# Counties in Minnesota by average household size, 2024

All 87 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mahnomen County | 2.8 |
| 1 | Nobles County | 2.8 |
| 3 | Scott County | 2.8 |
| 3 | Sherburne County | 2.8 |
| 5 | Wright County | 2.7 |
| 6 | Anoka County | 2.7 |
| 7 | Carver County | 2.7 |
| 8 | Chisago County | 2.6 |
| 9 | Watonwan County | 2.6 |
| 10 | Isanti County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Dodge County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Washington County | 2.6 |
| 13 | Rice County | 2.6 |
| 14 | Clearwater County | 2.5 |
| 14 | Dakota County | 2.5 |
| 16 | Mower County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Mille Lacs County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Sibley County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Stearns County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Le Sueur County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Meeker County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Todd County | 2.5 |
| 23 | Beltrami County | 2.5 |
| 23 | Kanabec County | 2.5 |
| 25 | Lyon County | 2.4 |
| 25 | Steele County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Benton County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Grant County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Kandiyohi County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Becker County | 2.4 |
| 31 | Hubbard County | 2.4 |
| 31 | Olmsted County | 2.4 |
| 33 | Fillmore County | 2.4 |
| 33 | Nicollet County | 2.4 |
| 33 | Roseau County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Carlton County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Cottonwood County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Morrison County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Traverse County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Waseca County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Cass County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Clay County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Goodhue County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Itasca County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Polk County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Ramsey County | 2.4 |
| 41 | Redwood County | 2.4 |
| 48 | Blue Earth County | 2.4 |
| 48 | McLeod County | 2.4 |
| 50 | Stevens County | 2.4 |
| 51 | Otter Tail County | 2.4 |
| 51 | Wilkin County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Chippewa County | 2.3 |
| 53 | Freeborn County | 2.3 |
| 53 | Renville County | 2.3 |
| 56 | Red Lake County | 2.3 |
| 57 | Marshall County | 2.3 |
| 57 | Rock County | 2.3 |
| 57 | Wabasha County | 2.3 |
| 60 | Norman County | 2.3 |
| 60 | Swift County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Big Stone County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Hennepin County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Winona County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Pine County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Pipestone County | 2.3 |
| 67 | Wadena County | 2.3 |
| 68 | Pope County | 2.3 |
| 68 | Yellow Medicine County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Crow Wing County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Houston County | 2.3 |
| 72 | Faribault County | 2.2 |
| 73 | Brown County | 2.2 |
| 73 | Jackson County | 2.2 |
| 73 | Lac qui Parle County | 2.2 |
| 76 | Douglas County | 2.2 |
| 76 | Lincoln County | 2.2 |
| 78 | Murray County | 2.2 |
| 79 | St. Louis County | 2.2 |
| 80 | Aitkin County | 2.2 |
| 80 | Kittson County | 2.2 |
| 80 | Martin County | 2.2 |
| 83 | Pennington County | 2.2 |
| 84 | Lake County | 2.2 |
| 85 | Lake of the Woods County | 2.1 |
| 86 | Cook County | 2.1 |
| 87 | Koochiching County | 2 |