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Kittson County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 84 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27069

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

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Population
4,031
-156 (-3.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,099
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
3.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hallock
Seat of county government.
Established
1878
147 years ago
Largest city
Hallock city
Population 865.

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 Kittson 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 Kittson 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 667 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 Kittson 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
Population4,03184th of 872,884th of 3,144
Land area1,099 sq mi18th of 87580th of 3,144
Population density3.7 per sq mi86th of 872,856th of 3,144
Median household income$76,10034th of 87776th of 3,143

Full data for Kittson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,031Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,187Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,206Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,099 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,104 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$134,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,774American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,228American 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
-9
54 births, 63 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 3 areas bordering Kittson 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
Pembina CountyNorth Dakota58 mi6,568
Marshall CountyMinnesota36 mi8,798
Roseau CountyMinnesota32 mi15,246

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.