RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 87 SHOWN OF 87

Most population gained, Minnesota counties · 2010

Minnesota counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, 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

01Dakota County, MNMN457,710+42,648−47%

02Scott County, MNMN159,017+40,430+28%

03Washington County, MNMN286,895+37,006−33%

04Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784+36,225−57%

05Wright County, MNMN157,559+34,714+63%

06Anoka County, MNMN381,605+32,760−40%

07Sherburne County, MNMN104,194+24,082+7%

08Carver County, MNMN114,379+20,837−7%

09Olmsted County, MNMN166,731+19,971+12%

10Stearns County, MNMN164,110+17,476+22%

11Chisago County, MNMN59,142+12,786+21%

12Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634+8,072+326%

13Clay County, MNMN67,734+7,770+863%

14Rice County, MNMN69,939+7,477−0%

15Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+7,401−32%

16Isanti County, MNMN44,386+6,529+22%

17Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+4,792−9%

18Benton County, MNMN41,744+4,225+5%

19Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753+3,767+3%

20Carlton County, MNMN36,711+3,715+54%

21Pine County, MNMN30,472+3,220−39%

22Douglas County, MNMN40,120+3,188−23%

23Nicollet County, MNMN34,273+2,956+74%

24Steele County, MNMN37,464+2,896−2%

25Becker County, MNMN35,497+2,504+18%

26Dodge County, MNMN21,376+2,356+18%

27Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+2,277+4%

28Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+2,056−40%

29Hubbard County, MNMN22,369+2,052−40%

30McLeod County, MNMN36,631+1,753−39%

31Morrison County, MNMN34,620+1,486−30%

32Winona County, MNMN50,523+1,476−32%

33Cass County, MNMN31,430+1,417−74%

34Kanabec County, MNMN16,628+1,243−43%

35Itasca County, MNMN45,404+1,066−66%

36Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+1,036−58%

37Aitkin County, MNMN16,252+901−69%

38Meeker County, MNMN23,603+656−64%

39Mower County, MNMN40,971+560−54%

40Nobles County, MNMN22,338+546−26%

41Todd County, MNMN26,060+469−56%

42Lyon County, MNMN25,684+432−32%

43Pennington County, MNMN13,686+346+24%

44Clearwater County, MNMN8,647+272+139%

45Polk County, MNMN30,545+231−120%

46Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153+223+53%

47Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+144−98%

48Wadena County, MNMN14,388+130−77%

49Wabasha County, MNMN21,537+66−96%

50Cook County, MNMN5,522+8−99%

51Rock County, MNMN9,524-34−60%

52Sibley County, MNMN15,356-130−113%

53Lake County, MNMN10,746-192−130%

54Red Lake County, MNMN3,940-210−7%

55Pope County, MNMN11,420-241−149%

56Fillmore County, MNMN21,540-256−174%

57Grant County, MNMN6,085-271−730%

58Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-299−50%

59St. Louis County, MNMN200,518-302−113%

60Stevens County, MNMN9,747-327−44%

61Waseca County, MNMN18,688-390−127%

62Murray County, MNMN7,942-440−11%

63Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770-477−207%

64Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405-480−9%

65Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-533+16%

66Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-551+18%

67Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-562+49%

68Traverse County, MNMN3,130-576+75%

69Norman County, MNMN6,336-590+11%

70Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-642+6%

71Chippewa County, MNMN12,406-647+362%

72Watonwan County, MNMN11,459-665−443%

73Houston County, MNMN18,400-691−157%

74Roseau County, MNMN15,246-709−154%

75Marshall County, MNMN8,798-716−15%

76Kittson County, MNMN4,031-733+52%

77Redwood County, MNMN15,265-756+72%

78Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-808−6%

79Martin County, MNMN19,440-962−13%

80Jackson County, MNMN9,857-1,002+145%

81Brown County, MNMN25,517-1,018+1295%

82Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-1,044−46%

83Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-1,329+179%

84Renville County, MNMN14,356-1,424+174%

85Faribault County, MNMN13,888-1,628+115%

86Swift County, MNMN9,763-2,173−276%

87Ramsey County, MNMN541,623-2,395−109%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS