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Roseau County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 56 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27135

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

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Population
15,246
-52 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,672
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
9.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Roseau
Seat of county government.
Established
1894
131 years ago
Largest city
Roseau city
Population 2,685.

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 Roseau 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 Roseau 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 466 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 Roseau 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
Population15,24656th of 872,077th of 3,144
Land area1,672 sq mi11th of 87360th of 3,144
Population density9.1 per sq mi74th of 872,595th of 3,144
Median household income$74,47441st of 87875th of 3,143

Full data for Roseau County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,246Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,298Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,326Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,672 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,678 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,474American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,296American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,224American 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
+26
158 births, 132 deaths
Net migration
-31
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 4 areas bordering Roseau 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
Lake of the Woods CountyMinnesota60 mi3,770
Marshall CountyMinnesota36 mi8,798
Kittson CountyMinnesota32 mi4,031
Beltrami CountyMinnesota12 mi47,055

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.