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Renville County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 58 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27129

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

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Population
14,356
-335 (-2.3%) since 2020
Land area
982.9
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
14.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Olivia
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Olivia city
Population 2,288.

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 Renville 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 Renville 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 530 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 Renville 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
Population14,35658th of 872,133rd of 3,144
Land area982.9 sq mi22nd of 87702nd of 3,144
Population density14.6 per sq mi65th of 872,407th of 3,144
Median household income$70,62566th of 871,152nd of 3,143

Full data for Renville County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,356Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,691Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,723Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area982.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area987.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,625American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$163,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,056American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,916American 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
-20
154 births, 174 deaths
Net migration
-43
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 9 areas bordering Renville 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
Redwood CountyMinnesota44 mi15,265
Sibley CountyMinnesota25 mi15,356
Kandiyohi CountyMinnesota24 mi44,720
Chippewa CountyMinnesota21 mi12,406
Meeker CountyMinnesota13 mi23,603
McLeod CountyMinnesota12 mi36,631
Yellow Medicine CountyMinnesota10.0 mi9,477
Brown CountyMinnesota8.8 mi25,517
Nicollet CountyMinnesota7.7 mi34,273

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.