Land area: 79,617 sq. mi. (14)
Population (2000): 4,919,479 (21)
Population density: 61.79 per sq. mi. (31)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 8
Entered Union: 11-May-1858 (32)
Nowadays, people might equate Minnesota with Minneapolis’ Metrodome or Bloomington’s Mall of America. I prefer to think about the 10,000 lakes (give or take a dozen). Driving north, past Eveleth, home of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (they play on the frozen lakes, you see), you get into some fabulous territory. You go through a forest and lakes pop up on either side of you. And don’t forget the hundreds of miles of the upper Mississippi – it starts a little ways west of Grand Rapids.
No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 44 of 87
| County |
Pop. (2000) |
Latest Visit | |
County Seat |
Visited? |
| Aitkin |
15,301 |
| |
Aitkin |
|
| Anoka |
298,084 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Anoka |
|
| Becker |
30,000 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Detroit Lakes |
yes |
| Beltrami |
39,650 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Bemidji |
|
| Benton |
34,226 |
| |
Foley |
|
| Big Stone |
5,820 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ortonville |
|
| Blue Earth |
55,941 |
| |
Mankato |
|
| Brown |
26,911 |
| |
New Ulm |
|
| Carlton |
31,671 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Carlton |
|
| Carver |
70,205 |
| |
Chaska |
|
| Cass |
27,150 |
| |
Walker |
|
| Chippewa |
13,088 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Montevideo |
yes |
| Chisago |
41,101 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Center City |
|
| Clay |
51,229 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Moorhead |
yes |
| Clearwater |
8,423 |
| |
Bagley |
|
| Cook |
5,168 |
| |
Grand Marais |
|
| Cottonwood |
12,167 |
| |
Windom |
|
| Crow Wing |
55,099 |
| |
Brainerd |
|
| Dakota |
355,904 |
19-Aug-1998 | |
Hastings |
|
| Dodge |
17,731 |
| |
Mantorville |
|
| Douglas |
32,821 |
| |
Alexandria |
|
| Faribault |
16,181 |
| |
Blue Earth |
|
| Fillmore |
21,122 |
| |
Preston |
|
| Freeborn |
32,584 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Albert Lea |
yes |
| Goodhue |
44,127 |
| |
Red Wing |
|
| Grant |
6,289 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Elbow Lake |
yes |
| Hennepin |
1,116,200 |
7-Aug-1995 | |
Minneapolis |
yes |
| Houston |
19,718 |
| |
Caledonia |
|
| Hubbard |
18,376 |
| |
Park Rapids |
|
| Isanti |
31,287 |
| |
Cambridge |
|
| Itasca |
43,992 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Grand Rapids |
yes |
| Jackson |
11,268 |
| |
Jackson |
|
| Kanabec |
14,996 |
| |
Mora |
|
| Kandiyohi |
41,203 |
| |
Willmar |
|
| Kittson |
5,285 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Hallock |
yes |
| Koochiching |
14,355 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
International Falls |
|
| Lac qui Parle |
8,067 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Madison |
|
| Lake |
11,058 |
| |
Two Harbors |
|
| Lake of the Woods |
4,522 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Baudette |
yes |
| Le Sueur |
25,426 |
| |
Le Center |
|
| Lincoln |
6,429 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ivanhoe |
|
| Lyon |
25,425 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Marshall |
yes |
| McLeod |
34,898 |
| |
Glencoe |
|
| Mahnomen |
5,190 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Mahnomen |
yes |
| Marshall |
10,155 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Warren |
|
| Martin |
21,802 |
| |
Fairmont |
|
| Meeker |
22,644 |
| |
Litchfield |
|
| Mille Lacs |
22,330 |
| |
Milaca |
|
| Morrison |
31,712 |
| |
Little Falls |
|
| Mower |
38,603 |
| |
Austin |
|
| Murray |
9,165 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Slayton |
|
| Nicollet |
29,771 |
| |
St. Peter |
|
| Nobles |
20,832 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Worthington |
|
| Norman |
7,442 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Ada |
|
| Olmsted |
124,277 |
| |
Rochester |
|
| Otter Tail |
57,159 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Fergus Falls |
yes |
| Pennington |
13,584 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Thief River Falls |
yes |
| Pine |
26,530 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Pine City |
yes |
| Pipestone |
9,895 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Pipestone |
|
| Polk |
31,369 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Crookston |
|
| Pope |
11,236 |
| |
Glenwood |
|
| Ramsey |
511,035 |
19-Aug-1998 | |
St. Paul |
yes |
| Red Lake |
4,299 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Red Lake Falls |
yes |
| Redwood |
16,815 |
| |
Redwood Falls |
|
| Renville |
17,154 |
| |
Olivia |
|
| Rice |
56,665 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Faribault |
yes |
| Rock |
9,721 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Luverne |
yes |
| Roseau |
16,338 |
8-Aug-1995 | |
Roseau |
|
| St. Louis |
200,528 |
10-Aug-2006 | |
Duluth |
yes |
| Scott |
89,498 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Shakopee |
|
| Sherburne |
64,417 |
| |
Elk River |
|
| Sibley |
15,356 |
| |
Gaylord |
|
| Stearns |
133,166 |
| |
St. Cloud |
|
| Steele |
33,680 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Owatonna |
yes |
| Stevens |
10,053 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Morris |
yes |
| Swift |
11,956 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Benson |
|
| Todd |
24,426 |
| |
Long Prairie |
|
| Traverse |
4,134 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Wheaton |
|
| Wabasha |
21,610 |
| |
Wabasha |
|
| Wadena |
13,713 |
| |
Wadena |
|
| Waseca |
19,526 |
18-Aug-1998 | |
Waseca |
yes |
| Washington |
201,130 |
19-Aug-1998 | |
Stillwater |
|
| Watonwan |
11,876 |
| |
St. James |
|
| Wilkin |
7,138 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Breckenridge |
|
| Winona |
49,985 |
| |
Winona |
|
| Wright |
89,986 |
| |
Buffalo |
|
| Yellow Medicine |
11,080 |
10-Aug-2005 | |
Granite Falls |
|
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