County Census Records
Minnesota Counties
93 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.
93 counties
Population as of 2020 census
Aitkin
15,697
Anoka
363,887
Becker
35,183
Beltrami
46,228
Benton
41,379
Big Stone
5,166
Blue Earth
69,112
Brown
25,912
Buchanan
26
Carlton
36,207
Carver
106,922
Cass
30,066
Chippewa
12,598
Chisago
56,621
Clay
65,318
Clearwater
8,524
Cook
5,600
Cottonwood
11,517
Crow Wing
66,123
Dakota
439,882
Dodge
20,867
Douglas
39,006
Faribault
13,921
Fillmore
21,228
Freeborn
30,895
Goodhue
47,582
Grant
6,074
Hennepin
1,281,565
Houston
18,843
Hubbard
21,344
Isanti
41,135
Itasca
45,014
Jackson
9,989
Kanabec
16,032
Kandiyohi
43,732
Kittson
4,207
Koochiching
12,062
Lac qui Parle
6,719
Lake
10,905
Lake of the Woods
3,763
Le Sueur
28,674
Lincoln
5,640
Lyon
25,269
Mahkahta
158
Mahnomen
5,411
Manomin
136
Marshall
9,040
Martin
20,025
McLeod
36,771
Meeker
23,400
Mille Lacs
26,459
Monongalia
3,161
Morrison
34,010
Mower
40,029
Murray
8,179
Nicollet
34,454
Nobles
22,290
Norman
6,441
Olmsted
162,847
Otter Tail
60,081
Pennington
13,992
Pierce
11
Pine
28,876
Pipestone
9,424
Polk
31,192
Pope
11,308
Ramsey
552,352
Red Lake
3,935
Redwood
15,425
Renville
14,723
Rice
67,097
Rock
9,704
Roseau
15,331
Scott
150,928
Sherburne
97,183
Sibley
14,836
St. Louis
200,231
Stearns
158,292
Steele
37,406
Stevens
9,671
Swift
9,838
Todd
25,262
Traverse
3,360
Wabasha
21,387
Wadena
14,065
Wahnata
160
Waseca
18,968
Washington
267,568
Watonwan
11,253
Wilkin
6,506
Winona
49,671
Wright
141,337
Yellow Medicine
9,528
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