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Counties in Minnesota by female population share, 2025

Waseca County had the highest female population share of 87 counties in 2025, at 51.9%. Pine County had the lowest, at 46.4%. The median was 49.7% and the figure for Minnesota was 50.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest51.9Waseca County
Lowest46.4Pine County
Median49.787 counties
Minnesota50.3History

Map of counties, 2025

Aitkin County: 49.4 %Anoka County: 50.2 %Becker County: 49.5 %Beltrami County: 50.2 %Benton County: 49.7 %Big Stone County: 50 %Blue Earth County: 49.9 %Brown County: 50 %Carlton County: 47.3 %Carver County: 50.2 %Cass County: 48.9 %Chippewa County: 49.9 %Chisago County: 48.7 %Clay County: 50.7 %Clearwater County: 48.6 %Cook County: 49.6 %Cottonwood County: 49.3 %Crow Wing County: 50.3 %Dakota County: 51.2 %Dodge County: 49.5 %Douglas County: 50 %Faribault County: 49.7 %Fillmore County: 49.7 %Freeborn County: 50 %Goodhue County: 50.3 %Grant County: 48.6 %Hennepin County: 50.9 %Houston County: 50.2 %Hubbard County: 49.7 %Isanti County: 49.7 %Itasca County: 49.5 %Jackson County: 49.5 %Kanabec County: 50.1 %Kandiyohi County: 50.1 %Kittson County: 49.3 %Koochiching County: 49.6 %Lac qui Parle County: 48.8 %Lake County: 49 %Lake of the Woods County: 48 %Le Sueur County: 49.1 %Lincoln County: 49.6 %Lyon County: 50.1 %McLeod County: 49.9 %Mahnomen County: 50 %Marshall County: 48.5 %Martin County: 49.9 %Meeker County: 48.9 %Mille Lacs County: 49.2 %Morrison County: 49.5 %Mower County: 50.2 %Murray County: 50.3 %Nicollet County: 50 %Nobles County: 48.8 %Norman County: 48.5 %Olmsted County: 51 %Otter Tail County: 49.8 %Pennington County: 49.9 %Pine County: 46.4 %Pipestone County: 50.1 %Polk County: 49.8 %Pope County: 49.2 %Ramsey County: 51.3 %Red Lake County: 47.9 %Redwood County: 49.6 %Renville County: 48.8 %Rice County: 48.9 %Rock County: 49.9 %Roseau County: 48.4 %St. Louis County: 50 %Scott County: 50.3 %Sherburne County: 48.7 %Sibley County: 49 %Stearns County: 49.6 %Steele County: 50.2 %Stevens County: 49.5 %Swift County: 49 %Todd County: 48.5 %Traverse County: 48.7 %Wabasha County: 50.1 %Wadena County: 50.3 %Waseca County: 51.9 %Washington County: 50.8 %Watonwan County: 49.7 %Wilkin County: 48.3 %Winona County: 50.8 %Wright County: 49.6 %Yellow Medicine County: 49.6 %
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%, 2025. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2025

Waseca County: 51.9 %Waseca County51.9Ramsey County: 51.3 %Ramsey County51.3Dakota County: 51.2 %Dakota County51.2Olmsted County: 51 %Olmsted County51Hennepin County: 50.9 %Hennepin County50.9Winona County: 50.8 %Winona County50.8Washington County: 50.8 %Washington County50.8Clay County: 50.7 %Clay County50.7Wadena County: 50.3 %Wadena County50.3Scott County: 50.3 %Scott County50.3Crow Wing County: 50.3 %Crow Wing County50.3Murray County: 50.3 %Murray County50.3Goodhue County: 50.3 %Goodhue County50.3Carver County: 50.2 %Carver County50.2Houston County: 50.2 %Houston County50.2Steele County: 50.2 %Steele County50.2Mower County: 50.2 %Mower County50.2Anoka County: 50.2 %Anoka County50.2Beltrami County: 50.2 %Beltrami County50.2Kanabec County: 50.1 %Kanabec County50.1Kandiyohi County: 50.1 %Kandiyohi County50.1Lyon County: 50.1 %Lyon County50.1Pipestone County: 50.1 %Pipestone County50.1Wabasha County: 50.1 %Wabasha County50.1St. Louis County: 50 %St. Louis County50Douglas County: 50 %Douglas County50Freeborn County: 50 %Freeborn County50Nicollet County: 50 %Nicollet County50Mahnomen County: 50 %Mahnomen County50Brown County: 50 %Brown County50Big Stone County: 50 %Big Stone County50Rock County: 49.9 %Rock County49.9Pennington County: 49.9 %Pennington County49.9McLeod County: 49.9 %McLeod County49.9Blue Earth County: 49.9 %Blue Earth County49.9Martin County: 49.9 %Martin County49.9Chippewa County: 49.9 %Chippewa County49.9Polk County: 49.8 %Polk County49.8Otter Tail County: 49.8 %Otter Tail County49.8Faribault County: 49.7 %Faribault County49.7Waseca County: 51.9 %Waseca County51.9Ramsey County: 51.3 %Ramsey County51.3Dakota County: 51.2 %Dakota County51.2Olmsted County: 51 %Olmsted County51Hennepin County: 50.9 %Hennepin County50.9Winona County: 50.8 %Winona County50.8Washington County: 50.8 %Washington County50.8Clay County: 50.7 %Clay County50.7Wadena County: 50.3 %Wadena County50.3Scott County: 50.3 %Scott County50.3Crow Wing County: 50.3 %Crow Wing County50.3Murray County: 50.3 %Murray County50.3Goodhue County: 50.3 %Goodhue County50.3Carver County: 50.2 %Carver County50.2Houston County: 50.2 %Houston County50.2Steele County: 50.2 %Steele County50.2Mower County: 50.2 %Mower County50.2Anoka County: 50.2 %Anoka County50.2Beltrami County: 50.2 %Beltrami County50.2Kanabec County: 50.1 %Kanabec County50.1Kandiyohi County: 50.1 %Kandiyohi County50.1Lyon County: 50.1 %Lyon County50.1Pipestone County: 50.1 %Pipestone County50.1Wabasha County: 50.1 %Wabasha County50.1St. Louis County: 50 %St. Louis County50Douglas County: 50 %Douglas County50Freeborn County: 50 %Freeborn County50Nicollet County: 50 %Nicollet County50Mahnomen County: 50 %Mahnomen County50Brown County: 50 %Brown County50Big Stone County: 50 %Big Stone County50Rock County: 49.9 %Rock County49.9Pennington County: 49.9 %Pennington County49.9McLeod County: 49.9 %McLeod County49.9Blue Earth County: 49.9 %Blue Earth County49.9Martin County: 49.9 %Martin County49.9Chippewa County: 49.9 %Chippewa County49.9Polk County: 49.8 %Polk County49.8Otter Tail County: 49.8 %Otter Tail County49.8Faribault County: 49.7 %Faribault County49.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025 (%)Change on 2024
1Waseca County51.9+0.2 pts
2Ramsey County51.3-0 pts
3Dakota County51.2+0.1 pts
4Olmsted County51-0.1 pts
5Hennepin County50.9+0.1 pts
6Winona County50.8-0.1 pts
7Washington County50.8-0.1 pts
8Clay County50.70 pts
9Wadena County50.30 pts
10Scott County50.3-0 pts
11Crow Wing County50.3+0.1 pts
12Murray County50.3+0.1 pts
13Goodhue County50.3-0.1 pts
14Carver County50.2-0.1 pts
15Houston County50.2+0.2 pts
16Steele County50.2-0.1 pts
17Mower County50.2-0 pts
18Anoka County50.2-0 pts
19Beltrami County50.2+0.2 pts
20Kanabec County50.10 pts
21Kandiyohi County50.1-0 pts
22Lyon County50.10 pts
23Pipestone County50.1+0.1 pts
24Wabasha County50.10 pts
25St. Louis County500 pts
26Douglas County500 pts
27Freeborn County50+0.1 pts
28Nicollet County50-0 pts
29Mahnomen County50-0.1 pts
30Brown County50-0.1 pts
31Big Stone County50-0.1 pts
32Rock County49.9-0.3 pts
33Pennington County49.9+0.2 pts
34McLeod County49.9-0 pts
35Blue Earth County49.9-0 pts
36Martin County49.9-0.2 pts
37Chippewa County49.9+0.1 pts
38Polk County49.8-0.1 pts
39Otter Tail County49.8+0.1 pts
40Faribault County49.7+0.1 pts
41Watonwan County49.70 pts
42Benton County49.7-0 pts
43Hubbard County49.7-0.4 pts
44Fillmore County49.70 pts
45Isanti County49.7-0 pts
46Wright County49.60 pts
47Koochiching County49.60 pts
48Stearns County49.6-0.1 pts
49Cook County49.6-0.2 pts
50Yellow Medicine County49.6+0.1 pts
51Lincoln County49.6-0.3 pts
52Redwood County49.6-0.1 pts
53Stevens County49.5-0.1 pts
54Becker County49.5-0.1 pts
55Dodge County49.5+0.1 pts
56Morrison County49.50 pts
57Jackson County49.5+0.1 pts
58Itasca County49.5-0 pts
59Aitkin County49.40 pts
60Cottonwood County49.3-0 pts
61Kittson County49.3-0.2 pts
62Mille Lacs County49.2-0.1 pts
63Pope County49.2-0.1 pts
64Le Sueur County49.10 pts
65Sibley County49+0.2 pts
66Swift County49-0 pts
67Lake County49-0 pts
68Cass County48.9+0.1 pts
69Meeker County48.9+0.2 pts
70Rice County48.9-0 pts
71Renville County48.8+0.2 pts
72Nobles County48.8-0 pts
73Lac qui Parle County48.80 pts
74Sherburne County48.7+0.1 pts
75Chisago County48.7+0.1 pts
76Traverse County48.7-0.4 pts
77Grant County48.6-0.6 pts
78Clearwater County48.6-0.3 pts
79Marshall County48.5-0 pts
79Todd County48.5+0.1 pts
81Norman County48.5-0.2 pts
82Roseau County48.4+0.2 pts
83Wilkin County48.3+0.3 pts
84Lake of the Woods County48+0.2 pts
85Red Lake County47.9+0.2 pts
86Carlton County47.3-0 pts
87Pine County46.4-0.1 pts

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Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Minnesota by female population share, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Minnesota by female population share, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/minnesota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Minnesota by female population share, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/minnesota-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Minnesota by female population share, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/minnesota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Waseca County, with 51.9% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Pine County, with 46.4% in 2025.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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