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Minnesota Counties by Population

Below are the 87 Minnesota counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2021 American Community Survey. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

Rank	County	Population
1	Hennepin County	1,270,283
2	Ramsey County	549,377
3	Dakota County	435,863
4	Anoka County	360,773
5	Washington County	264,818
6	St. Louis County	200,311
7	Olmsted County	160,928
8	Stearns County	157,638
9	Scott County	149,568
10	Wright County	139,890
11	Carver County	105,694
12	Sherburne County	96,295
13	Blue Earth County	68,575
14	Rice County	66,795
15	Crow Wing County	65,879
16	Clay County	64,975
17	Otter Tail County	59,728
18	Chisago County	56,328
19	Winona County	49,889
20	Goodhue County	47,503
21	Beltrami County	46,033
22	Itasca County	44,969
23	Kandiyohi County	43,504
24	Benton County	41,087
25	Isanti County	40,604
26	Mower County	39,985
27	Douglas County	38,742
28	Steele County	37,363
29	McLeod County	36,662
30	Carlton County	36,145
31	Becker County	34,995
32	Nicollet County	34,295
33	Morrison County	33,876
34	Polk County	31,303
35	Freeborn County	30,882
36	Cass County	29,917
37	Pine County	28,997
38	Le Sueur County	28,567
39	Mille Lacs County	26,397
40	Brown County	25,894
41	Lyon County	25,477
42	Todd County	25,121
43	Meeker County	23,268
44	Nobles County	22,223
45	Wabasha County	21,425
46	Hubbard County	21,219
47	Fillmore County	21,179
48	Dodge County	20,798
49	Martin County	20,070
50	Waseca County	18,972
51	Houston County	18,806
52	Kanabec County	16,004
53	Aitkin County	15,747
54	Redwood County	15,435
55	Roseau County	15,321
56	Sibley County	14,948
57	Renville County	14,768
58	Pennington County	14,063
59	Wadena County	14,009
60	Faribault County	13,933
61	Chippewa County	12,509
62	Koochiching County	12,203
63	Cottonwood County	11,484
64	Watonwan County	11,223
65	Pope County	11,216
66	Lake County	10,835
67	Jackson County	10,016
68	Swift County	9,810
69	Rock County	9,718
70	Stevens County	9,669
71	Yellow Medicine County	9,616
72	Pipestone County	9,370
73	Marshall County	9,082
74	Clearwater County	8,525
75	Murray County	8,224
76	Lac qui Parle County	6,753
77	Norman County	6,500
78	Wilkin County	6,495
79	Grant County	6,045
80	Lincoln County	5,655
81	Cook County	5,574
82	Mahnomen County	5,429
83	Big Stone County	5,155
84	Kittson County	4,213
85	Red Lake County	3,921
86	Lake of the Woods County	3,757
87	Traverse County	3,362
United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

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