| Rank |
County |
Population (2012) |
| 1 |
Hennepin County, Minnesota
|
1,184,576
|
| 2 |
Ramsey County, Minnesota
|
520,152
|
| 3 |
Dakota County, Minnesota
|
405,088
|
| 4 |
Anoka County, Minnesota
|
336,414
|
| 5 |
Washington County, Minnesota
|
244,088
|
| 6 |
St Louis County, Minnesota
|
200,319
|
| 7 |
Stearns County, Minnesota
|
151,606
|
| 8 |
Olmsted County, Minnesota
|
147,066
|
| 9 |
Scott County, Minnesota
|
135,152
|
| 10 |
Wright County, Minnesota
|
127,336
|
| 11 |
Carver County, Minnesota
|
93,707
|
| 12 |
Sherburne County, Minnesota
|
89,455
|
| 13 |
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
|
65,091
|
| 14 |
Rice County, Minnesota
|
64,854
|
| 15 |
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
|
62,882
|
| 16 |
Clay County, Minnesota
|
60,155
|
| 17 |
Otter Tail County, Minnesota
|
57,288
|
| 18 |
Chisago County, Minnesota
|
53,452
|
| 19 |
Winona County, Minnesota
|
51,629
|
| 20 |
Goodhue County, Minnesota
|
46,336
|
| 21 |
Beltrami County, Minnesota
|
45,375
|
| 22 |
Itasca County, Minnesota
|
45,221
|
| 23 |
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
|
42,379
|
| 24 |
Mower County, Minnesota
|
39,372
|
| 25 |
Benton County, Minnesota
|
38,865
|
| 26 |
Isanti County, Minnesota
|
38,248
|
| 27 |
Douglas County, Minnesota
|
36,415
|
| 28 |
Steele County, Minnesota
|
36,322
|
| 29 |
McLeod County, Minnesota
|
36,053
|
| 30 |
Carlton County, Minnesota
|
35,348
|
| 31 |
Morrison County, Minnesota
|
33,052
|
| 32 |
Becker County, Minnesota
|
33,000
|
| 33 |
Nicollet County, Minnesota
|
32,929
|
| 34 |
Polk County, Minnesota
|
31,416
|
| 35 |
Freeborn County, Minnesota
|
31,054
|
| 36 |
Pine County, Minnesota
|
29,218
|
| 37 |
Cass County, Minnesota
|
28,357
|
| 38 |
Le Sueur County, Minnesota
|
27,677
|
| 39 |
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
|
25,740
|
| 40 |
Lyon County, Minnesota
|
25,543
|
| 41 |
Brown County, Minnesota
|
25,425
|
| 42 |
Todd County, Minnesota
|
24,509
|
| 43 |
Meeker County, Minnesota
|
23,061
|
| 44 |
Nobles County, Minnesota
|
21,487
|
| 45 |
Wabasha County, Minnesota
|
21,476
|
| 46 |
Fillmore County, Minnesota
|
20,834
|
| 47 |
Martin County, Minnesota
|
20,475
|
| 48 |
Hubbard County, Minnesota
|
20,347
|
| 49 |
Dodge County, Minnesota
|
20,231
|
| 50 |
Waseca County, Minnesota
|
19,237
|
| 51 |
Houston County, Minnesota
|
18,837
|
| 52 |
Kanabec County, Minnesota
|
16,005
|
| 53 |
Aitkin County, Minnesota
|
15,927
|
| 54 |
Redwood County, Minnesota
|
15,847
|
| 55 |
Roseau County, Minnesota
|
15,476
|
| 56 |
Renville County, Minnesota
|
15,369
|
| 57 |
Sibley County, Minnesota
|
15,123
|
| 58 |
Faribault County, Minnesota
|
14,263
|
| 59 |
Pennington County, Minnesota
|
14,074
|
| 60 |
Wadena County, Minnesota
|
13,767
|
| 61 |
Koochiching County, Minnesota
|
13,208
|
| 62 |
Chippewa County, Minnesota
|
12,135
|
| 63 |
Cottonwood County, Minnesota
|
11,597
|
| 64 |
Watonwan County, Minnesota
|
11,187
|
| 65 |
Pope County, Minnesota
|
10,892
|
| 66 |
Lake County, Minnesota
|
10,818
|
| 67 |
Jackson County, Minnesota
|
10,281
|
| 68 |
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
|
10,158
|
| 69 |
Stevens County, Minnesota
|
9,663
|
| 70 |
Swift County, Minnesota
|
9,594
|
| 71 |
Rock County, Minnesota
|
9,553
|
| 72 |
Marshall County, Minnesota
|
9,449
|
| 73 |
Pipestone County, Minnesota
|
9,345
|
| 74 |
Clearwater County, Minnesota
|
8,703
|
| 75 |
Murray County, Minnesota
|
8,577
|
| 76 |
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
|
7,109
|
| 77 |
Norman County, Minnesota
|
6,634
|
| 78 |
Wilkin County, Minnesota
|
6,585
|
| 79 |
Grant County, Minnesota
|
5,944
|
| 80 |
Lincoln County, Minnesota
|
5,818
|
| 81 |
Mahnomen County, Minnesota
|
5,536
|
| 82 |
Cook County, Minnesota
|
5,185
|
| 83 |
Big Stone County, Minnesota
|
5,164
|
| 84 |
Kittson County, Minnesota
|
4,493
|
| 85 |
Red Lake County, Minnesota
|
4,087
|
| 86 |
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
|
3,973
|
| 87 |
Traverse County, Minnesota
|
3,451
|