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Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 76 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27073

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

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Population
6,704
+12 (+0.2%) since 2020
Land area
765
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
8.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Madison
Seat of county government.
Established
1871
154 years ago
Largest city
Madison city
Population 1,504.

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 Lac qui Parle 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 Lac qui Parle 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 741 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 Lac qui Parle 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
Population6,70476th of 872,680th of 3,144
Land area765 sq mi30th of 871,139th of 3,144
Population density8.8 per sq mi77th of 872,611th of 3,144
Median household income$74,43242nd of 87878th of 3,143

Full data for Lac qui Parle County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,704Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,692Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,713Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area765 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area778 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,432American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,924American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,469American 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
-19
94 births, 113 deaths
Net migration
+70
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 6 areas bordering Lac qui Parle 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
Yellow Medicine CountyMinnesota44 mi9,477
Chippewa CountyMinnesota31 mi12,406
Big Stone CountyMinnesota26 mi5,054
Grant CountySouth Dakota20 mi7,534
Deuel CountySouth Dakota12 mi4,408
Swift CountyMinnesota4.4 mi9,763

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.