Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Minnesota county as at April 2020 was Hennepin County (1.28M), followed by Ramsey County (552.35K), and Dakota County (439.88K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Minnesota.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Anoka
Washington
St. Louis
Olmsted
Stearns
Scott
Wright
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Hennepin County 1281565
2 Ramsey County 552352
3 Dakota County 439882
4 Anoka County 363887
5 Washington County 267568
6 St. Louis County 200231
7 Olmsted County 162847
8 Stearns County 158292
9 Scott County 150928
10 Wright County 141337
11 Carver County 106922
12 Sherburne County 97183
13 Blue Earth County 69112
14 Rice County 67097
15 Crow Wing County 66123
16 Clay County 65318
17 Otter Tail County 60081
18 Chisago County 56621
19 Winona County 49671
20 Goodhue County 47582
21 Beltrami County 46228
22 Itasca County 45014
23 Kandiyohi County 43732
24 Benton County 41379
25 Isanti County 41135
26 Mower County 40029
27 Douglas County 39006
28 Steele County 37406
29 McLeod County 36771
30 Carlton County 36207
31 Becker County 35183
32 Nicollet County 34454
33 Morrison County 34010
34 Polk County 31192
35 Freeborn County 30895
36 Cass County 30066
37 Pine County 28876
38 Le Sueur County 28674
39 Mille Lacs County 26459
40 Brown County 25912
41 Lyon County 25269
42 Todd County 25262
43 Meeker County 23400
44 Nobles County 22290
45 Wabasha County 21387
46 Hubbard County 21344
47 Fillmore County 21228
48 Dodge County 20867
49 Martin County 20025
50 Waseca County 18968
51 Houston County 18843
52 Kanabec County 16032
53 Aitkin County 15697
54 Redwood County 15425
55 Roseau County 15331
56 Sibley County 14836
57 Renville County 14723
58 Wadena County 14065
59 Pennington County 13992
60 Faribault County 13921
61 Chippewa County 12598
62 Koochiching County 12062
63 Cottonwood County 11517
64 Pope County 11308
65 Watonwan County 11253
66 Lake County 10905
67 Jackson County 9989
68 Swift County 9838
69 Rock County 9704
70 Stevens County 9671
71 Yellow Medicine County 9528
72 Pipestone County 9424
73 Marshall County 9040
74 Clearwater County 8524
75 Murray County 8179
76 Lac qui Parle County 6719
77 Wilkin County 6506
78 Norman County 6441
79 Grant County 6074
80 Lincoln County 5640
81 Cook County 5600
82 Mahnomen County 5411
83 Big Stone County 5166
84 Kittson County 4207
85 Red Lake County 3935
86 Lake of the Woods County 3763
87 Traverse County 3360