Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Minnesota counties, Ramsey County had the highest population density per square mile (3.63K people per sqr mile), followed by Hennepin County (2.31K people per sqr mile), and Anoka County (862.37 people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Lake of the Woods County had the lowest population density (2.90 people per sqr mile), followed by Kittson County (3.83 people per sqr mile), and Cook County (3.86 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramsey County | 3627.98 |
| 2 | Hennepin County | 2313.14 |
| 3 | Anoka County | 862.37 |
| 4 | Dakota County | 781.96 |
| 5 | Washington County | 695.50 |
| 6 | Scott County | 423.63 |
| 7 | Carver County | 302.02 |
| 8 | Olmsted County | 249.19 |
| 9 | Sherburne County | 224.49 |
| 10 | Wright County | 213.77 |
| 11 | Chisago County | 136.47 |
| 12 | Rice County | 135.32 |
| 13 | Stearns County | 117.88 |
| 14 | Benton County | 101.35 |
| 15 | Isanti County | 94.40 |
| 16 | Blue Earth County | 92.41 |
| 17 | Steele County | 87.06 |
| 18 | Winona County | 79.32 |
| 19 | Nicollet County | 76.81 |
| 20 | McLeod County | 74.81 |
| 21 | Crow Wing County | 66.23 |
| 22 | Le Sueur County | 63.91 |
| 23 | Goodhue County | 62.88 |
| 24 | Clay County | 62.50 |
| 25 | Douglas County | 61.24 |
| 26 | Mower County | 56.28 |
| 27 | Kandiyohi County | 54.85 |
| 28 | Dodge County | 47.50 |
| 29 | Mille Lacs County | 46.23 |
| 30 | Waseca County | 44.80 |
| 31 | Freeborn County | 43.68 |
| 32 | Brown County | 42.40 |
| 33 | Carlton County | 42.04 |
| 34 | Wabasha County | 40.90 |
| 35 | Meeker County | 38.49 |
| 36 | Lyon County | 35.37 |
| 37 | Houston County | 34.13 |
| 38 | St. Louis County | 32.05 |
| 39 | Nobles County | 31.17 |
| 40 | Kanabec County | 30.74 |
| 41 | Otter Tail County | 30.47 |
| 42 | Morrison County | 30.23 |
| 43 | Martin County | 28.11 |
| 44 | Becker County | 26.75 |
| 45 | Todd County | 26.73 |
| 46 | Wadena County | 26.22 |
| 47 | Watonwan County | 25.87 |
| 48 | Sibley County | 25.20 |
| 49 | Fillmore County | 24.65 |
| 50 | Hubbard County | 23.05 |
| 51 | Pennington County | 22.69 |
| 52 | Chippewa County | 21.68 |
| 53 | Pine County | 20.46 |
| 54 | Pipestone County | 20.26 |
| 55 | Rock County | 20.11 |
| 56 | Faribault County | 19.54 |
| 57 | Beltrami County | 18.46 |
| 58 | Cottonwood County | 18.00 |
| 59 | Redwood County | 17.56 |
| 60 | Stevens County | 17.16 |
| 61 | Pope County | 16.89 |
| 62 | Itasca County | 16.87 |
| 63 | Polk County | 15.83 |
| 64 | Renville County | 14.98 |
| 65 | Cass County | 14.87 |
| 66 | Jackson County | 14.21 |
| 67 | Swift County | 13.26 |
| 68 | Yellow Medicine County | 12.55 |
| 69 | Murray County | 11.61 |
| 70 | Grant County | 11.09 |
| 71 | Lincoln County | 10.51 |
| 72 | Big Stone County | 10.35 |
| 73 | Mahnomen County | 9.70 |
| 74 | Roseau County | 9.17 |
| 75 | Red Lake County | 9.10 |
| 76 | Lac qui Parle County | 8.78 |
| 77 | Wilkin County | 8.66 |
| 78 | Aitkin County | 8.62 |
| 79 | Clearwater County | 8.53 |
| 80 | Norman County | 7.38 |
| 81 | Traverse County | 5.86 |
| 82 | Lake County | 5.17 |
| 83 | Marshall County | 5.09 |
| 84 | Koochiching County | 3.89 |
| 85 | Cook County | 3.86 |
| 86 | Kittson County | 3.83 |
| 87 | Lake of the Woods County | 2.90 |