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Largest landowners in Minnesota

The 50 companies, trusts and public agencies that hold the most land in Minnesota, from county property records.

2,625,314Largest holding, acres5,251,343Acres on this list87Counties counted

Top 50 by acres held

  1. 1. State of Minnesota2,625,314 ac
    32,319 parcels in 71 counties
  2. 2. STATE - RLG495,583 ac
    1,900 parcels
  3. 3. Blandin Paper Company179,166 ac
    934 parcels in 4 counties
  4. 4. State of Mn School Trust Lands155,686 ac
    4,066 parcels
  5. 5. State of Mn in Trst For Taxing Dist145,803 ac
    3,811 parcels
  6. 6. STATE - IN TRUST143,544 ac
    1,951 parcels
  7. 7. County Memorial Forest136,380 ac
    1,360 parcels in 2 counties
  8. 8. State Land-Cons Cons Area & Dnr Bureau of R E Management133,710 ac
    60 parcels
  9. 9. TFL-COUNTY108,189 ac
    1,501 parcels
  10. 10. Meriwether Mn Land & Timber Llc82,356 ac
    1,937 parcels in 2 counties
  11. 11. Becker County Tax Forfeited72,870 ac
    1,241 parcels
  12. 12. State Land-Acquired & Dnr Bureau of R E Management72,753 ac
    55 parcels
  13. 13. United States Steel Corporation48,458 ac
    1,483 parcels
  14. 14. Tax Forfeit - State Administered46,339 ac
    1,166 parcels
  15. 15. Allete Inc45,007 ac
    1,561 parcels in 8 counties
  16. 16. State Land-Trust Fund: Swamp & Dnr Bureau of R E Management33,873 ac
    40 parcels
  17. 17. State of Minnesota - Dnr33,481 ac
    865 parcels in 14 counties
  18. 18. State of Mn Dnr30,555 ac
    710 parcels in 10 counties
  19. 19. Rggs Land & Minerals Ltd Lp30,445 ac
    955 parcels in 3 counties
  20. 20. State of Minnesota Admin Bldg29,854 ac
    911 parcels
  21. 21. Tax Forfeit - County Administered29,288 ac
    929 parcels
  22. 22. TFL-COUNTY-M F29,070 ac
    386 parcels
  23. 23. State of Mn Dept of Transport27,167 ac
    564 parcels in 4 counties
  24. 24. RD OFFUTT FARMS CO27,124 ac
    362 parcels in 4 counties
  25. 25. Hibbing Land Corp25,662 ac
    656 parcels
  26. 26. Minnesota/State of25,468 ac
    654 parcels in 8 counties
  27. 27. Anew Tfg Legacy Lake Sts Holdco Llc24,641 ac
    618 parcels
  28. 28. State of Minnesota/Bwca24,316 ac
    130 parcels
  29. 29. Fagen Farms, Llp23,816 ac
    192 parcels in 11 counties
  30. 30. Bctf-State Forest23,026 ac
    323 parcels
  31. 31. ST CROIX STATE FOREST21,871 ac
    60 parcels
  32. 32. Newrange Copper Nickel Llc21,280 ac
    431 parcels in 3 counties
  33. 33. Itasca State Park State of Mn20,735 ac
    3 parcels
  34. 34. Three Rivers Park District19,908 ac
    384 parcels in 4 counties
  35. 35. State of Minnesota Dnr19,689 ac
    493 parcels in 19 counties
  36. 36. State of Minn Dnr18,126 ac
    294 parcels in 3 counties
  37. 37. State of Minnesota & Dnr/Bureau of Real Estate Mgt17,976 ac
    210 parcels
  38. 38. State Tax Land17,801 ac
    218 parcels
  39. 39. State of Mn - Dnr17,361 ac
    430 parcels in 4 counties
  40. 40. Mesabi Land 1 Llc17,348 ac
    598 parcels
  41. 41. St Louis County16,990 ac
    802 parcels
  42. 42. STATE FOREST16,308 ac
    80 parcels
  43. 43. State of Mn State Swamp16,223 ac
    65 parcels
  44. 44. State of Minn - Dnr16,099 ac
    199 parcels
  45. 45. Mn State of Dnr15,490 ac
    247 parcels
  46. 46. Northshore Mining Company14,924 ac
    153 parcels in 2 counties
  47. 47. R D OFFUTT COMPANY14,756 ac
    141 parcels in 4 counties
  48. 48. United Taconite Llc13,521 ac
    257 parcels
  49. 49. City of Duluth13,229 ac
    4,274 parcels
  50. 50. Wolf Lands Inc12,765 ac
    309 parcels in 2 counties

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Questions

Who is the largest landowner in Minnesota?

On county property records, State of Minnesota holds the most land in Minnesota: 2,625,314 acres across 32,319 parcels in 71 counties.

How much land do the largest landowners in Minnesota hold?

The 50 institutions on this list hold 5,251,343 acres between them. 36 of them are public bodies, such as the state, cities and agencies.

Why are no individuals on this list?

Deedlines ranks companies, trusts held by companies and government agencies only. A public ranking of private people by the land they own would be a list of where they live, so individuals are never ranked.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the assessor files of 87 Minnesota counties, the same records behind each county's tax roll. Acreage is what the assessor records; a survey can differ, and a company filed under two spellings counts as two names.

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