Minnesota County Map With Cities
Complete list of all 87 counties in Minnesota with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.
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All 87 Minnesota counties
| County | Largest City | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin | Minneapolis | 1,279,854 | 554 mi² | $105,541 | 22 |
| Ramsey | Saint Paul | 542,837 | 152 mi² | $83,636 | 1 |
| Dakota | Lakeville | 447,813 | 562 mi² | $109,506 | 13 |
| Anoka | Anoka | 388,243 | 423 mi² | $101,638 | 9 |
| Washington | Cottage Grove | 260,019 | 384 mi² | $121,097 | 13 |
| St. Louis | Duluth | 192,552 | 6,247 mi² | $72,541 | 34 |
| Stearns | Saint Cloud | 167,998 | 1,343 mi² | $79,543 | 25 |
| Olmsted | Rochester | 163,038 | 653 mi² | $98,029 | 7 |
| Scott | Shakopee | 144,357 | 356 mi² | $121,747 | 6 |
| Wright | Buffalo | 123,632 | 661 mi² | $106,149 | 12 |
| Sherburne | Elk River | 117,766 | 433 mi² | $105,446 | 7 |
| Carver | Chaska | 105,174 | 354 mi² | $126,172 | 12 |
| Blue Earth | Mankato | 70,803 | 748 mi² | $75,480 | 12 |
| Rice | Faribault | 70,256 | 496 mi² | $84,116 | 8 |
| Clay | Moorhead | 66,423 | 1,045 mi² | $81,989 | 11 |
| Crow Wing | Brainerd | 62,910 | 999 mi² | $74,008 | 13 |
| Otter Tail | Fergus Falls | 57,281 | 1,972 mi² | $71,246 | 20 |
| Chisago | North Branch | 53,829 | 415 mi² | $101,354 | 9 |
| Goodhue | Red Wing | 49,200 | 757 mi² | $86,594 | 10 |
| Winona | Winona | 48,709 | 626 mi² | $70,096 | 8 |
| Beltrami | Bemidji | 45,318 | 2,505 mi² | $71,349 | 13 |
| Itasca | Grand Rapids | 45,207 | 2,668 mi² | $70,851 | 24 |
| Kandiyohi | Willmar | 43,632 | 797 mi² | $78,441 | 11 |
| Mower | Austin | 40,888 | 711 mi² | $74,527 | 15 |
| Carlton | Cloquet | 38,469 | 861 mi² | $79,175 | 11 |
| McLeod | Hutchinson | 37,930 | 491 mi² | $81,421 | 8 |
| Steele | Owatonna | 37,926 | 430 mi² | $85,188 | 5 |
| Cass | Pequot Lakes | 37,518 | 2,022 mi² | $69,452 | 13 |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 36,270 | 637 mi² | $80,435 | 9 |
| Le Sueur | New Prague | 35,921 | 449 mi² | $98,433 | 9 |
| Isanti | Cambridge | 35,576 | 436 mi² | $88,226 | 5 |
| Mille Lacs | Princeton | 34,215 | 572 mi² | $84,509 | 7 |
| Benton | Sauk Rapids | 33,824 | 408 mi² | $86,815 | 5 |
| Nicollet | Saint Peter | 33,670 | 448 mi² | $79,026 | 5 |
| Becker | Detroit Lakes | 33,425 | 1,315 mi² | $72,351 | 12 |
| Polk | East Grand Forks | 32,786 | 1,971 mi² | $71,570 | 16 |
| Morrison | Little Falls | 32,173 | 1,125 mi² | $70,173 | 12 |
| Freeborn | Albert Lea | 29,453 | 707 mi² | $71,015 | 12 |
| Pine | Pine City | 28,735 | 1,411 mi² | $70,103 | 12 |
| Brown | New Ulm | 27,355 | 611 mi² | $70,354 | 7 |
| Todd | Long Prairie | 26,962 | 945 mi² | $65,330 | 11 |
| Lyon | Marshall | 26,468 | 715 mi² | $76,580 | 9 |
| Meeker | Litchfield | 23,083 | 608 mi² | $75,227 | 7 |
| Fillmore | Spring Valley | 22,833 | 861 mi² | $80,312 | 11 |
| Wabasha | Lake City | 21,678 | 523 mi² | $80,645 | 8 |
| Nobles | Worthington | 21,471 | 715 mi² | $67,262 | 10 |
| Dodge | Kasson | 20,783 | 439 mi² | $97,338 | 6 |
| Martin | Fairmont | 20,193 | 712 mi² | $59,857 | 11 |
| Houston | La Crescent | 19,689 | 552 mi² | $79,466 | 7 |
| Hubbard | Park Rapids | 19,265 | 926 mi² | $69,911 | 6 |
| Waseca | Waseca | 19,181 | 423 mi² | $76,293 | 4 |
| Aitkin | Aitkin | 19,144 | 1,822 mi² | $64,074 | 9 |
| Kanabec | Mora | 18,937 | 522 mi² | $71,035 | 4 |
| Wadena | Wadena | 17,521 | 536 mi² | $66,448 | 4 |
| Lake | Two Harbors | 16,172 | 2,109 mi² | $70,332 | 8 |
| Redwood | Redwood Falls | 15,369 | 879 mi² | $69,994 | 14 |
| Roseau | Roseau | 14,960 | 1,672 mi² | $72,595 | 7 |
| Renville | Olivia | 14,780 | 983 mi² | $70,554 | 10 |
| Pennington | Thief River Falls | 14,137 | 617 mi² | $78,241 | 3 |
| Faribault | Blue Earth | 13,474 | 712 mi² | $67,766 | 10 |
| Sibley | Arlington | 13,433 | 589 mi² | $76,801 | 7 |
| Pope | Glenwood | 12,883 | 670 mi² | $75,195 | 8 |
| Koochiching | International Falls | 12,235 | 3,104 mi² | $66,623 | 12 |
| Clearwater | Bagley | 12,145 | 999 mi² | $61,273 | 6 |
| Cottonwood | Windom | 11,385 | 639 mi² | $72,044 | 6 |
| Chippewa | Montevideo | 11,286 | 581 mi² | $73,169 | 5 |
| Watonwan | Saint James | 10,907 | 435 mi² | $71,653 | 6 |
| Rock | Luverne | 10,260 | 482 mi² | $70,045 | 9 |
| Swift | Benson | 10,140 | 742 mi² | $64,301 | 6 |
| Yellow Medicine | Granite Falls | 10,103 | 759 mi² | $69,184 | 7 |
| Stevens | Morris | 10,080 | 564 mi² | $76,629 | 5 |
| Jackson | Jackson | 9,617 | 703 mi² | $74,309 | 6 |
| Pipestone | Pipestone | 8,835 | 465 mi² | $72,492 | 6 |
| Murray | Slayton | 7,660 | 705 mi² | $72,832 | 8 |
| Wilkin | Breckenridge | 6,514 | 751 mi² | $73,314 | 7 |
| Grant | Elbow Lake | 6,438 | 548 mi² | $76,191 | 7 |
| Lac qui Parle | Madison | 6,368 | 765 mi² | $72,225 | 6 |
| Mahnomen | Mahnomen | 6,150 | 558 mi² | $63,937 | 5 |
| Norman | Ada | 6,147 | 873 mi² | $71,751 | 9 |
| Lincoln | Tyler | 5,964 | 537 mi² | $72,148 | 6 |
| Marshall | Newfolden | 5,724 | 1,775 mi² | $75,638 | 9 |
| Cook | Grand Marais | 5,635 | 1,452 mi² | $71,384 | 6 |
| Big Stone | Ortonville | 4,943 | 499 mi² | $73,737 | 6 |
| Lake of the Woods | Baudette | 4,365 | 1,298 mi² | $82,349 | 5 |
| Kittson | Hallock | 4,086 | 1,099 mi² | $74,669 | 10 |
| Red Lake | Red Lake Falls | 4,070 | 432 mi² | $78,714 | 4 |
| Traverse | Wheaton | 2,599 | 574 mi² | $59,524 | 3 |
How many counties does Minnesota have?
Minnesota has 87 counties covering 79,627 square miles and roughly 5,748,723 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1858 as the 32nd state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.
The largest county by land area is St. Louis County at 6,247 square miles, home to about 192,552 residents. The most populous is Hennepin County with approximately 1,279,854 residents — a density of about 2,310 people per square mile.
At the other end of the scale, Traverse County has only about 2,599 residents.
Minnesota’s capital is Saint Paul, while the largest city is Minneapolis — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.
Related resources
Download a printable outline of Minnesota’s county boundaries from our blank map of Minnesota page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.
Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Minnesota county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.
For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Minnesota address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.
Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Minnesota specifically: the 100-mile radius around Saint Paul measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Minnesota ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Minnesota’s 87 counties in national context.
Frequently asked questions
Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.