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Traverse County, Minnesota

The least populous of Minnesota's 87 counties.

CountyFIPS 27155

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

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Population
3,130
-229 (-6.8%) since 2020
Land area
573.9
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
5.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wheaton
Seat of county government.
Established
1862
163 years ago
Largest city
Wheaton city
Population 1,330.

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 Traverse 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 Traverse 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 775 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 Traverse 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
Population3,13087th of 872,949th of 3,144
Land area573.9 sq mi55th of 871,740th of 3,144
Population density5.5 per sq mi81st of 872,748th of 3,144
Median household income$62,98982nd of 871,798th of 3,143

Full data for Traverse County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,130Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,359Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,363Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area573.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area585.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,989American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,311American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,896American 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
-12
40 births, 52 deaths
Net migration
-11
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 Traverse 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
Roberts CountySouth Dakota31 mi10,255
Big Stone CountyMinnesota28 mi5,054
Grant CountyMinnesota19 mi6,085
Wilkin CountyMinnesota15 mi6,288
Stevens CountyMinnesota12 mi9,747
Richland CountyNorth Dakota6.2 mi16,731

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.