# Counties in Minnesota by population, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/minnesota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/minnesota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 1,284,784 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 541,623 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 457,710 |
| 4 | Anoka County | 381,605 |
| 5 | Washington County | 286,895 |
| 6 | St. Louis County | 200,518 |
| 7 | Olmsted County | 166,731 |
| 8 | Stearns County | 164,110 |
| 9 | Scott County | 159,017 |
| 10 | Wright County | 157,559 |
| 11 | Carver County | 114,379 |
| 12 | Sherburne County | 104,194 |
| 13 | Blue Earth County | 70,634 |
| 14 | Rice County | 69,939 |
| 15 | Crow Wing County | 69,132 |
| 16 | Clay County | 67,734 |
| 17 | Otter Tail County | 61,041 |
| 18 | Chisago County | 59,142 |
| 19 | Winona County | 50,523 |
| 20 | Goodhue County | 48,195 |
| 21 | Beltrami County | 47,055 |
| 22 | Itasca County | 45,404 |
| 23 | Kandiyohi County | 44,720 |
| 24 | Isanti County | 44,386 |
| 25 | Benton County | 41,744 |
| 26 | Mower County | 40,971 |
| 27 | Douglas County | 40,120 |
| 28 | Steele County | 37,464 |
| 29 | Carlton County | 36,711 |
| 30 | McLeod County | 36,631 |
| 31 | Becker County | 35,497 |
| 32 | Morrison County | 34,620 |
| 33 | Nicollet County | 34,273 |
| 34 | Cass County | 31,430 |
| 35 | Polk County | 30,545 |
| 36 | Pine County | 30,472 |
| 37 | Freeborn County | 30,440 |
| 38 | Le Sueur County | 29,453 |
| 39 | Mille Lacs County | 27,753 |
| 40 | Todd County | 26,060 |
| 41 | Lyon County | 25,684 |
| 42 | Brown County | 25,517 |
| 43 | Meeker County | 23,603 |
| 44 | Hubbard County | 22,369 |
| 45 | Nobles County | 22,338 |
| 46 | Fillmore County | 21,540 |
| 47 | Wabasha County | 21,537 |
| 48 | Dodge County | 21,376 |
| 49 | Martin County | 19,440 |
| 50 | Waseca County | 18,688 |
| 51 | Houston County | 18,400 |
| 52 | Kanabec County | 16,628 |
| 53 | Aitkin County | 16,252 |
| 54 | Sibley County | 15,356 |
| 55 | Redwood County | 15,265 |
| 56 | Roseau County | 15,246 |
| 57 | Wadena County | 14,388 |
| 58 | Renville County | 14,356 |
| 59 | Faribault County | 13,888 |
| 60 | Pennington County | 13,686 |
| 61 | Chippewa County | 12,406 |
| 62 | Koochiching County | 11,587 |
| 63 | Watonwan County | 11,459 |
| 64 | Pope County | 11,420 |
| 65 | Cottonwood County | 11,405 |
| 66 | Lake County | 10,746 |
| 67 | Jackson County | 9,857 |
| 68 | Swift County | 9,763 |
| 69 | Stevens County | 9,747 |
| 70 | Rock County | 9,524 |
| 71 | Yellow Medicine County | 9,477 |
| 72 | Pipestone County | 9,260 |
| 73 | Marshall County | 8,798 |
| 74 | Clearwater County | 8,647 |
| 75 | Murray County | 7,942 |
| 76 | Lac qui Parle County | 6,704 |
| 77 | Norman County | 6,336 |
| 78 | Wilkin County | 6,288 |
| 79 | Grant County | 6,085 |
| 80 | Lincoln County | 5,583 |
| 81 | Cook County | 5,522 |
| 82 | Mahnomen County | 5,153 |
| 83 | Big Stone County | 5,054 |
| 84 | Kittson County | 4,031 |
| 85 | Red Lake County | 3,940 |
| 86 | Lake of the Woods County | 3,770 |
| 87 | Traverse County | 3,130 |