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Clearwater County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 74 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27029

Within Minnesota
Clearwater County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bagley, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
8,647
+82 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
999
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
8.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bagley
Seat of county government.
Established
1902
123 years ago
Largest city
Bagley city
Population 1,310.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Clearwater County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Clearwater County, Minnesota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 315 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Clearwater County ranks

Position among the 87 counties of Minnesota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MinnesotaNationally
Population8,64774th of 872,523rd of 3,144
Land area999 sq mi20th of 87682nd of 3,144
Population density8.7 per sq mi78th of 872,615th of 3,144
Median household income$64,47581st of 871,672nd of 3,143

Full data for Clearwater County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,647Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,565Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,515Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area999 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,030 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,475American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$192,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,339American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,468American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+22
114 births, 92 deaths
Net migration
-29
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Clearwater County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Beltrami CountyMinnesota62 mi47,055
Polk CountyMinnesota31 mi30,545
Mahnomen CountyMinnesota24 mi5,153
Hubbard CountyMinnesota19 mi22,369
Becker CountyMinnesota18 mi35,497
Pennington CountyMinnesota6.0 mi13,686

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.