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Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Yellow Medicine County had 9,373 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 759.1 square miles of land. It ranks 71st of 87 in Minnesota by population and 31st by land area.

Population
9,373
#71 of 87 in Minnesota · #2,462 in US
Area
759.1 sq mi
#31 of 87 in Minnesota · #1,152 in US
Density
12 / sq mi
#68 of 87 in Minnesota · #2,488 in US
Median household income
$69,009
#59 of 87 in Minnesota · #1,071 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Yellow Medicine County within Minnesota. Pin: Saint Paul.

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Yellow Medicine County population, land area and income

Yellow Medicine County had 9,373 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 759.1 square miles of land. It ranks 71st of 87 in Minnesota by population and 31st by land area. That works out to 12.3 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, so Yellow Medicine County has 43% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $69,009 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

9,373

3144th1st

2462nd of 3,144 (US)

Land area

759 sq mi

3144th1st

1152nd of 3,144 (US)

Density

12.3 / sq mi

3144th1st

2488th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$69,009

3143rd1st

1071st of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Minnesota (87)

Population

9,373

87th1st

71st of 87 (MN)

Land area

759 sq mi

87th1st

31st of 87 (MN)

Density

12.3 / sq mi

87th1st

68th of 87 (MN)

Median household income

$69,009

87th1st

59th of 87 (MN)

How Yellow Medicine County's population changed since 2020

Yellow Medicine County lost 117 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.2%. That ranks 61st 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, Yellow Medicine County recorded 445 births and 463 deaths, a natural change of -18. Net international migration added +72 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -192. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 192 people.

9,49020209,43720219,48420229,47120239,3732024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
445
Deaths
463
Net international migration
+72
Net domestic migration
-192
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-98

Where Yellow Medicine County is

The Census internal point of Yellow Medicine County is at 44.715700, -95.862800. 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 Yellow Medicine County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Cook County: -0.5%Kanabec County: +3.4%Carlton County: +1.5%Becker County: +0.7%Dodge County: +1.7%Douglas County: +2.1%Murray County: -1.5%Pipestone County: -3.3%Rock County: -1.7%Steele County: +0.1%Waseca County: -1.4%Pennington County: -2.1%Red Lake County: -1.5%Stevens County: +1.6%Hubbard County: +3.1%Mahnomen County: -1.8%Fillmore County: +1.2%Otter Tail County: +1.4%Rice County: +2.9%Meeker County: +0.2%Nobles County: -1.1%Swift County: -1.5%Watonwan County: -0.3%Wadena County: +2.2%Polk County: -2.1%Lyon County: +0.6%St. Louis County: +0.4%Todd County: +2.6%Carver County: +5.0%Kandiyohi County: +2.2%Olmsted County: +2.1%Roseau County: -0.3%Dakota County: +2.9%Yellow Medicine County: -1.2%Crow Wing County: +3.6%Sibley County: +2.7%Morrison County: +1.5%Lac qui Parle County: -1.0%Lincoln County: -1.3%Martin County: -2.2%Clay County: +2.3%Houston County: -2.5%Wilkin County: -3.3%Nicollet County: -0.0%Norman County: -2.4%Benton County: +1.3%Anoka County: +3.4%Blue Earth County: +2.2%Traverse County: -6.7%Aitkin County: +4.0%Marshall County: -3.0%Grant County: +0.3%Wabasha County: +0.8%Lake County: -2.0%Cottonwood County: -1.6%Brown County: -0.8%Cass County: +4.2%Lake of the Woods County: +0.7%Scott County: +3.9%Isanti County: +5.5%Stearns County: +3.5%Clearwater County: +0.7%Hennepin County: -0.7%Kittson County: -4.7%Wright County: +9.0%Goodhue County: +0.8%Jackson County: -1.3%Washington County: +5.8%Chippewa County: -2.5%Freeborn County: -1.9%Koochiching County: -3.6%Big Stone County: -1.8%Redwood County: -1.1%Chisago County: +4.2%Faribault County: -0.1%Renville County: -1.6%Itasca County: +0.9%Mower County: +2.1%Sherburne County: +5.6%Mille Lacs County: +4.2%Winona County: +0.6%Ramsey County: -1.8%Pine County: +4.9%McLeod County: +0.1%Pope County: +1.5%Le Sueur County: +2.8%Beltrami County: +1.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -1.7%
  2. < -0.3%
  3. < +1.2%
  4. < +2.8%
  5. ≥ +2.8%
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Orange pin: Yellow Medicine County internal point. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Internal point

Decimal
44.715700, -95.862800
DMS
44°42'56.52"N 95°51'46.08"W
UTM
15N 273253.5E 4955356.4N
Geohash
9zgy6s4zf
Plus code
86P6P48P+7V

Towns in Yellow Medicine County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Yellow Medicine County, 3,427 people together, or 37% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Yellow Medicine County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Granite Falls with 1,763.

  1. 01Granite Falls (part)1,763
  2. 02Canby1,664
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Yellow Medicine County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Yellow Medicine County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Lyon County, MN, with 25,577 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Saint Paul and the nearest big city

Saint Paul is 136.3 miles E of Yellow Medicine County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD (population 209,289), 91.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Marshall, MN (population 13,996), 18.8 miles away.

Yellow Medicine County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yellow Medicine County is 27173: state code 27 for Minnesota plus county code 173. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $69,009.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 9,373. That is down 117 people (1.2%) from the July 2020 estimate of 9,490.

What is the FIPS code of Yellow Medicine County?

27173. The first two digits (27) are Minnesota; the last three (173) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Yellow Medicine County?

Granite Falls, with 1,763 residents inside Yellow Medicine County in 2024 (2,678 across all 2 counties it spans).

Which counties border Yellow Medicine County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Lyon County, MN; Redwood County, MN; Renville County, MN; Chippewa County, MN; Lac qui Parle County, MN; Lincoln County, MN; Deuel County, SD.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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