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County	NACo Member	2000 Population	Square Miles	County Seat	Founded
Aitkin		15,301	1,819	Aitkin	1857
Anoka		298,084	424	Anoka	1857
Becker		30,000	1,310	Detroit Lakes	1858
Beltrami		39,650	2,505	Bemidji	1866
Benton		34,226	408	Foley	1849
Big Stone		5,820	497	Ortonville	1862
Blue Earth		55,941	752	Mankato	1853
Brown		26,911	611	New Ulm	1855
Carlton		31,671	860	Carlton	1857
Carver		70,205	357	Chaska	1855
Cass		27,150	2,018	Walker	1851
Chippewa		13,088	583	Montevideo	1870
Chisago		41,101	418	Center City	1851
Clay		51,229	1,045	Moorhead	1862
Clearwater		8,423	995	Bagley	1902
Cook		5,168	1,451	Grand Marais	1874
Cottonwood		12,167	640	Windom	1857
Crow Wing		55,099	997	Brainerd	1857
Dakota		355,904	570	Hastings	1849
Dodge		17,731	440	Mantorville	1855
Douglas		32,821	634	Alexandria	1858
Faribault		16,181	714	Blue Earth	1855
Fillmore		21,122	861	Preston	1853
Freeborn		32,584	708	Albert Lea	1855
Goodhue		44,127	759	Red Wing	1853
Grant		6,289	546	Elbow Lake	1868
Hennepin		1,116,200	557	Minneapolis	1852
Houston		19,718	558	Caledonia	1854
Hubbard		18,376	923	Park Rapids	1883
Isanti		31,287	439	Cambridge	1857
Itasca		43,992	2,665	Grand Rapids	1850
Jackson		11,268	702	Jackson	1857
Kanabec		14,996	525	Mora	1858
Kandiyohi		41,203	796	Willmar	1858
Kittson		5,285	1,097	Hallock	1879
Koochiching		14,355	3,102	International Falls	1906
Lac Qui Parle		8,067	765	Madison	1863
Lake		11,058	2,099	Two Harbors	1856
Lake Of The Wood		4,522	1,297	Baudette	1923
Le Sueur		25,426	448	Le Center	1853
Lincoln		6,429	537	Ivanhoe	1873
Lyon		25,425	714	Marshall	1871
Mahnomen		5,190	556	Mahnomen	1906
Marshall		10,155	1,772	Warren	1879
Martin		21,802	709	Fairmont	1857
McLeod		34,898	492	Glencoe	1856
Meeker		22,644	609	Litchfield	1856
Mille Lacs		22,330	574	Milaca	1857
Morrison		31,712	1,124	Little Falls	1856
Mower		38,603	712	Austin	1855
Murray		9,165	704	Slayton	1875
Nicollet		29,771	452	Saint Peter	1853
Nobles		20,832	716	Worthington	1857
Norman		7,442	876	Ada	1881
Olmsted		124,277	653	Rochester	1855
Otter Tail		57,159	1,980	Fergus Falls	1858
Pennington		13,584	617	Thief River Falls	1910
Pine		26,530	1,411	Pine City	1856
Pipestone		9,895	466	Pipestone	1857
Polk		31,369	1,970	Crookston	1858
Pope		11,236	670	Glenwood	1862
Ramsey		511,035	156	Saint Paul	1849
Red Lake		4,299	432	Red Lake Falls	1896
Redwood		16,815	880	Redwood Falls	1862
Renville		17,154	983	Olivia	1855
Rice		56,665	498	Faribault	1853
Rock		9,721	483	Luverne	1857
Roseau		16,338	1,663	Roseau	1894
Scott		89,498	357	Shakopee	1853
Sherburne		64,417	437	Elk River	1856
Sibley		15,356	589	Gaylord	1853
St. Louis		200,528	6,226	Duluth	1855
Stearns		133,166	1,345	Saint Cloud	1855
Steele		33,680	430	Owatonna	1855
Stevens		10,053	562	Morris	1862
Swift		11,956	744	Benson	1870
Todd		24,426	942	Long Prairie	1855
Traverse		4,134	574	Wheaton	1862
Wabasha		21,610	525	Wabasha	1849
Wadena		13,713	536	Wadena	1858
Waseca		19,526	423	Waseca	1857
Washington		201,130	392	Stillwater	1849
Watonwan		11,876	434	Saint James	1860
Wilkin		7,138	752	Breckenridge	1858
Winona		49,985	626	Winona	1854
Wright		89,986	661	Buffalo	1855
Yellow Medicine		11,080	758	Granite Falls	1871

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