50 cities
| City | Rank | 2025 Pop. ↓ | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density | Area (mi²) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd | 1 | 14,665 | 14,409 | 0.35% | 1,209 | 12.13 | City |
| Baxter | 2 | 9,395 | 8,637 | 1.64% | 498 | 18.85 | City |
| Breezy Point | 3 | 2,868 | 2,583 | 2.03% | 245 | 11.72 | City |
| Pequot Lakes | 4 | 2,506 | 2,400 | 0.85% | 153 | 16.36 | City |
| Crosslake | 5 | 2,451 | 2,400 | 0.41% | 95 | 25.76 | City |
| Crosby | 6 | 2,352 | 2,359 | -0.04% | 796 | 2.96 | City |
| Nisswa | 7 | 2,223 | 1,970 | 2.35% | 206 | 10.77 | City |
| Lake Edward township | 8 | 2,223 | 2,114 | 0.77% | 88 | 25.35 | Township |
| Crow Wing township | 9 | 2,190 | 2,153 | -0.14% | 75 | 29.39 | Township |
| Oak Lawn township | 10 | 1,861 | 1,768 | 0.81% | 54 | 34.46 | Township |
| Deerwood township | 11 | 1,374 | 1,309 | 0.73% | 48 | 28.63 | Township |
| Ideal township | 12 | 1,283 | 1,221 | 0.79% | 62 | 20.72 | Township |
| Irondale township | 13 | 1,264 | 1,261 | -0.16% | 46 | 27.40 | Township |
| Fort Ripley township | 14 | 1,064 | 1,017 | 0.57% | 48 | 22.11 | Township |
| Center township | 15 | 1,038 | 987 | 0.78% | 58 | 17.83 | Township |
| Bay Lake township | 16 | 975 | 926 | 0.83% | 36 | 27.29 | Township |
| Nokay Lake township | 17 | 940 | 896 | 0.64% | 28 | 33.25 | Township |
| Garrison township | 18 | 885 | 837 | 0.8% | 30 | 29.52 | Township |
| Emily | 19 | 875 | 844 | 0.69% | 29 | 29.98 | City |
| Mission township | 20 | 841 | 801 | 0.72% | 28 | 29.64 | Township |
| Maple Grove township | 21 | 749 | 714 | 0.67% | 22 | 34.49 | Township |
| St. Mathias township | 22 | 633 | 606 | 0.64% | 18 | 35.42 | Township |
| Deerwood | 23 | 578 | 578 | 0% | 388 | 1.49 | City |
| Daggett Brook township | 24 | 575 | 547 | 0.88% | 16 | 36.27 | Township |
| Ironton | 25 | 564 | 574 | -0.35% | 390 | 1.45 | City |
| Pelican township | 26 | 526 | 501 | 0.77% | 62 | 8.52 | Township |
| Jenkins | 27 | 509 | 484 | 0.99% | 114 | 4.47 | City |
| Fifty Lakes | 28 | 461 | 443 | 0.88% | 16 | 29.32 | City |
| Platte Lake township | 29 | 446 | 423 | 0.9% | 12 | 35.74 | Township |
| Jenkins township | 30 | 415 | 395 | 0.73% | 36 | 11.66 | Township |
| Wolford township | 31 | 371 | 352 | 0.82% | 25 | 14.59 | Township |
| Rabbit Lake township | 32 | 342 | 325 | 0.88% | 15 | 22.30 | Township |
| Cuyuna | 33 | 339 | 299 | 2.42% | 105 | 3.23 | City |
| Fairfield township | 34 | 337 | 320 | 0.9% | 10 | 33.67 | Township |
| Perry Lake township | 35 | 300 | 288 | 0.33% | 10 | 30.88 | Township |
| Garrison | 36 | 209 | 193 | 1.46% | 200 | 1.05 | City |
| Baxter township | 37 | 178 | 177 | 0% | 5 | 35.89 | Township |
| Timothy township | 38 | 177 | 169 | 0.57% | 5 | 34.31 | Township |
| Ross Lake township | 39 | 172 | 164 | 0.58% | 5 | 33.41 | Township |
| Deerwood township | 40 | 135 | 142 | -0.74% | 4 | 35.52 | Township |
| Harding | 41 | 124 | 126 | 0% | 40 | 3.10 | City |
| Merrifield | 42 | 118 | 41 | -0.84% | 217 | 0.54 | CDP |
| Riverton | 43 | 117 | 117 | 0% | 144 | 0.81 | City |
| Trommald | 44 | 114 | 98 | 2.7% | 31 | 3.69 | City |
| Gail Lake township | 45 | 97 | 94 | 0% | 6 | 16.76 | Township |
| Crosby township | 46 | 94 | 87 | 1.08% | 2 | 43.46 | Township |
| Little Pine township | 47 | 88 | 85 | 0% | 3 | 34.48 | Township |
| Fort Ripley | 48 | 82 | 82 | 0% | 64 | 1.29 | City |
| Genola | 49 | 72 | 72 | 0% | 235 | 0.31 | City |
| Manhattan Beach | 50 | 67 | 61 | 1.52% | 44 | 1.53 | City |
Brainerd is the largest city in Crow Wing County, with a population of 14,665.
Manhattan Beach is the smallest city in Crow Wing County.
There are 50 cities in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.