Washington County

Also known as Washington County, Minnesota, Washington County, MN

county in Minnesota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
Founded: October 27, 1849
Named after: George Washington
Seat: Stillwater
Largest city: Woodbury
Total: 423 sq mi (1,100 km )
Land: 384 sq mi (990 km )
Water: 38 sq mi (98 km ) 9.1%
Estimate 2025: 286,895
Density: 697/sq mi (269/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts: 2nd , 4th , 8th
Website: www .washingtoncountymn .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 267568
Area: 423
Official website: www.co.washington.mn.us
Image: Stillwater Courthouse.jpg
Households: 95796

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Commons category: Washington County, Minnesota
inception: 1849-10-27
water as percent of area: 9.1
native label: Washington County
per capita income: 46842

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Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 267,568, making it the fifth-most populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Stillwater. The largest city in the county is Woodbury, the seventh-largest city in Minnesota and the third-largest Twin Cities suburb. Washington County is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The forested St. Croix River valley, looking south towards Afton