How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19 and from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 94.2°W, standard parallels 44.5°N and 48.4°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank map of Minnesota shows all 87 counties of Minnesota, from Aitkin to Yellow Medicine County, with Saint Paul, the capital, in Ramsey County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 87 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Aitkin and 87 on Yellow Medicine County, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Minnesota outline map with every county
St. Louis County, around Duluth, is the largest county; Ramsey, around Saint Paul, is the smallest. Its neighbors, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Canada, are drawn around it without numbers.
The Twin Cities are in two counties: Minneapolis in Hennepin and Saint Paul in Ramsey.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Minnesota have?
Eighty-seven in the Census Bureau count, from Aitkin County to Yellow Medicine County in alphabetical order.
What county is Saint Paul in?
Saint Paul stands in Ramsey County, which is number 62 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Saint Paul beside it.
Which is the largest county in Minnesota?
St. Louis County, in the north-east around Duluth, larger than some states. Ramsey County is the smallest.
Which county of Minnesota has the most people?
Hennepin County, around Minneapolis, has more people than any other county in Minnesota, while the capital, Saint Paul, is in Ramsey County.