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Minnesota County Map

Minnesota has 87 counties. Together they cover 79,632 sq mi of land and 5,830,405 people.

Neighbouring areas are given different colours so their shared borders read clearly. These colours carry no data.

Boundaries from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, generalised so that no point moves by more than half a pixel at this width. Select any area to open its page.
Counties
87
14th most of the 51 states and DC
Population
5,830,405
22nd largest
Land area
79,632
square miles
Density
73.2
people per square mile, computed

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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The extremes of Minnesota

Most populous

Hennepin County

1,284,784

Least populous

Traverse County

3,130

Largest by land area

St. Louis County

6,248 sq mi

Smallest by land area

Ramsey County

152.3 sq mi

Most densely populated

Ramsey County

3,557 per sq mi

Highest median household income

Carver County

$125,946

Which is the largest county in Minnesota? The answer depends on whether you mean area or population.

The counties, by shape

Every one, drawn to its own scale so the small ones stay recognisable. Shape alone is not a size comparison; the table below carries the areas.

What the map does not say

The counties of Minnesota are nowhere near the same size. St. Louis County covers 6,248 sq mi of land, 41.0 times the 152.3 sq mi of Ramsey County. People are spread even less evenly: Ramsey County packs 3,557 per sq mi while Lake of the Woods County holds 2.9 per sq mi.

They were not drawn in one sitting either. Washington County dates to 1849, and the boundaries were still being redrawn when Lake of the Woods County was organised in 1922, 73 years later. Founding years come from Wikidata and are worth checking against the county's own history before citing.

Water is part of the picture too: 56.5% of Cook County is water, the most in the state, which is why its land area and total area disagree. And 34 of the 87 counties here share their names with counties in other states, so searching by name alone can land in the wrong place; the A to Z index lists every duplicate.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

Sortable on any column. This table doubles as the text alternative to the map above: every area is a link, in alphabetical order, whether or not the map renders.

The 87 counties of Minnesota, with population, land area, density, median household income, county seat and FIPS code.
NamePopulationLand areaDensityMedian incomeSeatFIPS
Aitkin County16,2521,821 sq mi8.9 per sq mi$60,833Aitkin27001
Anoka County381,605422 sq mi904 per sq mi$101,869Anoka27003
Becker County35,4971,315 sq mi27.0 per sq mi$71,388Detroit Lakes27005
Beltrami County47,0552,505 sq mi18.8 per sq mi$68,975Bemidji27007
Benton County41,744408.3 sq mi102 per sq mi$74,410Foley27009
Big Stone County5,054499.1 sq mi10.1 per sq mi$70,400Ortonville27011
Blue Earth County70,634747.8 sq mi94.5 per sq mi$74,477Mankato27013
Brown County25,517611.1 sq mi41.8 per sq mi$69,378New Ulm27015
Carlton County36,711861.2 sq mi42.6 per sq mi$80,573Carlton27017
Carver County114,379353.9 sq mi323 per sq mi$125,946Chaska27019
Cass County31,4302,021 sq mi15.5 per sq mi$68,874Walker27021
Chippewa County12,406581.2 sq mi21.3 per sq mi$71,458Montevideo27023
Chisago County59,142414.9 sq mi143 per sq mi$99,400Center City27025
Clay County67,7341,045 sq mi64.8 per sq mi$81,172Moorhead27027
Clearwater County8,647999 sq mi8.7 per sq mi$64,475Bagley27029
Cook County5,5221,453 sq mi3.8 per sq mi$72,638Grand Marais27031
Cottonwood County11,405640 sq mi17.8 per sq mi$72,941Windom27033
Crow Wing County69,132998.5 sq mi69.2 per sq mi$72,589Brainerd27035
Dakota County457,710562.6 sq mi814 per sq mi$106,318Hastings27037
Dodge County21,376439.4 sq mi48.6 per sq mi$95,739Mantorville27039
Douglas County40,120636.9 sq mi63.0 per sq mi$79,043Alexandria27041
Faribault County13,888712.5 sq mi19.5 per sq mi$66,815Blue Earth27043
Fillmore County21,540861.3 sq mi25.0 per sq mi$77,512Preston27045
Freeborn County30,440707.2 sq mi43.0 per sq mi$71,023Albert Lea27047
Goodhue County48,195756.7 sq mi63.7 per sq mi$84,171Red Wing27049
Grant County6,085547.8 sq mi11.1 per sq mi$73,917Elbow Lake27051
Hennepin County1,284,784554 sq mi2,319 per sq mi$97,653Minneapolis27053
Houston County18,400552.1 sq mi33.3 per sq mi$79,825Caledonia27055
Hubbard County22,369926 sq mi24.2 per sq mi$71,995Park Rapids27057
Isanti County44,386435.8 sq mi102 per sq mi$87,440Cambridge27059
Itasca County45,4042,667 sq mi17.0 per sq mi$68,603Grand Rapids27061
Jackson County9,857703 sq mi14.0 per sq mi$75,743Jackson27063
Kanabec County16,628521.6 sq mi31.9 per sq mi$71,460Mora27065
Kandiyohi County44,720797.4 sq mi56.1 per sq mi$76,592Willmar27067
Kittson County4,0311,099 sq mi3.7 per sq mi$76,100Hallock27069
Koochiching County11,5873,105 sq mi3.7 per sq mi$66,940International Falls27071
Lac qui Parle County6,704765 sq mi8.8 per sq mi$74,432Madison27073
Lake County10,7462,109 sq mi5.1 per sq mi$75,541Two Harbors27075
Lake of the Woods County3,7701,298 sq mi2.9 per sq mi$77,546Baudette27077
Le Sueur County29,453448.8 sq mi65.6 per sq mi$94,968Le Center27079
Lincoln County5,583536.8 sq mi10.4 per sq mi$69,694Ivanhoe27081
Lyon County25,684714.4 sq mi36.0 per sq mi$75,303Marshall27083
Mahnomen County5,153557.9 sq mi9.2 per sq mi$59,441Mahnomen27087
Marshall County8,7981,775 sq mi5.0 per sq mi$72,543Warren27089
Martin County19,440712.3 sq mi27.3 per sq mi$59,507Fairmont27091
McLeod County36,631491.5 sq mi74.5 per sq mi$80,084Glencoe27085
Meeker County23,603608 sq mi38.8 per sq mi$75,446Litchfield27093
Mille Lacs County27,753572.3 sq mi48.5 per sq mi$72,729Milaca27095
Morrison County34,6201,125 sq mi30.8 per sq mi$69,446Little Falls27097
Mower County40,971711.3 sq mi57.6 per sq mi$73,074Austin27099
Murray County7,942704.7 sq mi11.3 per sq mi$74,033Slayton27101
Nicollet County34,273448.5 sq mi76.4 per sq mi$79,756St. Peter27103
Nobles County22,338715.1 sq mi31.2 per sq mi$66,101Worthington27105
Norman County6,336872.8 sq mi7.3 per sq mi$72,260Ada27107
Olmsted County166,731653.5 sq mi255 per sq mi$95,406Rochester27109
Otter Tail County61,0411,972 sq mi31.0 per sq mi$72,255Fergus Falls27111
Pennington County13,686616.5 sq mi22.2 per sq mi$77,325Thief River Falls27113
Pine County30,4721,411 sq mi21.6 per sq mi$71,146Pine City27115
Pipestone County9,260465.1 sq mi19.9 per sq mi$69,628Pipestone27117
Polk County30,5451,971 sq mi15.5 per sq mi$73,107Crookston27119
Pope County11,420674.6 sq mi16.9 per sq mi$76,220Glenwood27121
Ramsey County541,623152.3 sq mi3,557 per sq mi$81,568Saint Paul27123
Red Lake County3,940432.4 sq mi9.1 per sq mi$77,188Red Lake Falls27125
Redwood County15,265878.6 sq mi17.4 per sq mi$67,866Redwood Falls27127
Renville County14,356982.9 sq mi14.6 per sq mi$70,625Olivia27129
Rice County69,939495.8 sq mi141 per sq mi$83,181Faribault27131
Rock County9,524482.5 sq mi19.7 per sq mi$71,295Luverne27133
Roseau County15,2461,672 sq mi9.1 per sq mi$74,474Roseau27135
Scott County159,017356.1 sq mi447 per sq mi$119,314Shakopee27139
Sherburne County104,194432.9 sq mi241 per sq mi$105,466Elk River27141
Sibley County15,356589 sq mi26.1 per sq mi$77,634Gaylord27143
St. Louis County200,5186,248 sq mi32.1 per sq mi$70,069Duluth27137
Stearns County164,1101,343 sq mi122 per sq mi$77,066St. Cloud27145
Steele County37,464429.6 sq mi87.2 per sq mi$84,196Owatonna27147
Stevens County9,747563.7 sq mi17.3 per sq mi$75,733Morris27149
Swift County9,763742 sq mi13.2 per sq mi$60,412Benson27151
Todd County26,060945.1 sq mi27.6 per sq mi$67,662Long Prairie27153
Traverse County3,130573.9 sq mi5.5 per sq mi$62,989Wheaton27155
Wabasha County21,537523 sq mi41.2 per sq mi$82,007Wabasha27157
Wadena County14,388536.3 sq mi26.8 per sq mi$61,467Wadena27159
Waseca County18,688423.4 sq mi44.1 per sq mi$76,261Waseca27161
Washington County286,895384.8 sq mi746 per sq mi$115,345Stillwater27163
Watonwan County11,459434.9 sq mi26.3 per sq mi$71,699St. James27165
Wilkin County6,288751 sq mi8.4 per sq mi$71,410Breckenridge27167
Winona County50,523626.2 sq mi80.7 per sq mi$70,744Winona27169
Wright County157,559661.2 sq mi238 per sq mi$107,209Buffalo27171
Yellow Medicine County9,477759.1 sq mi12.5 per sq mi$74,000Granite Falls27173

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The ten most populous

  1. Hennepin County1,284,784
  2. Ramsey County541,623
  3. Dakota County457,710
  4. Anoka County381,605
  5. Washington County286,895
  6. St. Louis County200,518
  7. Olmsted County166,731
  8. Stearns County164,110
  9. Scott County159,017
  10. Wright County157,559

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.