Polk County

Parcel & Property Data

29,843Total Parcels

—Avg. Market Value

1,316,943Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 29,843 parcel records for Polk 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 Polk County assessor roll dated August 2025, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

Explore Polk County

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

Polk County by the Numbers

Median parcel size: 4.4 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel: 156.1 acres
County land area: 1,261,440 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities: 28
47.1% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Out-of-state owners: 11.7% of parcels
by owner mailing address

Who Owns Polk County?

Share of the county’s 29,843 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	73.4%
Companies & organizations	9.8%
Trusts & estates	11.7%
Government	3.1%
Other / unclassified	2.0%

The largest owner on record is EAST GRAND FORKS CITY with 416 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~29,843 total)

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Parcel ID	Owner	Address	City	Acreage
32.01052.03	FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE	—	Unincorporated	1518.31
32.01052.03	FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE	—	Unincorporated	1518.31
32.01052.03	FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE	—	Unincorporated	1518.31
71.00116.00	DRAGSETH ALLAN A & JUDY E FARMS LLLP	—	Unincorporated	646.36
71.00116.00	DRAGSETH ALLAN A & JUDY E FARMS LLLP	—	Unincorporated	646.36
49.00020.00	KIEL LLLP	—	Unincorporated	643.61
04.00125.00	PROULX EARL J TRUST ETAL	—	Unincorporated	640.00
10.00179.00	WISHARD IRENE L FAMILY TRUST	—	Unincorporated	640.00
32.00039.00	STATE OF MINNESOTA & DNR/BUREAU OF REAL ESTATE MGT	—	Unincorporated	640.00
32.01037.00	FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE	—	Unincorporated	640.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Polk County?

The Polk County assessor roll on file records 29,843 parcels across 28 communities, with 47.1% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Polk County?

EAST GRAND FORKS CITY holds 416 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Polk County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 4.4 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 156.1 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

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

11.7% of parcels list an owner mailing address outside MN, per the county’s own records.

How much of Polk County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 3.1% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Polk 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.