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Largest ZIP Codes in Minnesota by Land Area

What this measures. Land area of the Census tabulation area, in square miles. Water is excluded. Source: Census Gazetteer, data release 2026-10-12.

# ZIP City County Land area
1 55731 Ely Lake 1,606.73 sq mi
2 55771 Orr St. Louis 1,115.45 sq mi
3 56627 Big Falls Koochiching 939.36 sq mi
4 55604 Grand Marais Cook 817.81 sq mi
5 56727 Grygla Beltrami 621.97 sq mi
6 55616 Two Harbors Lake 479.79 sq mi
7 56751 Roseau Roseau 472.50 sq mi
8 56431 Aitkin Aitkin 462.77 sq mi
9 56653 Littlefork Koochiching 453.95 sq mi
10 56623 Baudette Lake of the Woods 446.46 sq mi
11 56636 Deer River Itasca 436.90 sq mi
12 56725 Goodridge Pennington 414.80 sq mi
13 56672 Remer Cass 396.84 sq mi
14 55723 Cook St. Louis 393.71 sq mi
15 56701 Thief River Falls Pennington 383.04 sq mi
16 56470 Park Rapids Hubbard 382.47 sq mi
17 56661 Northome Koochiching 371.41 sq mi
18 56601 Bemidji Beltrami 371.12 sq mi
19 56735 Lancaster Kittson 367.18 sq mi
20 55736 Floodwood St. Louis 355.89 sq mi
21 55072 Sandstone Pine 352.77 sq mi
22 55746 Hibbing St. Louis 346.98 sq mi
23 56762 Warren Polk 335.94 sq mi
24 56628 Bigfork Itasca 331.76 sq mi
25 56716 Crookston Polk 325.21 sq mi
26 56401 Brainerd Crow Wing 322.57 sq mi
27 56621 Bagley Clearwater 321.35 sq mi
28 56671 Redlake Clearwater 321.08 sq mi
29 56630 Blackduck Beltrami 313.59 sq mi
30 56629 Birchdale Koochiching 309.96 sq mi
31 56639 Effie Itasca 308.86 sq mi
32 55603 Finland Lake 308.20 sq mi
33 55037 Hinckley Pine 306.36 sq mi
34 55760 Mcgregor Aitkin 302.45 sq mi
35 55607 Isabella Lake 301.95 sq mi
36 55803 Duluth St. Louis 295.45 sq mi
37 56461 Laporte Hubbard 286.54 sq mi
38 56649 International Falls Koochiching 285.34 sq mi
39 56537 Fergus Falls Otter Tail 283.35 sq mi
40 56220 Canby Yellow Medicine 274.73 sq mi
41 56726 Greenbush Roseau 266.84 sq mi
42 56265 Montevideo Chippewa 264.00 sq mi
43 56763 Warroad Roseau 262.95 sq mi
44 56345 Little Falls Morrison 258.10 sq mi
45 56469 Palisade Aitkin 257.83 sq mi
46 56464 Menahga Wadena 256.91 sq mi
47 56669 Kabetogama Koochiching 251.25 sq mi
48 56477 Sebeka Wadena 250.69 sq mi
49 55724 Cotton St. Louis 250.06 sq mi
50 56589 Waubun Mahnomen 243.14 sq mi

Showing the top 50 of 881 ZIP codes in Minnesota that have this figure and meet the threshold above. 55731 ranks 1st at 1,606.73 sq mi, against 243.14 sq mi in 50th place.

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zipcodes.pro. “Largest ZIP Codes in Minnesota by Land Area.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/rankings/mn/largest-area

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