Size is not all that matters. But still, we would love to know how big Hibbing in Minnesota is. Here is the answer:
Hibbing, Minnesota covers an area of 482.85 square kilometers (186.43 square miles).
With 16,361 people living in Hibbing that comes to a population density of 33.88 inhabitants per square kilometer (87.76 / sq mi)
As a reference: The 8,398,748 people living in New York City are crammed onto 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi), which results into a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi).
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Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,361 at the 2010 census. The city was built on the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range. At the edge of town is the largest open-pit iron mine in the world, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine. U.S. Highway 169, State Highway 37, State Highway 73, Howard Street, and 1st Avenue are five of the main routes in Hibbing. The Range Regional Airport offers daily commercial flights between Hibbing and Minneapolis-St. Paul, as well as hosting many private pilots and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fire fighting aircraft.
Cities with a similar size as Hibbing
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Hibbing, Minnesota, here you go:
- Montgomery, Alabama with a size of 418.40 square kilometers (418.40 sq mi), population: 205,764
- Columbus, Georgia with a size of 572.00 square kilometers (572.00 sq mi), population: 189,885
- Goodyear, Arizona with a size of 495.29 square kilometers (495.29 sq mi), population: 65,275
- Norman, Oklahoma with a size of 490.59 square kilometers (490.59 sq mi), population: 110,925
- Texas City, Texas with a size of 480.60 square kilometers (480.60 sq mi), population: 45,099
- Mobile, Alabama with a size of 466.37 square kilometers (466.37 sq mi), population: 195,111
- San Francisco, California with a size of 600.59 square kilometers (600.59 sq mi), population: 881,549
- Columbus, Ohio with a size of 581.03 square kilometers (581.03 sq mi), population: 787,033
- Huntsville, Alabama with a size of 556.06 square kilometers (556.06 sq mi), population: 180,105
- Peoria, Arizona with a size of 463.88 square kilometers (463.88 sq mi), population: 154,065
Cities with a similar population density as Hibbing
Other cities that have a similar population density as Hibbing, Minnesota are:
- Boulder City, Nevada with a population density of 30 people per sq km (78 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Hibbing
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Hibbing, Minnesota:
- Madison, Mississippi with a population of 14,691 people
- River Falls, Wisconsin with a population of 15,000 people
- Highland Village, Texas with a population of 15,056 people
- Altoona, Iowa with a population of 14,541 people
- Uvalde, Texas with a population of 15,751 people
- Papillion, Nebraska with a population of 18,894 people
- Mount Pleasant, Texas with a population of 15,564 people
- Troutdale, Oregon with a population of 15,962 people
- New Haven, Indiana with a population of 14,794 people
- McAlester, Oklahoma with a population of 17,783 people
