Land area: 79,617 sq. mi. (14)
Population (2010): 5,303,925 (21), up 7.81% since 2000
Population density: 66.62 per sq. mi. (31)
U.S. Representatives (2013-22): 8
Entered Union: 11-May-1858 (32)
Nowadays, people might equate Minnesota with Minneapolis’ Metrodome or Bloomington’s Mall of America. I prefer to think about the 10,000 lakes (give or take a dozen). Driving north, past Eveleth, home of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (they play on the frozen lakes, you see), you get into some fabulous territory. You go through a forest and lakes pop up on either side of you. And don’t forget the hundreds of miles of the upper Mississippi – it starts a little ways west of Grand Rapids.
No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 87 of 87
| County |
Pop. (2010) |
Latest Visit | |
County Seat |
Visited? |
| Aitkin |
16,202 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Aitkin |
yes |
| Anoka |
330,844 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Anoka |
|
| Becker |
32,504 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Detroit Lakes |
yes |
| Beltrami |
44,442 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Bemidji |
yes |
| Benton |
38,451 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Foley |
|
| Big Stone |
5,269 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ortonville |
|
| Blue Earth |
64,013 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Mankato |
yes |
| Brown |
25,893 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
New Ulm |
yes |
| Carlton |
35,386 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Carlton |
|
| Carver |
91,042 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Chaska |
yes |
| Cass |
28,567 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Walker |
yes |
| Chippewa |
12,441 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Montevideo |
yes |
| Chisago |
53,887 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Center City |
|
| Clay |
58,999 |
24-Aug-2010 | |
Moorhead |
yes |
| Clearwater |
8,695 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Bagley |
yes |
| Cook |
5,176 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Grand Marais |
yes |
| Cottonwood |
11,687 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Windom |
yes |
| Crow Wing |
62,500 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Brainerd |
yes |
| Dakota |
398,552 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Hastings |
yes |
| Dodge |
20,087 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Mantorville |
|
| Douglas |
36,009 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Alexandria |
yes |
| Faribault |
14,553 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Blue Earth |
yes |
| Fillmore |
20,866 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Preston |
|
| Freeborn |
31,255 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Albert Lea |
yes |
| Goodhue |
46,183 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Red Wing |
yes |
| Grant |
6,018 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Elbow Lake |
yes |
| Hennepin |
1,152,425 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Minneapolis |
yes |
| Houston |
19,027 |
21-Aug-2010 | |
Caledonia |
|
| Hubbard |
20,428 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Park Rapids |
yes |
| Isanti |
37,816 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Cambridge |
yes |
| Itasca |
45,058 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Grand Rapids |
yes |
| Jackson |
10,266 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Jackson |
yes |
| Kanabec |
16,239 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Mora |
yes |
| Kandiyohi |
42,239 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Willmar |
yes |
| Kittson |
4,552 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Hallock |
|
| Koochiching |
13,311 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
International Falls |
|
| Lac qui Parle |
7,259 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Madison |
|
| Lake |
10,866 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Two Harbors |
yes |
| Lake of the Woods |
4,045 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Baudette |
yes |
| Le Sueur |
27,703 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Le Center |
|
| Lincoln |
5,896 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ivanhoe |
|
| Lyon |
25,857 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Marshall |
yes |
| McLeod |
36,651 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Glencoe |
yes |
| Mahnomen |
5,413 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Mahnomen |
yes |
| Marshall |
9,439 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Warren |
|
| Martin |
20,840 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Fairmont |
|
| Meeker |
23,300 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Litchfield |
yes |
| Mille Lacs |
26,097 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Milaca |
yes |
| Morrison |
33,198 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Little Falls |
yes |
| Mower |
39,163 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Austin |
yes |
| Murray |
8,725 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Slayton |
|
| Nicollet |
32,727 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
St. Peter |
yes |
| Nobles |
21,378 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Worthington |
|
| Norman |
6,852 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ada |
|
| Olmsted |
144,248 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Rochester |
yes |
| Otter Tail |
57,303 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Fergus Falls |
yes |
| Pennington |
13,930 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Thief River Falls |
yes |
| Pine |
29,750 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Pine City |
yes |
| Pipestone |
9,596 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Pipestone |
|
| Polk |
31,600 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Crookston |
yes |
| Pope |
10,995 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Glenwood |
yes |
| Ramsey |
508,640 |
3-Sep-2010 | |
St. Paul |
yes |
| Red Lake |
4,089 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Red Lake Falls |
yes |
| Redwood |
16,059 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Redwood Falls |
yes |
| Renville |
15,730 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Olivia |
yes |
| Rice |
64,142 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Faribault |
yes |
| Rock |
9,687 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Luverne |
yes |
| Roseau |
15,629 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Roseau |
|
| St. Louis |
200,226 |
2-Sep-2010 | |
Duluth |
yes |
| Scott |
129,928 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Shakopee |
yes |
| Sherburne |
88,499 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Elk River |
|
| Sibley |
15,226 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Gaylord |
yes |
| Stearns |
150,642 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
St. Cloud |
|
| Steele |
36,576 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
Owatonna |
yes |
| Stevens |
9,726 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Morris |
yes |
| Swift |
9,783 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Benson |
|
| Todd |
24,895 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Long Prairie |
|
| Traverse |
3,558 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Wheaton |
|
| Wabasha |
21,676 |
21-Aug-2010 | |
Wabasha |
yes |
| Wadena |
13,843 |
1-Sep-2010 | |
Wadena |
yes |
| Waseca |
19,136 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Waseca |
yes |
| Washington |
238,136 |
3-Sep-2010 | |
Stillwater |
|
| Watonwan |
11,211 |
22-Aug-2010 | |
St. James |
yes |
| Wilkin |
6,576 |
24-Aug-2010 | |
Breckenridge |
yes |
| Winona |
51,461 |
21-Aug-2010 | |
Winona |
yes |
| Wright |
124,700 |
23-Aug-2010 | |
Buffalo |
yes |
| Yellow Medicine |
10,438 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Granite Falls |
|
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