Demographics of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Mille Lacs County, Minnesota had 27,753 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,278 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.

Mille Lacs County, in four figures

27,753
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +4.8%
Change since July 2020: +1,278 people.; 41.2 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $72,729 ±$3,403
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.

Mille Lacs County, Minnesota's population grew 4.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mille Lacs 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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Mille Lacs County, Minnesota's population grew 4.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mille Lacs 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	26,475	100.0	100.0
2021	26,919	101.7	100.2
2022	27,287	103.1	100.7
2023	27,466	103.7	101.6
2024	27,680	104.6	102.5
2025	27,753	104.8	103.1

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Population of Mille Lacs 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	26,475	−6	−10	0	−4
2021	26,919	+444	−78	+2	+540
2022	27,287	+368	−101	+1	+454
2023	27,466	+179	−26	+1	+205
2024	27,680	+214	−17	+8	+227
2025	27,753	+73	−16	−4	+94

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.2 ±0.5: for men 40.2 ±0.5 and for women 42.2 ±0.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mille Lacs County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under 5	1,534 ±53	5.7% ±0.2	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,745 ±205	17.5% ±0.8	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,938 ±133	7.1% ±0.5	8.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,617 ±222	24.4% ±0.8	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,255 ±263	26.7% ±1.0	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,036 ±315	18.6% ±1.2	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $72,729 ±$3,403, and income per person $36,173 ±$1,238, 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 Mille Lacs County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Minnesota	United States
Under $25,000	1,604 ±210	15.0% ±1.9	11.7% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,029 ±273	19.0% ±2.5	14.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,822 ±202	17.1% ±1.9	15.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,468 ±193	13.8% ±1.8	13.2% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,105 ±203	19.7% ±1.9	19.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,069 ±153	10.0% ±1.4	11.2% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	575 ±81	5.4% ±0.8	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 Mille Lacs County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Minnesota	United States
All ages	2,768 ±327	10.4% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	781 ±127	12.7% ±2.0	10.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,183 ±179	8.8% ±1.3	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	804 ±174	11.3% ±2.4	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Mille Lacs County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mille Lacs County	Minnesota	United States
Housing units	13,069 ±57	2,545,030 ±1,535	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.7% ±1.6	90.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.3% ±1.6	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.9% ±1.4	72.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.1% ±2.2	27.8% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$258,300 ±$8,250	$329,300 ±$903	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$903 ±$52	$1,280 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1982 ±3	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 Mille Lacs County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Hispanic or Latino	625 ±0	2.3% ±<0.1	6.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	23,861 ±69	88.0% ±0.3	75.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	120 ±58	0.4% ±0.2	6.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	257 ±43	0.9% ±0.2	5.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1,149 ±109	4.2% ±0.4	0.7% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	1 to 13	< 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	50 to 198	0.2% to 0.7%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	982 ±126	3.6% ±0.5	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 Mille Lacs County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Minnesota	United States
Born in the state	22,638 ±374	83.5% ±1.4	67.1% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,051 ±356	14.9% ±1.3	23.4% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	49 ±24	0.2% ±0.1	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	387 ±93	1.4% ±0.3	8.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	193 ±47	0.7% ±0.2	5.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	194 ±88	0.7% ±0.3	3.6% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Mille Lacs County among the counties of Minnesota

39th of 87 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Minnesota page.

Counties of Minnesota near Mille Lacs County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Hubbard County	22,369	+4.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Counties by population growth in Minnesota
No. 12 Counties in Minnesota by poverty rate
No. 21 Counties in Minnesota by median rent
No. 22 Counties in Minnesota by median household income
No. 25 Counties in Minnesota by median home value
No. 30 Counties in Minnesota by homeownership rate

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