Big Falls is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, home to about 136 people across 6.0 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 56627.
Mostly Northwest Koochiching UT; part is in Big Falls
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| Nearest major airport | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)227 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Falls International Airport (INL)32 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Minneapolis, MN222 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL527 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Big Falls; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Big Falls had 175 residents in the 2020 census, down 34% since 2000.
It’s the 2155th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Koochiching County grew from 6,431 residents in 1910 to 12,062 in 2020.
Koochiching County, 1910–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 77°F in summer, and winter lows average -5°F. About 27.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Big Falls, MN weather station (4 miles away).
3,520 jobs at 367 businesses in Koochiching County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Big Falls.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Counts are within about 2 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Northwest Koochiching UT, South Koochiching UT and Northome UT.
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