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Itasca County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 22 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27061

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

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Population
45,404
+382 (+0.8%) since 2020
Land area
2,667
square miles. A further 8.9% of the total area is water
Population density
17.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Grand Rapids
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Grand Rapids city
Population 11,181.

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 Itasca 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 Itasca 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 763 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 Itasca 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
Population45,40422nd of 871,089th of 3,144
Land area2,667 sq mi3rd of 87197th of 3,144
Population density17.0 per sq mi61st of 872,331st of 3,144
Median household income$68,60375th of 871,292nd of 3,143

Full data for Itasca County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,404Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,022Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,996Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,667 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area260.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,928 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,603American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$225,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,541American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,679American 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
-143
399 births, 542 deaths
Net migration
+97
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 5 areas bordering Itasca 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
Cass CountyMinnesota83 mi31,430
Koochiching CountyMinnesota66 mi11,587
St. Louis CountyMinnesota61 mi200,518
Aitkin CountyMinnesota34 mi16,252
Beltrami CountyMinnesota28 mi47,055

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.