68.56 | Township |
| Toivola township | 70 | 176 | 177 | 0% | 2 | 71.89 | Township |
| Portage township | 71 | 166 | 164 | 0.61% | 1 | 138.69 | Township |
| Van Buren township | 72 | 166 | 166 | 0% | 5 | 35.50 | Township |
| Winton | 73 | 165 | 165 | 0% | 1,352 | 0.12 | City |
| Northland township | 74 | 155 | 158 | -0.64% | 4 | 34.73 | Township |
| Kelsey township | 75 | 151 | 149 | 0.67% | 4 | 35.54 | Township |
| Kinney | 76 | 147 | 151 | -0.68% | 38 | 3.91 | City |
| Kugler township | 77 | 146 | 146 | 0% | 4 | 35.12 | Township |
| Sturgeon township | 78 | 145 | 143 | 0.69% | 4 | 36.95 | Township |
| Pequaywan township | 79 | 140 | 141 | 0% | 4 | 33.80 | Township |
| Meadowlands | 80 | 136 | 133 | 0.74% | 352 | 0.39 | City |
| Elmer township | 81 | 135 | 137 | -0.74% | 3 | 40.56 | Township |
| Ault township | 82 | 125 | 125 | 0% | 2 | 70.31 | Township |
| Willow Valley township | 83 | 114 | 112 | 0.88% | 3 | 35.08 | Township |
| Fine Lakes township | 84 | 113 | 113 | 0% | 3 | 34.21 | Township |
| Brookston | 85 | 112 | 114 | 0% | 205 | 0.55 | City |
| Halden township | 86 | 111 | 111 | 0% | 3 | 36.07 | Township |
| Linden Grove township | 87 | 111 | 111 | 0% | 3 | 35.35 | Township |
| Iron Junction | 88 | 106 | 108 | 0% | 131 | 0.81 | City |
| McKinley | 89 | 102 | 104 | 0% | 72 | 1.43 | City |
| Crane Lake township | 90 | 91 | 94 | -1.09% | 1 | 69.21 | Township |
| Morcom township | 91 | 76 | 74 | 1.33% | 2 | 35.79 | Township |
| Fairbanks township | 92 | 71 | 71 | 0% | 1 | 70.37 | Township |
| Ness township | 93 | 71 | 72 | 0% | 2 | 35.01 | Township |
| Leonidas | 94 | 49 | 51 | 0% | 37 | 1.33 | City |
| Prairie Lake township | 95 | 46 | 46 | 0% | 1 | 35.59 | Township |
| Bassett township | 96 | 37 | 37 | 0% | 0.00 | 174.87 | Township |
| Camp 5 township | 97 | 21 | 21 | 0% | 1 | 30.39 | Township |
Duluth is the largest city in St. Louis County, with a population of 88,318.
Camp 5 township is the smallest city in St. Louis County.
There are 97 cities in St. Louis County, Minnesota.