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Pipestone County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 72 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27117

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

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Population
9,260
-158 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
465.1
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
19.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pipestone
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Pipestone city
Population 4,100.

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 Pipestone 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 Pipestone 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 659 by 800 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 Pipestone 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
Population9,26072nd of 872,469th of 3,144
Land area465.1 sq mi71st of 872,211th of 3,144
Population density19.9 per sq mi54th of 872,248th of 3,144
Median household income$69,62870th of 871,226th of 3,143

Full data for Pipestone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,260Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,418Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,420Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area465.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.91 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area466 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,628American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,971American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,325American 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
-6
124 births, 130 deaths
Net migration
+14
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 7 areas bordering Pipestone 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
Moody CountySouth Dakota24 mi6,632
Murray CountyMinnesota24 mi7,942
Rock CountyMinnesota19 mi9,524
Lincoln CountyMinnesota19 mi5,583
Lyon CountyMinnesota0.7 mi25,684
Brookings CountySouth Dakotaa single point37,635
Minnehaha CountySouth Dakotaa single point212,691

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.