Hennepin
County is a
county in
the U.S.
state of
Minnesota.
As of the
2010 census
the
population
was
1,152,425.
It is the
most
populous
county in
Minnesota
and the
32nd-most
populous
county in
the United
States; more
than one in
five
Minnesotans
live in
Hennepin
County. Its
county seat
is
Minneapolis,
the state's
most
populous
city. The
county is
named in
honor of the
17th-century
explorer
Father Louis
Hennepin.
Hennepin
County is
included in
the
Minneapolis-St.
Paul-Bloomington
Metropolitan
Statistical
Area. The
center of
population
of Minnesota
is in
Hennepin
County, in
the City of
Minneapolis.
