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Most population gained, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is +203. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Pine County, MN, up 67 places to #16.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01▲4Washington County, MNMN286,895+19,327−65%

02▲1Dakota County, MNMN457,710+17,828−78%

03▲1Anoka County, MNMN381,605+17,718−67%

04▲4Wright County, MNMN157,559+16,222−24%

05▲1Scott County, MNMN159,017+8,089−74%

06▲3Carver County, MNMN114,379+7,457−67%

07▲3Sherburne County, MNMN104,194+7,011−69%

08▲3Stearns County, MNMN164,110+5,818−60%

09▼2Olmsted County, MNMN166,731+3,884−78%

10▲5Isanti County, MNMN44,386+3,251−39%

11▼10Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784+3,219−96%

12▲2Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+3,009−72%

13▲4Rice County, MNMN69,939+2,842−62%

14▲6Chisago County, MNMN59,142+2,521−76%

15▼3Clay County, MNMN67,734+2,416+199%

16▲67Pine County, MNMN30,472+1,596−70%

17▼4Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634+1,522−20%

18▲6Cass County, MNMN31,430+1,364−75%

19▲19Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753+1,294−65%

20▼4Douglas County, MNMN40,120+1,114−73%

21▲7Hubbard County, MNMN22,369+1,025−70%

22▲3Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+988−60%

23▼4Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+960−85%

24▲6Mower County, MNMN40,971+942−23%

25▲62Winona County, MNMN50,523+852−61%

26▼4Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+827−84%

27▲9Todd County, MNMN26,060+798−25%

28▼1Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+779−64%

29▼3Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+613−82%

30▲3Morrison County, MNMN34,620+610−71%

31▲33Kanabec County, MNMN16,628+596−73%

32▲44Aitkin County, MNMN16,252+555−81%

33▲39Sibley County, MNMN15,356+520−47%

34Dodge County, MNMN21,376+509−75%

35▼3Carlton County, MNMN36,711+504−79%

36▲43Lyon County, MNMN25,684+415−35%

37▲16Itasca County, MNMN45,404+390−88%

38▼20Benton County, MNMN41,744+365−91%

39▲1Wadena County, MNMN14,388+323−42%

40▼19Becker County, MNMN35,497+314−85%

41▼4Fillmore County, MNMN21,540+312−10%

42▲9St. Louis County, MNMN200,518+287−88%

43▲4Watonwan County, MNMN11,459+206+6%

44▼1Meeker County, MNMN23,603+203−89%

45▲23Wabasha County, MNMN21,537+150−92%

46▲14Clearwater County, MNMN8,647+123+8%

47▼8Pope County, MNMN11,420+112−77%

48▲6Stevens County, MNMN9,747+76−113%

49▼18Steele County, MNMN37,464+58−98%

50▼21Nobles County, MNMN22,338+48−93%

51▼6Grant County, MNMN6,085+11−74%

52▲15Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770+7−98%

53▲4Red Lake County, MNMN3,940+5−102%

54▲23Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-15−98%

55▲25Faribault County, MNMN13,888-33−96%

56▲28Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-51−92%

57▲8Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-57−88%

58▼12Swift County, MNMN9,763-75−106%

59▼24Cook County, MNMN5,522-78−106%

60▲9Roseau County, MNMN15,246-85−106%

61▲14Norman County, MNMN6,336-105−80%

62▼6Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-112−76%

63▼4Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405-112−79%

64▲2Jackson County, MNMN9,857-132−68%

65▼23McLeod County, MNMN36,631-140−105%

66▼18Lake County, MNMN10,746-159−125%

67▲14Redwood County, MNMN15,265-160−64%

68▼7Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-164−72%

69▲1Kittson County, MNMN4,031-176−63%

70▼20Rock County, MNMN9,524-180+112%

71▼48Nicollet County, MNMN34,273-181−111%

72▼31Chippewa County, MNMN12,406-192+37%

73▼18Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-218−42%

74▼11Traverse County, MNMN3,130-230−30%

75▲3Murray County, MNMN7,942-237−52%

76▼3Marshall County, MNMN8,798-242−71%

77▼25Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153-258−277%

78▼20Waseca County, MNMN18,688-280−119%

79▼35Pennington County, MNMN13,686-306−210%

80▲5Renville County, MNMN14,356-367−29%

81▼32Brown County, MNMN25,517-395+441%

82▼20Houston County, MNMN18,400-443−136%

83▼12Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-455−4%

84▲2Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-475−76%

85▼3Martin County, MNMN19,440-585−47%

86▼12Polk County, MNMN30,545-647−43%

87▼85Ramsey County, MNMN541,623-10,729−142%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES