Minnesota Citizen Population By County in 2020 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2020, the citizen population for Minnesota was 5,386,645 and represented 96.19% of the total Minnesota population.

Among all Minnesota counties, Hennepin had the highest citizen population (1.18M), followed by Ramsey (509.71K), and Dakota (407.30K).

In terms of percentages, Lake of the Woods had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.87%), followed by Wilkin (99.84%), and Mahnomen (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	1175370	93.63
Ramsey	509705	93.25
Dakota	407295	95.77
Anoka	342995	96.95
Washington	252980	97.65
St. Louis	197690	99.09
Stearns	153890	96.31
Olmsted	148235	94.75
Scott	142765	96.99
Wright	135085	99.05
Carver	101130	97.65
Sherburne	94545	98.47
Blue Earth	65100	96.63
Crow Wing	64530	99.62
Rice	62800	94.37
Clay	62705	97.93
Otter Tail	57690	98.76
Chisago	55335	99.09
Winona	49710	97.96
Beltrami	46400	99.18
Goodhue	45525	98.26
Itasca	45030	99.67
Kandiyohi	41040	95.64
Isanti	39640	99.09
Benton	39535	97.68
Douglas	37710	99.71
Mower	36640	91.76
Steele	35930	97.88
Carlton	35400	99.13
McLeod	35205	98.37
Becker	34050	99.49
Nicollet	33305	97.45
Morrison	32935	99.44
Polk	30850	98.30
Cass	29390	99.76
Freeborn	29320	96.24
Pine	29140	99.61
Le Sueur	27990	98.47
Mille Lacs	25795	99.35
Brown	24825	99.00
Lyon	24450	95.16
Todd	24050	97.74
Meeker	22935	99.07
Wabasha	21380	99.14
Hubbard	21115	99.20
Fillmore	20835	99.07
Dodge	20455	98.32
Martin	19685	99.75
Nobles	18775	86.66
Houston	18600	99.63
Waseca	18240	97.75
Kanabec	16140	99.60
Aitkin	15785	99.75
Redwood	15075	99.21
Roseau	15020	98.43
Sibley	14350	96.50
Renville	14260	97.87
Pennington	13970	99.01
Faribault	13530	98.58
Wadena	13490	98.61
Koochiching	12060	97.61
Chippewa	11285	95.03
Pope	11045	99.46
Cottonwood	10800	95.75
Lake	10540	99.72
Watonwan	9865	90.46
Jackson	9745	98.68
Yellow Medicine	9655	98.77
Stevens	9390	96.11
Marshall	9320	99.63
Rock	9290	98.99
Swift	9105	97.59
Clearwater	8845	99.72
Pipestone	8715	95.09
Murray	8055	97.70
Lac qui Parle	6550	98.57
Norman	6385	98.76
Wilkin	6255	99.84
Grant	5925	99.41
Lincoln	5615	99.56
Mahnomen	5500	99.82
Cook	5195	96.20
Big Stone	4935	99.20
Kittson	4230	99.06
Red Lake	3995	99.75
Lake of the Woods	3740	99.87
Traverse	3260	99.39