Red Lake County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 85 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27125

Within Minnesota

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

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Population: 3,940; +3 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area: 432.4; square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density: 9.1; people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat: Red Lake Falls; Seat of county government.
Established: 1896; 129 years ago
Largest city: Red Lake Falls city; Population 1,348.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Red Lake 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 Red Lake 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 368 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 Red Lake 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.

Measure	Value	In Minnesota	Nationally
Population	3,940	85th of 87	2,889th of 3,144
Land area	432.4 sq mi	78th of 87	2,347th of 3,144
Population density	9.1 per sq mi	75th of 87	2,597th of 3,144
Median household income	$77,188	29th of 87	719th of 3,143

Full data for Red Lake County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
Measure	Value	Source and vintage
Population	3,940	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020	3,937	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?	3,933	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area	432.4 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area	0.09 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area	432.5 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?	9.1 per sq mi	Computed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income	$77,188	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value	$162,000	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age	43.0	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households	1,671	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units	1,878	American 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: +7; 51 births, 44 deaths
Net migration: +39; 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 2 areas bordering Red Lake 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 area	State	Shared border	Population
Polk County	Minnesota	62 mi	30,545
Pennington County	Minnesota	38 mi	13,686

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.