RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 87 SHOWN OF 87

Most population gained, Minnesota counties · 2000

Minnesota counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, 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 +1,300.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784+83,769–

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710+80,677–

03Washington County, MNMN286,895+55,234–

04Anoka County, MNMN381,605+54,443–

05Scott County, MNMN159,017+31,652–

06Ramsey County, MNMN541,623+25,270–

07Sherburne County, MNMN104,194+22,472–

08Carver County, MNMN114,379+22,290–

09Wright County, MNMN157,559+21,276–

10Olmsted County, MNMN166,731+17,807–

11Stearns County, MNMN164,110+14,375–

12Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+10,850–

13Chisago County, MNMN59,142+10,580–

14Rice County, MNMN69,939+7,482–

15Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+6,445–

16Isanti County, MNMN44,386+5,366–

17Cass County, MNMN31,430+5,359–

18Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+5,266–

19Pine County, MNMN30,472+5,266–

20Douglas County, MNMN40,120+4,147–

21Benton County, MNMN41,744+4,041–

22Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753+3,660–

23Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+3,437–

24Hubbard County, MNMN22,369+3,437–

25Itasca County, MNMN45,404+3,129–

26Steele County, MNMN37,464+2,951–

27Aitkin County, MNMN16,252+2,876–

28McLeod County, MNMN36,631+2,868–

29Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+2,442–

30Carlton County, MNMN36,711+2,412–

31St. Louis County, MNMN200,518+2,315–

32Kanabec County, MNMN16,628+2,194–

33Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+2,187–

34Winona County, MNMN50,523+2,157–

35Becker County, MNMN35,497+2,119–

36Morrison County, MNMN34,620+2,108–

37Dodge County, MNMN21,376+2,000–

38Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634+1,897–

39Wabasha County, MNMN21,537+1,866–

40Meeker County, MNMN23,603+1,798–

41Nicollet County, MNMN34,273+1,695–

42Waseca County, MNMN18,688+1,447–

43Roseau County, MNMN15,246+1,312–

44Cook County, MNMN5,522+1,300–

45Swift County, MNMN9,763+1,232–

46Houston County, MNMN18,400+1,221–

47Mower County, MNMN40,971+1,218–

48Todd County, MNMN26,060+1,063–

49Sibley County, MNMN15,356+990–

50Clay County, MNMN67,734+807–

51Nobles County, MNMN22,338+734–

52Lake County, MNMN10,746+643–

53Lyon County, MNMN25,684+636–

54Wadena County, MNMN14,388+559–

55Pope County, MNMN11,420+491–

56Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770+446–

57Fillmore County, MNMN21,540+345–

58Pennington County, MNMN13,686+278–

59Watonwan County, MNMN11,459+194–

60Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153+146–

61Clearwater County, MNMN8,647+114–

62Grant County, MNMN6,085+43–

63Brown County, MNMN25,517-73–

64Rock County, MNMN9,524-85–

65Chippewa County, MNMN12,406-140–

66Red Lake County, MNMN3,940-226–

67Traverse County, MNMN3,130-329–

68Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-378–

69Jackson County, MNMN9,857-409–

70Redwood County, MNMN15,265-439–

71Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-461–

72Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-465–

73Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-476–

74Kittson County, MNMN4,031-482–

75Murray County, MNMN7,942-495–

76Renville County, MNMN14,356-519–

77Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405-527–

78Norman County, MNMN6,336-533–

79Stevens County, MNMN9,747-581–

80Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-596–

81Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-604–

82Faribault County, MNMN13,888-756–

83Marshall County, MNMN8,798-838–

84Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-857–

85Martin County, MNMN19,440-1,112–

86Polk County, MNMN30,545-1,129–

87Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-1,944–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS