Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population was 86,697 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city. Duluth forms a metropolitan area with neighboring Superior, Wisconsin, called the Twin Ports. Duluth is south of the Iron Range and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It is named after Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the area's first known European explorer. Duluth is on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of the Great Lakes. It is the largest metropolitan area, the second-largest city, and the largest U.S. city on the lake. Duluth is accessible to the Atlantic Ocean, 2,300 miles away, via the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway. The Port of Duluth is the world's farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships and is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes.

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
County: St. Louis
Metro: Twin Ports
First Settled: 1850-51
Platted: 1856
Incorporated (town): May 19, 1857
Incorporated (city): March 5, 1870
Incorporated (city charter): March 2, 1887
Named for: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
Type: Mayor–council
Body: Duluth City Council
Mayor: Roger Reinert (DFL)
City manager: Dave Montgomery
Water: 22.46%
Population (2020): 86,697
Estimate (2023): 87,680
Rank: US: 398th, MN: 4th
Urban: 119,411 (US: 281st)
Metro: 281,603 (US: 177th)
Combined: 326,968 (US: 112th)
Demonym(s): Duluthian
Time zone: Central (CST) (UTC−6)
Summer (DST): CDT (UTC−5)
ZIP Codes: 55801–55808, 55810–55812, 55814–55816
Area code(s): 218
FIPS code: 27-17000
GNIS feature ID: 661145
Sales tax: 8.875%
Website: duluthmn.gov
Official Website: http://www.duluthmn.gov/
Wikidata description: city in Minnesota, United States; county seat of St. Louis County
Wikidata id: Q485708
Wikidata label: Duluth
Wikidata aliases: Array
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