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Minnesota on the map

Minnesota has 87 counties, the 14th most of any state. The largest is St. Louis, with 6,248 sq mi of land, and the smallest is Ramsey, with 152 sq mi: St. Louis is about 41 times bigger.

The state capital, St. Paul, is in Ramsey County. The capital version marks it on the map.

Hennepin County is the most populous, with 1,284,784 people in 2025, or 22% of the state. The least populous is Traverse, with 3,130. Since 2020, Wright has grown the fastest (+11.5%) and Traverse has lost the most (−6.9%).

What each county borders

Beltrami borders the most counties in the state: 9 (Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau).

30 counties touch another state. 10 border Wisconsin: Carlton, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Houston, Pine, St. Louis, Wabasha and 2 more. 9 border Iowa: Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Nobles and 1 more. 7 border South Dakota: Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine. 7 border North Dakota: Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Traverse, and Wilkin.

7 counties border Canada: Cook, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Roseau, and St. Louis.

3 counties are on the shore of the Great Lakes: Cook, Lake, and St. Louis. 52 counties are fully inland, with no coast and no border with another state or country.

Number key

Numbers follow alphabetical order, from 1 (Aitkin) to 87 (Yellow Medicine). Ramsey, Red Lake, Scott, and Washington are too small for a number on Letter or A4 but keep their number in the table; Tabloid and A3 fit more. Area is land area, without lakes or sea, and population is the Census estimate for July 1, 2025; “Borders” counts neighboring counties in the same state.

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No.	County	Land area	Population (2025)	Borders
1	Aitkin	1,821 sq mi	16,252	8
2	Anoka	422 sq mi	381,605	6
3	Becker	1,315 sq mi	35,497	7
4	Beltrami	2,505 sq mi	47,055	9
5	Benton	408 sq mi	41,744	4
6	Big Stone	499 sq mi	5,054	4
7	Blue Earth	748 sq mi	70,634	7
8	Brown	611 sq mi	25,517	6
9	Carlton	861 sq mi	36,711	3
10	Carver	354 sq mi	114,379	5
11	Cass	2,021 sq mi	31,430	8
12	Chippewa	581 sq mi	12,406	5
13	Chisago	415 sq mi	59,142	4
14	Clay	1,045 sq mi	67,734	4
15	Clearwater	999 sq mi	8,647	6
16	Cook	1,453 sq mi	5,522	1
17	Cottonwood	640 sq mi	11,405	6
18	Crow Wing	998 sq mi	69,132	4
19	Dakota	563 sq mi	457,710	6
20	Dodge	439 sq mi	21,376	5
21	Douglas	637 sq mi	40,120	5
22	Faribault	712 sq mi	13,888	4
23	Fillmore	861 sq mi	21,540	4
24	Freeborn	707 sq mi	30,440	4
25	Goodhue	757 sq mi	48,195	5
26	Grant	548 sq mi	6,085	5
27	Hennepin	554 sq mi	1,284,784	7
28	Houston	552 sq mi	18,400	2
29	Hubbard	926 sq mi	22,369	5
30	Isanti	436 sq mi	44,386	5
31	Itasca	2,667 sq mi	45,404	5
32	Jackson	703 sq mi	9,857	4
33	Kanabec	522 sq mi	16,628	4
34	Kandiyohi	797 sq mi	44,720	6
35	Kittson	1,099 sq mi	4,031	2
36	Koochiching	3,105 sq mi	11,587	4
37	Lac qui Parle	765 sq mi	6,704	4
38	Lake	2,109 sq mi	10,746	2
39	Lake of the Woods	1,298 sq mi	3,770	3
40	Le Sueur	449 sq mi	29,453	6
41	Lincoln	537 sq mi	5,583	3
42	Lyon	714 sq mi	25,684	5
43	Mahnomen	558 sq mi	5,153	4
44	Marshall	1,775 sq mi	8,798	5
45	Martin	712 sq mi	19,440	4
46	McLeod	492 sq mi	36,631	5
47	Meeker	608 sq mi	23,603	5
48	Mille Lacs	572 sq mi	27,753	7
49	Morrison	1,125 sq mi	34,620	6
50	Mower	711 sq mi	40,971	5
51	Murray	705 sq mi	7,942	6
52	Nicollet	448 sq mi	34,273	5
53	Nobles	715 sq mi	22,338	4
54	Norman	873 sq mi	6,336	4
55	Olmsted	654 sq mi	166,731	6
56	Otter Tail	1,972 sq mi	61,041	7
57	Pennington	617 sq mi	13,686	5
58	Pine	1,411 sq mi	30,472	4
59	Pipestone	465 sq mi	9,260	4
60	Polk	1,971 sq mi	30,545	6
61	Pope	675 sq mi	11,420	5
62	Ramsey	152 sq mi	541,623	4
63	Red Lake	432 sq mi	3,940	2
64	Redwood	879 sq mi	15,265	6
65	Renville	983 sq mi	14,356	9
66	Rice	496 sq mi	69,939	7
67	Rock	482 sq mi	9,524	3
68	Roseau	1,672 sq mi	15,246	4
69	Scott	356 sq mi	159,017	6
70	Sherburne	433 sq mi	104,194	7
71	Sibley	589 sq mi	15,356	6
72	St. Louis	6,248 sq mi	200,518	5
73	Stearns	1,343 sq mi	164,110	9
74	Steele	430 sq mi	37,464	5
75	Stevens	564 sq mi	9,747	5
76	Swift	742 sq mi	9,763	6
77	Todd	945 sq mi	26,060	6
78	Traverse	574 sq mi	3,130	4
79	Wabasha	523 sq mi	21,537	3
80	Wadena	536 sq mi	14,388	5
81	Waseca	423 sq mi	18,688	6
82	Washington	385 sq mi	286,895	4
83	Watonwan	435 sq mi	11,459	5
84	Wilkin	751 sq mi	6,288	4
85	Winona	626 sq mi	50,523	4
86	Wright	661 sq mi	157,559	6
87	Yellow Medicine	759 sq mi	9,477	6

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Frequently asked questions

How many counties does Minnesota have?

87 counties. That’s the 14th most of any state.

What is the largest county in Minnesota?

St. Louis, with 6,248 sq mi of land. The smallest is Ramsey, with 152 sq mi.

What is the most populous county in Minnesota?

Hennepin County, with an estimated 1,284,784 people in 2025, or 22% of the state.

What county is St. Paul in?

The state capital, St. Paul, is in Ramsey County.

Which Minnesota counties border Canada?

7 counties: Cook, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Roseau, and St. Louis.

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Alphabetical, from 1 to the last one. That makes the key easy to follow when you grade, and it’s the same key the worksheet’s answer page uses.

Sources

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files 2025, counties at 1:500,000 (public domain)
Land and water area: U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER/Line and 2025 Gazetteer); population: Vintage 2025 estimates (July 1, 2025)
State capital: Natural Earth, Populated Places (public domain); which counties it spans, Census places
Neighbors, coastline and borders: calculated from those boundaries (and checked against the Census county adjacency file)