Minnesota Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Aitkin	Aitkin	1,819	4,712	7	3	15,301	12,425
Anoka	Anoka	424	1,098	575	222	298,084	243,641
Becker	Detroit Lakes	1,311	3,394	21	8	30,000	27,881
Beltrami	Bemidji	2,505	6,489	14	5	39,650	34,384
Benton	Foley	408	1,058	74	29	34,226	30,185
Big Stone	Ortonville	497	1,287	13	5	5,820	6,285
Blue Earth	Mankato	752	1,949	72	28	55,941	54,044
Brown	New Ulm	611	1,582	44	17	26,911	26,984
Carlton	Carlton	860	2,228	34	13	31,671	29,259
Carver	Chaska	357	925	134	52	70,205	47,915
Cass	Walker	2,018	5,226	11	4	27,150	21,791
Chippewa	Montevideo	583	1,510	23	9	13,088	13,228
Chisago	Center City	418	1,082	73	28	41,101	30,521
Clay	Moorhead	1,045	2,707	48	19	51,229	50,422
Clearwater	Bagley	995	2,576	8	3	8,423	8,309
Cook	Grand Marais	1,451	3,757	3	1	5,168	3,868
Cottonwood	Windom	640	1,658	20	8	12,167	12,694
Crow Wing	Brainerd	997	2,581	44	17	55,099	44,249
Dakota	Hastings	570	1,476	483	187	355,904	275,227
Dodge	Mantorville	440	1,138	36	14	17,731	15,731
Douglas	Alexandria	634	1,643	45	18	32,821	28,674
Faribault	Blue Earth	714	1,848	24	9	16,181	16,937
Fillmore	Preston	861	2,231	24	9	21,122	20,777
Freeborn	Albert Lea	708	1,833	47	18	32,584	33,060
Goodhue	Red Wing	759	1,965	54	21	44,127	40,690
Grant	Elbow Lake	547	1,415	11	4	6,289	6,246
Hennepin	Minneapolis	557	1,442	1,855	716	1,116,200	1,032,431
Houston	Caledonia	558	1,446	33	13	19,718	18,497
Hubbard	Park Rapids	923	2,389	16	6	18,376	14,939
Isanti	Cambridge	439	1,137	59	23	31,287	25,921
Itasca	Grand Rapids	2,665	6,903	15	6	43,992	40,863
Jackson	Jackson	702	1,818	17	6	11,268	11,677
Kanabec	Mora	525	1,360	24	9	14,996	12,802
Kandiyohi	Willmar	796	2,062	49	19	41,203	38,761
Kittson	Hallock	1,097	2,842	5	2	5,285	5,767
Koochiching	International Falls	3,102	8,035	5	2	14,355	16,299
Lac qui Parle	Madison	765	1,981	12	5	8,067	8,924
Lake	Two Harbors	2,099	5,437	5	2	11,058	10,415
Lake of the Woods	Baudette	1,297	3,359	3	1	4,522	4,076
Le Sueur	Le Center	449	1,162	52	20	25,426	23,239
Lincoln	Ivanhoe	537	1,391	13	5	6,429	6,890
Lyon	Marshall	714	1,850	35	13	25,425	24,789
Mahnomen	Mahnomen	556	1,441	9	4	5,190	5,044
Marshall	Warren	1,772	4,590	6	2	10,155	10,993
Martin	Fairmont	709	1,837	32	13	21,802	22,914
McLeod	Glencoe	492	1,274	65	25	34,898	32,030
Meeker	Litchfield	609	1,576	34	13	22,644	20,846
Mille Lacs	Milaca	575	1,488	33	13	22,330	18,670
Morrison	Little Falls	1,125	2,913	26	10	31,712	29,604
Mower	Austin	712	1,843	53	20	38,603	37,385
Murray	Slayton	705	1,825	14	5	9,165	9,660
Nicollet	St. Peter	452	1,172	62	24	29,771	28,076
Nobles	Worthington	716	1,853	28	11	20,832	20,098
Norman	Ada	876	2,270	9	4	7,442	7,975
Olmsted	Rochester	653	1,691	163	63	124,277	106,470
Otter Tail	Fergus Falls	1,980	5,128	26	10	57,159	50,714
Pennington	Thief River Falls	617	1,597	22	8	13,584	13,306
Pine	Pine City	1,411	3,655	15	6	26,530	21,264
Pipestone	Pipestone	466	1,207	23	9	9,895	10,491
Polk	Crookston	1,971	5,104	17	6	31,369	32,498
Pope	Glenwood	670	1,736	16	6	11,236	10,745
Ramsey	St. Paul	156	404	3,118	1,204	511,035	485,765
Redwood	Redwood Falls	880	2,279	20	8	16,815	17,254
Red Lake	Red Lake Falls	432	1,120	11	4	4,299	4,525
Renville	Olivia	983	2,546	18	7	17,154	17,673
Rice	Faribault	498	1,289	99	38	56,665	49,183
Rock	Luverne	483	1,250	20	8	9,721	9,806
Roseau	Roseau	1,663	4,306	9	4	16,338	15,026
Scott	Shakopee	357	924	162	63	89,498	57,846
Sherburne	Elk River	437	1,131	96	37	64,417	41,945
Sibley	Gaylord	589	1,525	24	9	15,356	14,366
St. Louis	Duluth	6,226	16,125	32	12	200,528	198,213
Stearns	St. Cloud	1,345	3,483	88	34	133,166	118,791
Steele	Owatonna	430	1,113	72	28	33,680	30,729
Stevens	Morris	562	1,456	19	7	10,053	10,634
Swift	Benson	744	1,926	14	6	11,956	10,724
Todd	Long Prairie	942	2,440	25	10	24,426	23,363
Traverse	Wheaton	574	1,487	8	3	4,134	4,463
Wabasha	Wabasha	525	1,360	38	15	21,610	19,744
Wadena	Wadena	536	1,387	25	10	13,713	13,154
Waseca	Waseca	423	1,096	43	17	19,526	18,079
Washington	Stillwater	392	1,015	372	144	201,130	145,896
Watonwan	St. James	435	1,125	27	10	11,876	11,682
Wilkin	Breckenridge	752	1,946	10	4	7,138	7,516
Winona	Winona	626	1,622	76	30	49,985	47,828
Wright	Buffalo	661	1,712	104	40	89,986	68,710
Yellow Medicine	Granite Falls	758	1,963	15	6	11,080	11,684

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Aitkin	349	14,752	35	30	3	24	108	92
Anoka	2,079	279,133	4,756	5,038	64	1	5,084	4,961
Becker	2,256	26,806	58	108	4	73	695	230
Beltrami	8,071	30,394	142	225	8	82	728	394
Benton	177	32,933	266	392	16	121	321	307
Big Stone	30	5,729	10	24	0	7	20	20
Blue Earth	155	53,121	666	1,000	35	386	578	988
Brown	31	26,325	27	111	4	244	169	545
Carlton	1,644	29,057	308	112	3	67	480	266
Carver	129	67,361	417	1,096	10	613	579	1,791
Cass	3,110	23,490	31	76	6	38	399	220
Chippewa	131	12,666	23	39	3	123	103	251
Chisago	187	39,953	210	287	11	126	327	473
Clay	740	48,149	268	449	14	857	752	1,872
Clearwater	723	7,518	16	21	1	20	124	65
Cook	392	4,623	15	17	2	13	106	39
Cottonwood	28	11,587	41	198	10	164	139	267
Crow Wing	429	53,801	170	152	7	112	428	381
Dakota	1,347	325,166	8,091	10,285	165	4	6,244	10,459
Dodge	31	17,125	35	73	1	336	130	530
Douglas	78	32,326	60	132	9	58	158	193
Faribault	31	15,714	39	58	7	220	112	566
Fillmore	22	20,894	35	31	0	36	104	113
Freeborn	64	31,028	79	178	6	952	277	2,049
Goodhue	434	42,613	280	251	12	232	305	473
Grant	17	6,181	13	12	0	19	47	33
Hennepin	11,163	898,921	99,943	53,555	531	23	29,041	45,439
Houston	36	19,416	61	73	3	28	101	121
Hubbard	391	17,698	32	50	1	40	164	124
Isanti	182	30,551	80	120	7	53	294	259
Itasca	1,497	41,632	71	120	10	71	591	263
Jackson	13	10,938	10	155	0	109	43	210
Kanabec	121	14,587	26	66	5	25	166	140
Kandiyohi	138	38,576	209	158	27	1	376	3,295
Kittson	14	5,184	8	13	0	20	46	67
Koochiching	309	13,798	27	25	9	11	176	81
Lac qui Parle	18	7,974	13	26	0	5	31	21
Lake	77	10,836	11	20	1	16	97	63
Lake of the Woods	51	4,396	13	11	0	5	46	29
Le Sueur	66	24,551	38	77	10	513	171	997
Lincoln	18	6,353	3	13	0	27	15	55
Lyon	80	23,792	378	425	5	481	264	1,009
Mahnomen	1,482	3,262	7	3	0	16	420	46
Marshall	29	9,873	10	17	0	165	61	298
Martin	22	21,195	55	91	5	274	160	421
McLeod	63	33,717	76	194	23	623	202	1,268
Meeker	41	22,043	44	90	1	316	109	487
Mille Lacs	1,046	20,890	60	47	3	49	235	214
Morrison	102	31,230	66	80	11	49	174	203
Mower	66	36,571	215	568	6	843	334	1,646
Murray	20	9,013	9	19	2	41	61	135
Nicollet	78	28,691	239	339	7	194	223	535
Nobles	64	18,019	223	830	15	1	297	2,325
Norman	129	7,092	8	23	0	84	106	227
Olmsted	317	112,255	3,330	5,305	41	1	1,881	2,959
Otter Tail	291	55,505	163	251	27	479	443	957
Pennington	112	13,179	28	80	6	69	110	169
Pine	713	25,047	341	80	8	88	253	465
Pipestone	146	9,566	17	46	2	26	92	69
Polk	408	29,543	104	95	5	806	408	1,502
Pope	20	11,107	23	9	1	20	56	57
Ramsey	4,221	395,406	38,900	44,836	323	12	14,813	26,979
Redwood	544	15,969	22	53	11	73	143	192
Red Lake	79	4,189	8	3	0	5	15	13
Renville	87	16,419	10	35	3	475	125	876
Rice	244	53,032	741	826	24	1	738	3,117
Rock	42	9,456	52	60	2	52	57	124
Roseau	232	15,671	21	283	3	13	115	71
Scott	693	83,813	824	1,946	27	1	1,081	2,381
Sherburne	287	62,308	550	372	14	276	610	709
Sibley	40	14,676	19	51	0	475	95	834
St. Louis	4,074	190,211	1,704	1,333	54	451	2,701	1,597
Stearns	350	127,832	1,110	2,104	45	632	1,093	1,827
Steele	35	32,061	360	286	7	555	376	1,266
Stevens	70	9,664	92	86	2	38	101	90
Swift	60	10,840	322	171	182	167	214	320
Todd	118	23,826	27	76	3	175	201	463
Traverse	116	3,986	1	11	3	2	15	50
Wabasha	59	21,171	54	94	0	135	97	364
Wadena	76	13,424	66	25	4	37	81	128
Waseca	116	18,482	441	90	6	252	139	566
Washington	785	188,317	3,689	4,297	66	1	2,760	3,892
Watonwan	25	10,515	44	103	2	1	144	1,804
Wilkin	30	6,979	11	11	1	35	71	110
Winona	97	47,887	384	935	12	267	403	686
Wright	253	88,055	235	393	11	322	717	994
Yellow Medicine	226	10,647	12	19	1	102	73	195

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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