Wright County | |
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Coordinates: 45°11′N 93°58′W / 45.18°N 93.97°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
Founded | February 20, 1855[1] |
Named for | Silas Wright |
Seat | Buffalo |
Largest city | Otsego |
Area | |
• Total | 714 sq mi (1,850 km2) |
• Land | 661 sq mi (1,710 km2) |
• Water | 53 sq mi (140 km2) 7.4% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 141,337 |
• Estimate (2023) | 151,150 |
• Density | 213.8/sq mi (82.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 6th |
Website | www |
Wright County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 141,337.[2] Its county seat is Buffalo.[3] The county was founded in 1855. Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In terms of population, Wright County is the tenth-largest county in Minnesota and the fastest growing.