Mankato, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 32427 Housing Units (2000): 12759 Land area (2000): 15.206412 sq. miles (39.384425 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.191214 sq. miles (0.495242 sq. km) Total area (2000): 15.397626 sq. miles (39.879667 sq. km) FIPS code: 39878 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 44.164503 N, 93.993798 W ZIP Codes (1990): 56001 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Mankato, MN Mankato