Mahnomen County

Also known as Mahnomen County, Minnesota, Mahnomen County, MN

county in Minnesota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
Founded: December 27, 1906
Named after: Ojibwe word for wild rice
Seat: Mahnomen
Largest city: Mahnomen
Total: 583 sq mi (1,510 km )
Land: 558 sq mi (1,450 km )
Water: 25 sq mi (65 km ) 4.3%
Estimate 2025: 5,153
Density: 9.7/sq mi (3.7/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )

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Mahnomen County (/məˈnoʊmən/ mə-NOH-mən) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,411. Its county seat is Mahnomen.

The county is part of the White Earth Indian Reservation. It is the only county in Minnesota entirely within an Indian reservation. Mahnomen, East Polk, and Becker counties constitute one of northwestern Minnesota's biggest cattle-raising areas.