Hennepin County

county in Minnesota, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_minnesota Q486229
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Summary

Hennepin County is a county of Minnesota[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of county of minnesota entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,998 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Minnesota[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Minneapolis[6]
  • Shares border with: Anoka County[7], Scott County[8], Ramsey County[9], Wright County[10], Carver County[11], Dakota County[12], Sherburne County[13]
  • Named after: Louis Hennepin[14]
  • Commons category: Hennepin County, Minnesota[15]
  • Inception: March 6, 1852[16]
  • Coordinate location: 44.975833333333334, -93.26666666666667[17]
  • Official website: http://www.hennepin.us[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hennepin County, Minnesota[19]
  • Population: 1,152,425[20], 1,154,215[21], 1,169,070[22], 1,184,332[23], 1,198,778[24], 1,223,149[25], 333,480[26], 228,340[27], 185,294[28], 67,013[29], 31,566[30], 12,849[31], 1,281,565[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:Hennepin County, Minnesota[33]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hennepin County, Minnesota[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hennepin County, Minnesota[36]
  • Number of households: 513,892[37]
  • Native label: Hennepin County[38]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109028[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hennepin County, Minnesota[40]
  • Area: 1571[41]
  • Köppen climate classification: Hemiboreal[42]
  • Water as percent of area: 8.7[43]

Why It Matters

Hennepin County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Hennepin County, Mi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Hennepin County, Minnesota.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Louis Hennepin
    Named after → —
    Inception → +1852-03-06T00:00:00Z
    Website → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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