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Wright County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 10 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27171

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

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Population
157,559
+15,683 (+11.1%) since 2020
Land area
661.2
square miles. A further 7.5% of the total area is water
Population density
238
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Buffalo
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Otsego city
Population 24,525.

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 Wright 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 Wright 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 691 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 Wright 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
Population157,55910th of 87449th of 3,144
Land area661.2 sq mi45th of 871,420th of 3,144
Population density238 per sq mi10th of 87516th of 3,144
Median household income$107,2094th of 87112th of 3,143

Full data for Wright County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population157,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020141,876Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?141,337Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area661.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area53.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area714.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?238 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$107,209American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$358,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households54,010American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units57,416American 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
+888
1,933 births, 1,045 deaths
Net migration
+2,067
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 Wright 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
Sherburne CountyMinnesota36 mi104,194
Hennepin CountyMinnesota34 mi1,284,784
Stearns CountyMinnesota23 mi164,110
Meeker CountyMinnesota21 mi23,603
Carver CountyMinnesota12 mi114,379
McLeod CountyMinnesota12 mi36,631

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.