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Blank Map of Minnesota (Counties)

Printable map of Minnesota with all 87 counties, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Blank map of Minnesota

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

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Minnesota at a glance

Counties on the map87
Land area (sum of the shapes)206,246 km² · 79,632 mi²
Largest county by land areaSt. Louis County — 16,183 km²
Smallest county by land areaRamsey County — 394 km²
Population (ACS 2019–2023)5,713,716
Most populous countyHennepin County — 1,268,903
Places on the with-cities versionMinneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Bloomington, Duluth, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Woodbury, Lakeville, Blaine

Land areas are the Census Bureau's ALAND figures. Population and income are American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which carry margins of error. Cities are the largest Census places by ACS population; a crowded label is left off rather than overlapped.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

CountyLand area, km²Land area, mi²PopulationMedian household income
Aitkin County4,7171,82115,930$59,498
Anoka County1,093422367,095$98,764
Becker County3,4061,31535,260$71,117
Beltrami County6,4872,50546,421$67,257
Benton County1,05740841,458$71,480
Big Stone County1,2934995,152$65,475
Blue Earth County1,93774869,386$72,623
Brown County1,58361125,826$68,690
Carlton County2,23086136,457$80,042
Carver County917354108,622$123,144
Cass County5,2362,02230,688$64,937
Chippewa County1,50558112,388$69,192
Chisago County1,07541557,434$98,260
Clay County2,7071,04565,628$77,664
Clearwater County2,5879998,579$64,934
Cook County3,7621,4535,633$71,643
Cottonwood County1,65864011,458$68,239
Crow Wing County2,58699867,113$71,343
Dakota County1,457563442,204$105,212
Dodge County1,13843920,962$92,943
Douglas County1,65063739,354$77,264
Faribault County1,84571213,909$64,391
Fillmore County2,23186121,346$75,225
Freeborn County1,83270730,752$69,012
Goodhue County1,96075747,844$82,749
Grant County1,4195486,108$72,957
Hennepin County1,4355541,268,903$96,339
Houston County1,43055218,768$77,087
Hubbard County2,39892621,700$70,622
Isanti County1,12943641,934$86,573
Itasca County6,9092,66845,141$66,380
Jackson County1,8217039,964$69,955
Kanabec County1,35152216,261$71,915
Kandiyohi County2,06579743,757$75,097
Kittson County2,8461,0994,163$69,615
Koochiching County8,0413,10511,950$69,115
Lac qui Parle County1,9817656,694$71,639
Lake County5,4632,10910,911$75,621
Lake of the Woods County3,3611,2983,800$70,091
Le Sueur County1,16244928,936$90,218
Lincoln County1,3905375,594$67,715
Lyon County1,85071425,498$72,761
Mahnomen County1,4455585,371$53,925
Marshall County4,5971,7758,961$71,701
Martin County1,84571219,864$62,969
McLeod County1,27349236,771$78,468
Meeker County1,57560823,422$75,037
Mille Lacs County1,48257226,912$71,455
Morrison County2,9141,12534,131$68,640
Mower County1,84271140,069$71,495
Murray County1,8257058,119$74,475
Nicollet County1,16244934,350$80,362
Nobles County1,85271522,067$65,509
Norman County2,2618736,411$69,833
Olmsted County1,693654163,425$93,494
Otter Tail County5,1071,97260,281$70,912
Pennington County1,59761713,877$72,561
Pine County3,6551,41129,411$69,666
Pipestone County1,2044659,352$66,073
Polk County5,1051,97130,905$69,136
Pope County1,74767511,363$72,205
Ramsey County394152544,438$81,004
Red Lake County1,1204323,922$77,500
Redwood County2,27587815,383$67,024
Renville County2,54698314,587$69,086
Rice County1,28449667,389$82,792
Rock County1,2504839,628$70,698
Roseau County4,3301,67215,301$73,611
Scott County922356152,957$120,247
Sherburne County1,12143399,178$102,965
Sibley County1,52558914,933$76,082
St. Louis County16,1836,248200,056$69,455
Stearns County3,4781,343159,358$76,447
Steele County1,11343037,413$83,448
Stevens County1,4605649,686$71,060
Swift County1,9227429,787$62,601
Todd County2,44894525,402$63,039
Traverse County1,4865743,279$65,931
Wabasha County1,35452321,519$80,133
Wadena County1,38953614,135$56,882
Waseca County1,09642318,958$75,052
Washington County997385272,298$114,457
Watonwan County1,12743511,169$70,593
Wilkin County1,9457516,413$69,635
Winona County1,62262649,705$70,198
Wright County1,712661145,270$106,666
Yellow Medicine County1,9667599,509$71,573

Printing and using the map

  1. Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each county.
  2. For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
  3. Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
  4. For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
  5. To colour counties by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each county is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The county shapes are the US Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file — boundaries as of January 1, 2024, clipped to the shoreline for mapping.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so counties keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2101 × 2400 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching counties share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small counties may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties are on this map of Minnesota?

87. every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (US Census Bureau) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each county. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from the Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file, generalised for mapping, then simplified to suit a 2101 × 2400 pixel drawing. They are right for printing and teaching but are not survey-grade lines and must not be used to settle a boundary question.

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