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Murray County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 75 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27101

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

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Population
7,942
-235 (-2.9%) since 2020
Land area
704.7
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
11.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Slayton
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Slayton city
Population 1,930.

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 Murray 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 Murray 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 661 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 Murray 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
Population7,94275th of 872,575th of 3,144
Land area704.7 sq mi42nd of 871,314th of 3,144
Population density11.3 per sq mi69th of 872,515th of 3,144
Median household income$74,03344th of 87907th of 3,143

Full data for Murray County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,942Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,177Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,179Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area704.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area719.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,033American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$185,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,609American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,401American 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
-18
58 births, 76 deaths
Net migration
-67
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Murray 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
Nobles CountyMinnesota30 mi22,338
Cottonwood CountyMinnesota24 mi11,405
Pipestone CountyMinnesota24 mi9,260
Lyon CountyMinnesota23 mi25,684
Redwood CountyMinnesota6.5 mi15,265
Rock CountyMinnesota0.6 mi9,524

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.