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Most public transit riders, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of commuters, not the transit share. This list covers the 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS 2020

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78424,038−46%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,62310,066−42%

03Dakota County, MNMN457,7102,928−59%

04Olmsted County, MNMN166,7312,486−33%

05Anoka County, MNMN381,6051,795−66%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5181,690−2%

07Stearns County, MNMN164,1101,125−11%

08Washington County, MNMN286,895849−66%

09Clay County, MNMN67,734591+84%

10Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634476−30%

11Sherburne County, MNMN104,194472−37%

12Carver County, MNMN114,379410−56%

13Scott County, MNMN159,017340−75%

14Wright County, MNMN157,559246−47%

15Beltrami County, MNMN47,055237−37%

16Polk County, MNMN30,545236+195%

17Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041228−12%

18Mower County, MNMN40,971200−40%

19Winona County, MNMN50,523194−63%

20Itasca County, MNMN45,404187+36%

21Steele County, MNMN37,464170+10%

22Goodhue County, MNMN48,195163−56%

23Nobles County, MNMN22,338160+55%

24Todd County, MNMN26,060152+262%

25Isanti County, MNMN44,386140+211%

26Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720113−64%

27Chisago County, MNMN59,142108−77%

28Rice County, MNMN69,939101−1%

29Benton County, MNMN41,74497−55%

30Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13289+35%

31Becker County, MNMN35,49783−7%

32Dodge County, MNMN21,37676−50%

33McLeod County, MNMN36,63169−15%

34Lyon County, MNMN25,68468+183%

35Watonwan County, MNMN11,45965−22%

36Douglas County, MNMN40,12059−25%

37Redwood County, MNMN15,26554+4%

38Cook County, MNMN5,52252+53%

39Nicollet County, MNMN34,27352+4%

40Brown County, MNMN25,51751+2%

41Cass County, MNMN31,43050−39%

42Morrison County, MNMN34,62049−36%

43Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75347−73%

44Kanabec County, MNMN16,62846+44%

45Wadena County, MNMN14,38846+411%

46Faribault County, MNMN13,88844+132%

47Renville County, MNMN14,35634−15%

48Houston County, MNMN18,40030−3%

49Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47728−3%

50Carlton County, MNMN36,71127−61%

51Norman County, MNMN6,33627+80%

52Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15326+53%

53Meeker County, MNMN23,60326+8%

54Pennington County, MNMN13,68626−30%

55Pine County, MNMN30,47226−10%

56Pope County, MNMN11,42026+550%

57Hubbard County, MNMN22,36924−44%

58Koochiching County, MNMN11,58722+47%

59Stevens County, MNMN9,74722−75%

60Freeborn County, MNMN30,44019−75%

61Fillmore County, MNMN21,54018−89%

62Big Stone County, MNMN5,05417−6%

63Pipestone County, MNMN9,26017–

64Jackson County, MNMN9,85716+33%

65Swift County, MNMN9,76315−17%

66Waseca County, MNMN18,68815+114%

67Lake County, MNMN10,74614+8%

68Martin County, MNMN19,44014−66%

69Clearwater County, MNMN8,64713−7%

70Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45313−61%

71Sibley County, MNMN15,35612−43%

72Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70410+11%

73Murray County, MNMN7,9429−25%

74Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4056−83%

75Chippewa County, MNMN12,4065−79%

76Grant County, MNMN6,0855+25%

77Red Lake County, MNMN3,9404–

78Rock County, MNMN9,5244−73%

79Wabasha County, MNMN21,5373−98%

80Aitkin County, MNMN16,2522−88%

81Roseau County, MNMN15,2462−90%

82Kittson County, MNMN4,0310–

83Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,7700−100%

84Lincoln County, MNMN5,5830−100%

85Marshall County, MNMN8,7980–

86Traverse County, MNMN3,1300−100%

87Wilkin County, MNMN6,2880−100%

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