Population in Minnesota by County

Total population.

U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-year 2020-2024 · Updated November 2026

Minnesota

5,739,445

Counties

87

Highest

Hennepin

1,269,496

Lowest

Traverse

3,243

All Minnesota counties, ranked

# Counties Population
1 Hennepin 1,269,496
2 Ramsey 542,945
3 Dakota 445,771
4 Anoka 370,349
5 Washington 276,238
6 St. Louis 200,123
7 Olmsted 164,498
8 Stearns 160,865
9 Scott 154,557
10 Wright 148,269
11 Carver 110,041
12 Sherburne 100,560
13 Blue Earth 69,871
14 Rice 67,917
15 Crow Wing 67,686
16 Clay 66,059
17 Otter Tail 60,475
18 Chisago 57,991
19 Winona 49,779
20 Goodhue 47,943
21 Beltrami 46,512
22 Itasca 45,275
23 Kandiyohi 44,079
24 Isanti 42,596
25 Benton 41,593
26 Mower 40,343
27 Douglas 39,575
28 Steele 37,439
29 McLeod 36,798
30 Carlton 36,518
31 Becker 35,343
32 Nicollet 34,411
33 Morrison 34,249
34 Cass 30,992
35 Polk 30,705
36 Freeborn 30,623
37 Pine 29,640
38 Le Sueur 29,113
39 Mille Lacs 27,125
40 Brown 25,800
41 Todd 25,575
42 Lyon 25,503
43 Meeker 23,468
44 Nobles 22,041
45 Hubbard 21,831
46 Wabasha 21,565
47 Fillmore 21,414
48 Dodge 21,045
49 Martin 19,780
50 Waseca 18,885
51 Houston 18,653
52 Kanabec 16,390
53 Aitkin 16,056
54 Redwood 15,350
55 Roseau 15,302
56 Sibley 15,005
57 Renville 14,558
58 Wadena 14,256
59 Faribault 13,914
60 Pennington 13,791
61 Chippewa 12,377
62 Koochiching 11,833
63 Cottonwood 11,458
64 Pope 11,418
65 Watonwan 11,205
66 Lake 10,879
67 Jackson 9,933
68 Swift 9,748
69 Stevens 9,739
70 Rock 9,621
71 Yellow Medicine 9,451
72 Pipestone 9,284
73 Marshall 8,909
74 Clearwater 8,616
75 Murray 8,097
76 Lac qui Parle 6,682
77 Wilkin 6,371
78 Norman 6,367
79 Grant 6,127
80 Cook 5,635
81 Lincoln 5,603
82 Mahnomen 5,358
83 Big Stone 5,127
84 Kittson 4,084
85 Red Lake 3,915
86 Lake of the Woods 3,821
87 Traverse 3,243

About this dataset

Total population. Source: ACS 5-year 2020-2024 Data Profile, variable DP05_0001E. Values in people.

Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Citation
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles (2020-2024), DP05_0001E
Vintage
ACS 5-year 2020-2024
License
Public domain (U.S. Census Bureau)
Unit
people
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Summed across each territory
Last loaded
November 2026

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