St. Cloud is a city in central Minnesota. It is north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. St. Cloud State University is there. Most of St. Cloud is in Stearns County, but parts of it are in Benton and Sherburne Counties. The population of St. Cloud was 66,881 at the 2020 census.[1] The Mississippi River runs through St. Cloud, and St. Cloud uses the Mississippi as drinking water.[2]