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Hennepin County, Minnesota

The most populous of Minnesota's 87 counties.

CountyFIPS 27053

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

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Population
1,284,784
+3,121 (+0.2%) since 2020
Land area
554
square miles. A further 8.7% of the total area is water
Population density
2,319
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Minneapolis
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Minneapolis city
Population 430,324.

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 Hennepin 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 Hennepin 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 733 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 Hennepin 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
Population1,284,7841st of 8735th of 3,144
Land area554 sq mi60th of 871,875th of 3,144
Population density2,319 per sq mi2nd of 8762nd of 3,144
Median household income$97,6539th of 87189th of 3,143

Full data for Hennepin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,284,784Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,281,663Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,281,566Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area554 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area52.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area606.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,319 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$97,653American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$392,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households539,493American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units571,527American 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
+4,189
14,101 births, 9,912 deaths
Net migration
+3,397
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 areas bordering Hennepin 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
Wright CountyMinnesota34 mi157,559
Carver CountyMinnesota24 mi114,379
Anoka CountyMinnesota24 mi381,605
Scott CountyMinnesota13 mi159,017
Ramsey CountyMinnesota12 mi541,623
Dakota CountyMinnesota12 mi457,710
Sherburne CountyMinnesota0.5 mi104,194

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

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