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Morrison County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 32 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27097

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

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Population
34,620
+629 (+1.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,125
square miles. A further 2.5% of the total area is water
Population density
30.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Little Falls
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Little Falls city
Population 9,277.

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 Morrison 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 Morrison 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 751 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 Morrison 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
Population34,62032nd of 871,321st of 3,144
Land area1,125 sq mi17th of 87559th of 3,144
Population density30.8 per sq mi42nd of 871,901st of 3,144
Median household income$69,44671st of 871,240th of 3,143

Full data for Morrison County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,620Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,991Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,003Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,125 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area28.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,153 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,446American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$248,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,084American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,256American 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
+1
399 births, 398 deaths
Net migration
+124
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 Morrison 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
Todd CountyMinnesota40 mi26,060
Crow Wing CountyMinnesota38 mi69,132
Benton CountyMinnesota34 mi41,744
Mille Lacs CountyMinnesota25 mi27,753
Cass CountyMinnesota22 mi31,430
Stearns CountyMinnesota18 mi164,110

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.