Renville County, Minnesota

Renville County population, land area and income

Renville County had 14,453 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 982.9 square miles of land. It ranks 57th of 87 in Minnesota by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 14.7 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Minnesota has 22,050 residents; Renville County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,098 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Renville County's population changed since 2020

Renville County lost 233 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.6%. That ranks 68th of 87 in Minnesota for growth. The median Minnesota county changed by +0.6%, and the state as a whole by +1.4%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Renville County recorded 710 births and 777 deaths, a natural change of -67. Net international migration added +54 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -253. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 253 people.

Where Renville County is

The Census internal point of Renville County is at 44.723700, -94.955600. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Minnesota's 87 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Renville County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Renville County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Renville County, 4,794 people together, or 33% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Renville County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Olivia with 2,306.

Counties bordering Renville County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Renville County. The most populous is Kandiyohi County, MN, with 44,674 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Kandiyohi County

  44,674 people

  30 mi N

• McLeod County

  36,780 people

  34 mi ENE

• Nicollet County

  34,493 people

  43 mi SE

• Brown County

  25,710 people

  35 mi SSE

• Meeker County

  23,491 people

  35 mi NE

• Redwood County

  15,254 people

  27 mi SSW

• Sibley County

  15,194 people

  37 mi ESE

• Chippewa County

  12,299 people

  36 mi NW

• Yellow Medicine County

  9,373 people

  45 mi W

Distance to Saint Paul and the nearest big city

Saint Paul is 92.2 miles E of Renville County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN (population 428,579), 84.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Willmar, MN (population 21,892), 27.9 miles away.

Renville County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Renville County is 27129: state code 27 for Minnesota plus county code 129. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,098.