Minnesota Citizen Population By County in 2024 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2024, the citizen population for Minnesota was 5,534,868 and represented 96.44% of the total Minnesota population.

Among all Minnesota counties, Hennepin had the highest citizen population (1.20M), followed by Ramsey (511.87K), and Dakota (427.40K).

In terms of percentages, Clearwater had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.76%), followed by Aitkin (99.74%), and Morrison (99.69%).

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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Minnesota Citizen Population By County in 2024
Minnesota Citizen Population By County in 2024
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Hennepin 1196570 94.26
Ramsey 511869 94.28
Dakota 427398 95.88
Anoka 358265 96.74
Washington 268611 97.24
St. Louis 198516 99.20
Olmsted 157567 95.79
Stearns 154765 96.21
Scott 149140 96.50
Wright 145676 98.25
Carver 107431 97.63
Sherburne 98770 98.22
Blue Earth 68256 97.69
Crow Wing 67368 99.53
Clay 64803 98.10
Rice 64170 94.48
Otter Tail 59623 98.59
Chisago 57347 98.89
Winona 49018 98.47
Goodhue 47086 98.21
Beltrami 46202 99.34
Itasca 45049 99.50
Isanti 42181 99.02
Kandiyohi 41337 93.79
Benton 40789 98.07
Douglas 39409 99.58
Mower 37624 93.25
Steele 36647 97.89
Carlton 36102 98.86
McLeod 36078 98.05
Becker 35159 99.47
Morrison 34144 99.69
Nicollet 33690 97.91
Cass 30878 99.63
Polk 30413 99.06
Freeborn 30099 98.30
Pine 29400 99.18
Le Sueur 28390 97.51
Mille Lacs 26933 99.29
Brown 25511 98.89
Todd 24949 97.56
Lyon 24653 96.67
Meeker 23344 99.47
Hubbard 21718 99.48
Wabasha 21405 99.26
Fillmore 21230 99.15
Dodge 20651 98.13
Martin 19463 98.38
Nobles 19063 86.48
Waseca 18632 98.66
Houston 18594 99.68
Kanabec 16320 99.57
Aitkin 16011 99.74
Redwood 15244 99.33
Roseau 15141 98.95
Sibley 14545 96.90
Renville 14302 98.26
Wadena 14205 99.64
Faribault 13710 98.53
Pennington 13599 98.59
Koochiching 11712 98.94
Chippewa 11689 94.43
Pope 11380 99.69
Cottonwood 10977 95.79
Lake 10835 99.59
Watonwan 10207 91.09
Jackson 9823 98.90
Rock 9511 98.87
Swift 9478 97.22
Yellow Medicine 9266 98.06
Stevens 9094 93.39
Pipestone 8870 95.53
Marshall 8811 98.91
Clearwater 8596 99.76
Murray 7957 98.32
Lac qui Parle 6603 98.83
Wilkin 6271 98.43
Norman 6267 98.46
Grant 6079 99.23
Lincoln 5564 99.30
Cook 5510 97.80
Mahnomen 5335 99.61
Big Stone 5081 99.12
Kittson 4049 99.19
Red Lake 3898 99.54
Lake of the Woods 3780 98.95
Traverse 3188 98.21