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.
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Related Topics: Minnesota Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 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 |