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Koochiching County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 62 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27071

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

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Population
11,587
-440 (-3.7%) since 2020
Land area
3,105
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
3.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
International Falls
Seat of county government.
Established
1906
119 years ago
Largest city
International Falls city
Population 5,481.

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 Koochiching 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 Koochiching 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 800 by 775 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 Koochiching 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
Population11,58762nd of 872,313th of 3,144
Land area3,105 sq mi2nd of 87166th of 3,144
Population density3.7 per sq mi85th of 872,850th of 3,144
Median household income$66,94078th of 871,438th of 3,143

Full data for Koochiching County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,587Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,027Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,061Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,105 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area51.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,156 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,940American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,872American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,426American 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
-80
92 births, 172 deaths
Net migration
+72
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 4 areas bordering Koochiching 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
Itasca CountyMinnesota66 mi45,404
St. Louis CountyMinnesota52 mi200,518
Beltrami CountyMinnesota36 mi47,055
Lake of the Woods CountyMinnesota23 mi3,770

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.