Demographics of Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Le Sueur County, Minnesota had 29,453 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +820 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Le Sueur County, in four figures

29,453
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.9%
Change since July 2020: +820 people.; 41.8 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $94,968 ±$3,976
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Le Sueur County, Minnesota's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Le Sueur County, Minnesota's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Le Sueur County, Minnesota's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Le Sueur County, Minnesota's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	28,633	100.0	100.0
2021	28,902	100.9	100.2
2022	29,175	101.9	100.7
2023	29,289	102.3	101.6
2024	29,433	102.8	102.5
2025	29,453	102.9	103.1

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Population of Le Sueur County, Minnesota on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	28,633	−30	+5	0	−38
2021	28,902	+269	+18	+10	+228
2022	29,175	+273	+28	+74	+183
2023	29,289	+114	+46	+44	+30
2024	29,433	+144	+40	+104	+3
2025	29,453	+20	+27	+47	−55

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.8 ±0.7: for men 40.7 ±0.6 and for women 42.7 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Le Sueur County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under 5	1,563 ±26	5.4% ±0.1	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,120 ±228	17.6% ±0.8	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,074 ±149	7.1% ±0.5	8.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,109 ±270	24.4% ±0.9	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,764 ±263	26.7% ±0.9	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,483 ±267	18.8% ±0.9	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $94,968 ±$3,976, and income per person $45,340 ±$1,583, in 2024 dollars. The median is $89,062 ±$409 in Minnesota and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Le Sueur County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under $25,000	1,196 ±189	10.3% ±1.6	11.7% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,766 ±219	15.2% ±1.9	14.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,737 ±181	14.9% ±1.5	15.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,594 ±167	13.7% ±1.4	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,599 ±249	22.3% ±2.1	19.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,499 ±169	12.9% ±1.4	11.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,259 ±158	10.8% ±1.3	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Le Sueur County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Minnesota	United States
All ages	1,858 ±297	6.4% ±1.0	9.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	314 ±111	4.8% ±1.7	10.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	934 ±187	6.4% ±1.3	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	610 ±114	7.9% ±1.5	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Le Sueur County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Le Sueur County	Minnesota	United States
Housing units	13,054 ±59	2,545,030 ±1,535	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.2% ±1.2	90.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.8% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.0% ±1.4	72.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.0% ±2.1	27.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$316,500 ±$8,942	$329,300 ±$903	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$942 ±$58	$1,280 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±2	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Le Sueur County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,009 ±0	6.9% ±<0.1	6.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	25,920 ±106	89.0% ±0.4	75.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	219 ±49	0.8% ±0.2	6.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	139 ±39	0.5% ±0.1	5.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	67 ±31	0.2% ±0.1	0.7% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	20 to 118	0.1% to 0.4%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	690 ±119	2.4% ±0.4	4.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Le Sueur County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Born in the state	23,711 ±396	81.4% ±1.4	67.1% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,281 ±365	14.7% ±1.3	23.4% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	170 ±69	0.6% ±0.2	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	951 ±212	3.3% ±0.7	8.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	229 ±97	0.8% ±0.3	5.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	722 ±199	2.5% ±0.7	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Le Sueur County among the counties of Minnesota

38th of 87 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Minnesota page.

Counties of Minnesota near Le Sueur County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Nicollet County	34,273	−0.7%
Cass County	31,430	+4.2%
Polk County	30,545	−1.8%
Pine County	30,472	+5.5%
Freeborn County	30,440	−1.5%
Le Sueur County	29,453	+2.9%
Mille Lacs County	27,753	+4.8%
Todd County	26,060	+3.0%
Lyon County	25,684	+1.0%
Brown County	25,517	−1.5%
Meeker County	23,603	+0.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 22 Counties by population growth in Minnesota
No. 38 Counties by population in Minnesota
No. 140 Counties by homeownership rate
No. 146 Counties by median household income
No. 241 Counties by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026