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Lowest fertility rate, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties with the lowest general fertility rate, births per 1,000 women ages 15-50 in the past 12 months (2024 ACS). This list covers the 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBIRTHS PER 1,000 WOMEN (15-50)VS 2010

01Lake County, MNMN10,74627.4−72%

02Itasca County, MNMN45,40436.2−27%

03Waseca County, MNMN18,68836.3−15%

04Winona County, MNMN50,52336.8−34%

05Murray County, MNMN7,94236.9−20%

06Benton County, MNMN41,74439.8−37%

07Nicollet County, MNMN34,27341.4−35%

08St. Louis County, MNMN200,51844.8−8%

09Marshall County, MNMN8,79845.6−34%

10Carver County, MNMN114,37945.7−26%

11Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13245.9−24%

12Washington County, MNMN286,89546.1−40%

13Pine County, MNMN30,47246.7+3%

14Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78449.0−15%

15Lyon County, MNMN25,68450.7−7%

16Carlton County, MNMN36,71150.8−13%

17Beltrami County, MNMN47,05550.9−34%

18Dakota County, MNMN457,71051.6−14%

19Polk County, MNMN30,54552.0−33%

20McLeod County, MNMN36,63152.2−17%

21Steele County, MNMN37,46452.3−7%

22Morrison County, MNMN34,62053.4−12%

23Martin County, MNMN19,44053.5+40%

24Koochiching County, MNMN11,58754.3−14%

25Goodhue County, MNMN48,19554.5+3%

26Kanabec County, MNMN16,62855.2−26%

27Scott County, MNMN159,01755.5−3%

28Ramsey County, MNMN541,62355.7−8%

29Pennington County, MNMN13,68656.1−4%

30Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70456.1−5%

31Stearns County, MNMN164,11056.9−3%

32Rice County, MNMN69,93957.2−4%

33Hubbard County, MNMN22,36957.3+26%

34Houston County, MNMN18,40058.4−20%

35Brown County, MNMN25,51758.5+6%

36Kittson County, MNMN4,03158.7+48%

37Isanti County, MNMN44,38658.8−6%

38Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63459.0+7%

39Cass County, MNMN31,43059.6−17%

40Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47759.9−7%

41Meeker County, MNMN23,60359.9−25%

42Clay County, MNMN67,73460.4+25%

43Fillmore County, MNMN21,54061.0−29%

44Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75361.1+10%

45Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45361.8+31%

46Dodge County, MNMN21,37662.1−12%

47Big Stone County, MNMN5,05462.2+8%

48Wabasha County, MNMN21,53762.4+28%

49Norman County, MNMN6,33662.4+162%

50Faribault County, MNMN13,88864.2+37%

51Anoka County, MNMN381,60564.3+19%

52Jackson County, MNMN9,85764.8−33%

53Aitkin County, MNMN16,25265.7+47%

54Sherburne County, MNMN104,19465.8−12%

55Olmsted County, MNMN166,73166.0+11%

56Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04167.1+22%

57Sibley County, MNMN15,35667.4+26%

58Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77067.8−12%

59Chisago County, MNMN59,14268.5−3%

60Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72069.1+21%

61Wadena County, MNMN14,38870.0+26%

62Pipestone County, MNMN9,26071.1+48%

63Renville County, MNMN14,35671.2+32%

64Pope County, MNMN11,42071.9+49%

65Roseau County, MNMN15,24672.0+31%

66Todd County, MNMN26,06072.5−19%

67Becker County, MNMN35,49773.5−2%

68Traverse County, MNMN3,13073.9−8%

69Wright County, MNMN157,55974.2+7%

70Freeborn County, MNMN30,44074.7+68%

71Stevens County, MNMN9,74777.0+18%

72Douglas County, MNMN40,12079.3+24%

73Cook County, MNMN5,52280.1+82%

74Clearwater County, MNMN8,64781.7+105%

75Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40581.9+67%

76Lincoln County, MNMN5,58384.5+49%

77Redwood County, MNMN15,26585.6−2%

78Rock County, MNMN9,52489.1+35%

79Nobles County, MNMN22,33890.1+44%

80Mower County, MNMN40,97191.1+26%

81Grant County, MNMN6,08591.5+49%

82Wilkin County, MNMN6,28893.2+39%

83Watonwan County, MNMN11,45993.6+7%

84Red Lake County, MNMN3,94094.5+28%

85Chippewa County, MNMN12,40696.6+83%

86Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153101.9+14%

87Swift County, MNMN9,763116.7+74%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES