Dakota County
Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 439,882. The population of Dakota County was estimated to be 455,710 in 2025. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County is named for the Dakota Sioux tribal bands who inhabited the area. The name is recorded as "Dahkotah" in the United States Census records until 1851. Dakota County is included in the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with about 3.71 million residents. The largest city in Dakota County is the city of Lakeville, the ninth-largest city in Minnesota and fifth-largest Twin Cities suburb. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the state of Wisconsin on the east.
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Cities and towns 20
- City of Apple Valley pop. 55,638
- City of Burnsville pop. 63,943
- City of Coates pop. 142
- City of Eagan pop. 68,642
- City of Farmington pop. 23,534
- City of Hampton pop. 736
- City of Hastings pop. 21,925
- City of Inver Grove Heights pop. 35,541
- City of Lakeville pop. 72,812
- City of Lilydale pop. 800
- City of Mendota pop. 183
- City of Mendota Heights pop. 11,665
- City of Miesville pop. 134
- City of New Trier pop. 83
- City of Randolph pop. 464
- City of Rosemount pop. 26,642
- City of South St Paul pop. 20,536
- City of Sunfish Lake pop. 523
- City of Vermillion pop. 439
- City of West St Paul pop. 20,822
Townships 13
- Township of Castle Rock pop. 1,338
- Township of Douglas pop. 750
- Township of Empire pop. 3,158
- Township of Eureka pop. 1,375
- Township of Greenvale pop. 792
- Township of Hampton pop. 831
- Township of Marshan pop. 1,139
- Township of Nininger pop. 854
- Township of Randolph pop. 760
- Township of Ravenna pop. 2,330
- Township of Sciota pop. 459
- Township of Vermillion pop. 1,281
- Township of Waterford pop. 530
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 106725
- FIPS state
- 27
- FIPS county
- 037
- FIPS place
- 99037
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF DAKOTA
- Mailing address
- 1590 HIGHWAY 55, HASTINGS 55033