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Douglas County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 27 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27041

Within Minnesota
Douglas County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Alexandria, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
40,120
+1,025 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
636.9
square miles. A further 11.6% of the total area is water
Population density
63.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Alexandria
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Alexandria city
Population 15,045.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Douglas County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Douglas County, Minnesota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 654 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Douglas County ranks

Position among the 87 counties of Minnesota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MinnesotaNationally
Population40,12027th of 871,189th of 3,144
Land area636.9 sq mi48th of 871,496th of 3,144
Population density63.0 per sq mi25th of 871,274th of 3,144
Median household income$79,04324th of 87622nd of 3,143

Full data for Douglas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population40,120Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202039,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?39,004Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area636.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area83.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area720.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,043American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$321,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,519American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,332American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-90
378 births, 468 deaths
Net migration
+255
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Douglas County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Otter Tail CountyMinnesota30 mi61,041
Pope CountyMinnesota30 mi11,420
Grant CountyMinnesota25 mi6,085
Todd CountyMinnesota23 mi26,060
Stearns CountyMinnesota1.0 mi164,110
Stevens CountyMinnesotaa single point9,747

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.