Minnesota Citizen Population By County in 2017 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2017, the citizen population for Minnesota was 5,267,840 and represented 95.94% of the total Minnesota population.

Among all Minnesota counties, Hennepin had the highest citizen population (1.14M), followed by Ramsey (497.06K), and Dakota (397.93K).

In terms of percentages, Lincoln had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.91%), followed by Wilkin (99.84%), and Wadena (99.82%).

The chart and table below shows the citizen population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens.

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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year (CVAP).

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County	Citizen Population	% of County Population
Hennepin	1138780	92.98
Ramsey	497055	92.41
Dakota	397925	95.97
Anoka	333780	96.79
Washington	244810	97.54
St. Louis	198035	98.87
Stearns	148890	95.87
Olmsted	143240	94.43
Scott	136540	96.52
Wright	129665	98.88
Carver	96660	97.83
Sherburne	90790	98.66
Blue Earth	63950	97.24
Crow Wing	63155	99.45
Rice	61815	94.74
Clay	60560	97.61
Otter Tail	56880	98.43
Chisago	53810	99.11
Winona	49990	98.04
Beltrami	45445	99.13
Goodhue	45380	98.35
Itasca	45090	99.68
Kandiyohi	40210	94.45
Benton	38600	98.07
Isanti	38330	99.34
Mower	36845	93.55
Douglas	36785	99.72
Steele	36060	98.50
Carlton	35215	99.45
McLeod	35180	98.23
Becker	33230	99.05
Morrison	32715	99.50
Nicollet	32635	97.49
Polk	30880	97.83
Freeborn	29505	96.36
Pine	28870	99.36
Cass	28685	99.57
Le Sueur	27285	98.11
Mille Lacs	25505	99.49
Brown	24960	98.87
Lyon	24755	95.99
Todd	23815	97.50
Meeker	22735	98.40
Wabasha	21325	99.23
Hubbard	20655	99.57
Fillmore	20610	98.97
Dodge	20235	98.78
Martin	19945	99.30
Nobles	18755	85.82
Houston	18650	99.68
Waseca	18535	98.07
Kanabec	15885	99.59
Aitkin	15790	99.68
Roseau	15300	98.49
Redwood	15230	98.70
Renville	14515	98.07
Sibley	14395	96.68
Pennington	14050	98.98
Faribault	13755	98.50
Wadena	13600	99.82
Koochiching	12435	97.34
Chippewa	11630	96.60
Cottonwood	11055	96.68
Pope	10865	99.41
Lake	10455	98.82
Jackson	9960	98.57
Watonwan	9935	90.86
Yellow Medicine	9845	99.14
Stevens	9445	96.77
Rock	9335	98.94
Swift	9315	98.57
Marshall	9305	99.04
Pipestone	8785	95.18
Clearwater	8770	99.38
Murray	8230	98.04
Lac qui Parle	6720	98.25
Norman	6500	98.63
Wilkin	6390	99.84
Grant	5900	99.58
Lincoln	5720	99.91
Mahnomen	5485	99.73
Cook	5040	95.64
Big Stone	5005	99.31
Kittson	4335	98.86
Red Lake	3980	99.13
Lake of the Woods	3810	99.22
Traverse	3330	99.26