Dakota County

Parcel & Property Data

166,576Total Parcels

—Avg. Market Value

345,563Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 166,576 parcel records for Dakota County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.

Data from the Dakota County assessor roll dated August 2025, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

Explore Dakota County

Largest landownersWho holds the most land in Dakota County, by total acreage.
Largest parcelsThe biggest individual tracts in the county, ranked by size.
Out-of-state ownersWho owns Dakota County from somewhere else, and where they live.

Dakota County by the Numbers

Median parcel size: 0.31 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel: 7.3 acres
County land area: 360,037 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities: 29
2.5% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Out-of-state owners: 2.6% of parcels
by owner mailing address

Who Owns Dakota County?

Share of the county’s 166,576 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.

Owner type	Share of parcels
Individuals	86.8%
Companies & organizations	8.9%
Trusts & estates	0.8%
Government	3.4%
Other / unclassified	0.2%

The largest owner on record is CITY OF LAKEVILLE with 997 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~166,576 total)

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Parcel ID	Owner	Address	City	Acreage
028349001010	NORTHERN STATES POWER CO	1400 BLACK DOG RD E	Burnsville	1341.19
310370000050	COUNTY OF DAKOTA	30497 HARRY AVE	Cannon Falls	860.89
120040001010	REGENTS OF U OF MN	—	Empire	642.52
120140001010	REGENTS OF U OF MN	—	Empire	635.63
120110001010	REGENTS OF U OF MN	17979 ANNETTE AVE	Empire	634.93
120130001010	REGENTS OF U OF MN	18270 CLAYTON AVE	Hastings	634.37
340130050012	FLINT HILLS RESOURCES PINE BEND LLC	12555 CLARK RD	Rosemount	595.66
340240001011	FLINT HILLS RESOURCES PINE BEND LLC	—	Rosemount	590.08
340230050014	FLINT HILLS RESOURCES PINE BEND LLC	2112 BONAIRE PATH E	Rosemount	585.84
340330001024	REGENTS OF U OF MN	2175 145TH ST W	Rosemount	585.78

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Dakota County?

The Dakota County assessor roll on file records 166,576 parcels across 29 communities, with 2.5% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Dakota County?

CITY OF LAKEVILLE holds 997 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Dakota County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 0.31 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 7.3 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of Dakota County is owned from out of state?

2.6% of parcels list an owner mailing address outside MN, per the county’s own records.

How much of Dakota County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 3.4% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Dakota County assessor roll dated August 2025. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.