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Stevens County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 69 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27149

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

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Population
9,747
+75 (+0.8%) since 2020
Land area
563.7
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
17.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Morris
Seat of county government.
Established
1862
163 years ago
Largest city
Morris city
Population 5,150.

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 Stevens 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 Stevens 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 787 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 Stevens 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
Population9,74769th of 872,429th of 3,144
Land area563.7 sq mi57th of 871,825th of 3,144
Population density17.3 per sq mi60th of 872,322nd of 3,144
Median household income$75,73336th of 87795th of 3,143

Full data for Stevens County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,672Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,677Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area563.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,733American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$202,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,889American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,182American 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
+22
101 births, 79 deaths
Net migration
-100
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 6 areas bordering Stevens 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
Pope CountyMinnesota25 mi11,420
Grant CountyMinnesota24 mi6,085
Big Stone CountyMinnesota19 mi5,054
Swift CountyMinnesota18 mi9,763
Traverse CountyMinnesota12 mi3,130
Douglas CountyMinnesotaa single point40,120

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.