St. Louis County, Minnesota property search
Search an address or an owner in St. Louis County, Minnesota with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 186,455 lots are mapped here, covering 4,092,282 acres. 39,261 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in St. Louis County received $106,000 in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 30 recipients. 65,917 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $36,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 186,455
- Lots mapped
- 4,092,282
- Acres
- 39,261
- Institutional
Land use in St. Louis County
Parcels and acreage by land use in St. Louis County, Minnesota| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| Residential 1 Unit | 64,280 | 261,407 |
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| Rural Vacant Land | 25,401 | 791,104 |
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| Non-Comm Seasonal Residential Recreational | 16,558 | 186,492 |
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| Non-Homestead Qualifying Single Res Unit | 13,688 | 43,056 |
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| Tax Forfeited County Administered/PILT | 10,180 | 909,492 |
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| Municipal - All Other | 6,896 | 35,048 |
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| Unimproved Residential Land | 5,623 | 9,429 |
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| Commercial Preferred | 4,928 | 9,455 |
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| Tax Forfeited Platted City Lots/Non-PILT | 4,116 | 2,155 |
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| State Admin Lands Outside ConCon Area/PILT | 3,604 | 458,893 |
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| Residential Non-Hstd 1-3 Units Not 4bb | 2,828 | 9,844 |
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| Federal National Forest | 2,605 | 547,312 |
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Largest landowners in St. Louis County
Largest landowners by acreage in St. Louis County, Minnesota| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| State of Minnesota | 6,930 | 567,729 |
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| Meriwether Mn Land & Timber Llc | 1,188 | 54,681 |
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| United States Steel Corporation | 1,483 | 48,458 |
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| Allete Inc | 1,432 | 40,549 |
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| Hibbing Land Corp | 656 | 25,662 |
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| Rggs Land & Minerals Ltd Lp | 645 | 22,590 |
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| Blandin Paper Company | 94 | 22,480 |
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| Newrange Copper Nickel Llc | 411 | 20,510 |
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| St Louis County | 802 | 16,990 |
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| State of Minnesota - Dnr | 350 | 13,779 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Minnesota
Federal farm payments in St. Louis County
- $106K
- Paid in 2025
- 30
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in St. Louis County, Minnesota, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $61K |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $22K |
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| Livestock Indeminity Payments Program | $13K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $8K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in St. Louis County
- 65,917
- Acres disclosed
- 40
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in St. Louis County, Minnesota, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Canada | 27,522 |
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| Finland | 22,833 |
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| United Kingdom | 15,269 |
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| India | 293 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in St. Louis County, Minnesota| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| BLANDIN PAPER CO. (FINLAND) | 22,833 |
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| POLY MET MINING INC (CANADA) | 16,768 |
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| MITTAL STEEL USA (UNITED KINGDOM) | 14,727 |
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| HIBBING TACONITE CO. (CANADA) | 9,163 |
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| TECK AMERICAN INC (CANADA) | 1,211 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in St. Louis County
- 6
- Policies
- 1,767
- Insured acres
- $36K
- Claims paid
- 1.17
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in St. Louis County, Minnesota, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| All Other Crops | $36K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 139
- Substations
- 2
- 345 kV and up
- 500 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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St. Louis County last published these records on May 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.