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Population per Square Mile in Minnesota, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Minnesota, ranked. The highest is Ramsey County at 3,565.9 and the lowest is Lake of the Woods County at 2.9.

Minnesota: 72.1 · United States: n/a · median county in Minnesota: 27.1

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Ramsey County3,565.9
2Hennepin County2,291.4
3Anoka County877.7
4Dakota County792.4
5Washington County718.0
6Scott County434.0
7Carver County311.0
8Olmsted County251.7
9Sherburne County232.3
10Wright County224.3
11Chisago County139.8
12Rice County137.0
13Stearns County119.8
14Benton County101.9
15Isanti County97.7
16Blue Earth County93.4
17Steele County87.2
18Winona County79.5
19Nicollet County76.7
20McLeod County74.9
21Crow Wing County67.8
22Le Sueur County64.9
23Goodhue County63.4
24Clay County63.2
25Douglas County62.1
26Mower County56.7
27Kandiyohi County55.3
28Dodge County47.9
29Mille Lacs County47.4
30Waseca County44.6
31Freeborn County43.3
32Carlton County42.4
33Brown County42.2
34Wabasha County41.2
35Meeker County38.6
36Lyon County35.7
37Houston County33.8
38St. Louis County32.0
39Kanabec County31.4
40Nobles County30.8
41Otter Tail County30.7
42Morrison County30.4
43Martin County27.8
44Todd County27.1
45Becker County26.9
46Wadena County26.6
47Watonwan County25.8
48Sibley County25.5
49Fillmore County24.9
50Hubbard County23.6
51Pennington County22.4
52Chippewa County21.3
53Pine County21.0
54Pipestone County20.0
55Rock County19.9
56Faribault County19.5
57Beltrami County18.6
58Cottonwood County17.9
59Redwood County17.5
60Stevens County17.3
61Itasca County17.0
62Pope County16.9
63Polk County15.6
64Cass County15.3
65Renville County14.8
66Jackson County14.1
67Swift County13.1
68Yellow Medicine County12.5
69Murray County11.5
70Grant County11.2
71Lincoln County10.4
72Big Stone County10.3
73Mahnomen County9.6
74Roseau County9.2
75Red Lake County9.1
76Aitkin County8.8
77Lac qui Parle County8.7
78Clearwater County8.6
79Wilkin County8.5
80Norman County7.3
81Traverse County5.7
82Lake County5.2
83Marshall County5.0
84Cook County3.9
85Koochiching County3.8
86Kittson County3.7
87Lake of the Woods County2.9

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Minnesota ranks 32nd of 52 states for population per square mile.

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