Todd County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 40 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27153

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

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Population
26,060
+769 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
945.1
square miles. A further 3.5% of the total area is water
Population density
27.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Long Prairie
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Long Prairie city
Population 3,830.

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 Todd 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 Todd 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 512 by 800 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 Todd 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
Population26,06040th of 871,583rd of 3,144
Land area945.1 sq mi23rd of 87750th of 3,144
Population density27.6 per sq mi43rd of 871,999th of 3,144
Median household income$67,66277th of 871,373rd of 3,143

Full data for Todd County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,060Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,291Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,265Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area945.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area34.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area979.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,662American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$207,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,209American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,008American 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
+68
345 births, 277 deaths
Net migration
+27
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 Todd 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
Morrison CountyMinnesota40 mi34,620
Stearns CountyMinnesota24 mi164,110
Douglas CountyMinnesota23 mi40,120
Wadena CountyMinnesota20 mi14,388
Otter Tail CountyMinnesota19 mi61,041
Cass CountyMinnesota5.9 mi31,430

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.