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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.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

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

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

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

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

05Scott County, MNMN159,017+8,089−74%

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

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

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

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

10Isanti County, MNMN44,386+3,251−39%

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

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

13Rice County, MNMN69,939+2,842−62%

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

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

16Pine County, MNMN30,472+1,596−70%

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

18Cass County, MNMN31,430+1,364−75%

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

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

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

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

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

24Mower County, MNMN40,971+942−23%

25Winona County, MNMN50,523+852−61%

26Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+827−84%

27Todd County, MNMN26,060+798−25%

28Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+779−64%

29Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+613−82%

30Morrison County, MNMN34,620+610−71%

31Kanabec County, MNMN16,628+596−73%

32Aitkin County, MNMN16,252+555−81%

33Sibley County, MNMN15,356+520−47%

34Dodge County, MNMN21,376+509−75%

35Carlton County, MNMN36,711+504−79%

36Lyon County, MNMN25,684+415−35%

37Itasca County, MNMN45,404+390−88%

38Benton County, MNMN41,744+365−91%

39Wadena County, MNMN14,388+323−42%

40Becker County, MNMN35,497+314−85%

41Fillmore County, MNMN21,540+312−10%

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

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

44Meeker County, MNMN23,603+203−89%

45Wabasha County, MNMN21,537+150−92%

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

47Pope County, MNMN11,420+112−77%

48Stevens County, MNMN9,747+76−113%

49Steele County, MNMN37,464+58−98%

50Nobles County, MNMN22,338+48−93%

51Grant County, MNMN6,085+11−74%

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

53Red Lake County, MNMN3,940+5−102%

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

55Faribault County, MNMN13,888-33−96%

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

57Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-57−88%

58Swift County, MNMN9,763-75−106%

59Cook County, MNMN5,522-78−106%

60Roseau County, MNMN15,246-85−106%

61Norman County, MNMN6,336-105−80%

62Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-112−76%

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

64Jackson County, MNMN9,857-132−68%

65McLeod County, MNMN36,631-140−105%

66Lake County, MNMN10,746-159−125%

67Redwood County, MNMN15,265-160−64%

68Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-164−72%

69Kittson County, MNMN4,031-176−63%

70Rock County, MNMN9,524-180+112%

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

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

73Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-218−42%

74Traverse County, MNMN3,130-230−30%

75Murray County, MNMN7,942-237−52%

76Marshall County, MNMN8,798-242−71%

77Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153-258−277%

78Waseca County, MNMN18,688-280−119%

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

80Renville County, MNMN14,356-367−29%

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

82Houston County, MNMN18,400-443−136%

83Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-455−4%

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

85Martin County, MNMN19,440-585−47%

86Polk County, MNMN30,545-647−43%

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

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES