Counties in Minnesota River Basin

Counties in Minnesota River Basin


County	Total Area	Area within	% County Area	Cropland	Percent
	(ac)	MN River Basin	in MN River	Area (ac)	of county
		(ac)	Basin		in cropland

Big Stone	338,488	273,574	81	242,423	72
Blue Earth	489,755	488,282	100	370,882	76
Brown	395,214	395,214	100	323,156	82
Carver	240,717	149,444	62	133,358	55
Chippewa	376,462	376,462	100	316,741	84
Cottonwood	414,730	308,502	74	349,082	84
Dakota	374,967	42,598	11	195,552	52
Douglas	459,226	206,133	45	207,622	45
Faribault	460,622	460,276	100	386,035	84
Freeborn	460,881	101,202	22	379,439	82
Grant	367,655	127,449	35	291,170	79
Hennepin	387,648	69,655	18	57,106	15
Jackson	460,459	60,596	13	379,881	83
Kandiyohi	552,365	257,510	47	353,383	64
Lac Qui Parle	497,358	497,358	100	392,869	79
Le Sueur	302,940	210,455	69	203,340	67
Lincoln	351,203	296,619	84	261,606	74
Lyon	460,026	460,026	100	381,396	83
Martin	465,996	354,796	76	407,811	88
Mcleod	323,143	41,416	13	297,000	92
Murray	461,010	73,443	16	376,237	82
Nicollet	298,344	298,344	100	227,409	76
Otter Tail	1,427,262	169,365	12	987,000	69
Pipestone	298,279	16,477	6	233,225	78
Pope	459,117	395,199	86	271,088	59
Redwood	565,417	565,417	100	483,928	86
Renville	632,114	467,120	74	556,275	88
Rice	330,029	30,897	9	195,991	59
Scott	235,625	224,621	95	110,670	47
Sibley	385,073	374,077	97	299,838	78
Steele	276,675	17,675	6	221,114	80
Stevens	369,175	275,141	75	318,306	86
Swift	481,939	481,939	100	380,296	79
Traverse	374,952	21,708	6	324,144	86
Waseca	275,675	223,351	81	232,953	85
Watonwan	281,914	281,914	100	239,259	89
Yellow Medicine	489,253	489,253	100	405,438	83

Compiled by: Ananda Mallawatantri

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