# Counties in Minnesota by population under 18, 2025

All 87 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_0_17_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 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
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mahnomen County | 29.2 |
| 2 | Nobles County | 28.6 |
| 3 | Watonwan County | 27.6 |
| 4 | Wright County | 26.3 |
| 5 | Pipestone County | 25.8 |
| 6 | Todd County | 25.4 |
| 7 | Wadena County | 25.3 |
| 8 | Lyon County | 25.2 |
| 9 | Sherburne County | 25.2 |
| 10 | Mower County | 25.1 |
| 11 | Cottonwood County | 24.9 |
| 12 | Chippewa County | 24.8 |
| 13 | Dodge County | 24.6 |
| 14 | Red Lake County | 24.5 |
| 15 | Polk County | 24.5 |
| 16 | Redwood County | 24.4 |
| 17 | Clearwater County | 24.3 |
| 18 | Clay County | 24.2 |
| 19 | Kandiyohi County | 24.2 |
| 20 | Carver County | 24.2 |
| 21 | Scott County | 24.1 |
| 22 | Benton County | 23.3 |
| 23 | Stearns County | 23.3 |
| 24 | Beltrami County | 23.3 |
| 25 | Anoka County | 23.2 |
| 26 | Washington County | 23.2 |
| 27 | Yellow Medicine County | 23.1 |
| 28 | Dakota County | 23 |
| 29 | Fillmore County | 23 |
| 30 | Marshall County | 23 |
| 31 | Sibley County | 22.9 |
| 32 | Lac qui Parle County | 22.9 |
| 33 | Renville County | 22.9 |
| 34 | Meeker County | 22.9 |
| 35 | Wilkin County | 22.8 |
| 36 | Steele County | 22.8 |
| 37 | Roseau County | 22.7 |
| 38 | Isanti County | 22.6 |
| 39 | Morrison County | 22.6 |
| 40 | Becker County | 22.5 |
| 41 | Le Sueur County | 22.5 |
| 42 | Mille Lacs County | 22.5 |
| 43 | Swift County | 22.4 |
| 44 | Olmsted County | 22.4 |
| 45 | Kittson County | 22.4 |
| 46 | Stevens County | 22.3 |
| 47 | Big Stone County | 22.3 |
| 48 | Rock County | 22.2 |
| 49 | Grant County | 22.2 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 22.1 |
| 51 | Traverse County | 22 |
| 52 | Norman County | 22 |
| 53 | Ramsey County | 21.8 |
| 54 | Chisago County | 21.8 |
| 55 | Martin County | 21.6 |
| 56 | Pennington County | 21.5 |
| 57 | Pope County | 21.4 |
| 58 | Faribault County | 21.3 |
| 59 | Waseca County | 21.2 |
| 60 | Kanabec County | 21.2 |
| 61 | Goodhue County | 21.2 |
| 62 | Freeborn County | 21.2 |
| 63 | Brown County | 21.1 |
| 64 | Nicollet County | 21 |
| 65 | Wabasha County | 21 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 20.9 |
| 67 | McLeod County | 20.9 |
| 68 | Carlton County | 20.8 |
| 69 | Otter Tail County | 20.8 |
| 70 | Murray County | 20.8 |
| 71 | Rice County | 20.7 |
| 72 | Douglas County | 20.6 |
| 73 | Houston County | 20.5 |
| 74 | Hennepin County | 20.5 |
| 75 | Hubbard County | 20.1 |
| 76 | Itasca County | 19.8 |
| 77 | Crow Wing County | 19.5 |
| 78 | Blue Earth County | 19.2 |
| 79 | Cass County | 19 |
| 80 | Pine County | 18.7 |
| 81 | Lake County | 18.1 |
| 82 | St. Louis County | 17.8 |
| 83 | Koochiching County | 17.7 |
| 84 | Lake of the Woods County | 17.6 |
| 85 | Winona County | 17.5 |
| 86 | Aitkin County | 14.9 |
| 87 | Cook County | 14 |