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Most population gained, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784+129,140+54%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,623+43,712+73%

03Dakota County, MNMN457,710+41,330−49%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,605+33,043−39%

05Washington County, MNMN286,895+29,432−47%

06Scott County, MNMN159,017+21,000−34%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,731+18,599+4%

08Wright County, MNMN157,559+16,637−22%

09Carver County, MNMN114,379+15,880−29%

10Sherburne County, MNMN104,194+8,684−61%

11Stearns County, MNMN164,110+7,650−47%

12Clay County, MNMN67,734+6,319+683%

13Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634+5,099+169%

14Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+3,623−67%

15Isanti County, MNMN44,386+3,319−38%

16Douglas County, MNMN40,120+2,997−28%

17Rice County, MNMN69,939+2,955−61%

18Benton County, MNMN41,744+2,928−28%

19Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+2,778−57%

20Chisago County, MNMN59,142+2,734−74%

21Becker County, MNMN35,497+2,679+26%

22Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+1,786−66%

23Nicollet County, MNMN34,273+1,727+2%

24Cass County, MNMN31,430+1,499−72%

25Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+1,493−39%

26Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+1,399−59%

27Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+971−56%

28Hubbard County, MNMN22,369+916−73%

29Nobles County, MNMN22,338+912+24%

30Mower County, MNMN40,971+866−29%

31Steele County, MNMN37,464+830−72%

32Carlton County, MNMN36,711+821−66%

33Morrison County, MNMN34,620+812−61%

34Dodge County, MNMN21,376+780−61%

35Cook County, MNMN5,522+424−67%

36Todd County, MNMN26,060+367−65%

37Fillmore County, MNMN21,540+362+5%

38Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753+362−90%

39Pope County, MNMN11,420+313−36%

40Wadena County, MNMN14,388+222−60%

41Chippewa County, MNMN12,406+157−212%

42McLeod County, MNMN36,631+120−96%

43Meeker County, MNMN23,603+100−94%

44Pennington County, MNMN13,686+62−78%

45Grant County, MNMN6,085+56+30%

46Swift County, MNMN9,763+55−96%

47Watonwan County, MNMN11,459+42−78%

48Lake County, MNMN10,746+39−94%

49Brown County, MNMN25,517+19−126%

50Rock County, MNMN9,524+17−120%

51St. Louis County, MNMN200,518+5−100%

52Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153-2−101%

53Itasca County, MNMN45,404-44−101%

54Stevens County, MNMN9,747-55−91%

55Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-70−81%

56Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-103−78%

57Red Lake County, MNMN3,940-154−32%

58Waseca County, MNMN18,688-168−112%

59Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405-170−68%

60Clearwater County, MNMN8,647-171−250%

61Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-172−71%

62Houston County, MNMN18,400-184−115%

63Traverse County, MNMN3,130-198−40%

64Kanabec County, MNMN16,628-207−109%

65Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-256−44%

66Jackson County, MNMN9,857-277−32%

67Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770-282−163%

68Wabasha County, MNMN21,537-289−115%

69Roseau County, MNMN15,246-298−123%

70Kittson County, MNMN4,031-345−28%

71Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-360−24%

72Sibley County, MNMN15,356-390−139%

73Marshall County, MNMN8,798-399−52%

74Polk County, MNMN30,545-408−64%

75Norman County, MNMN6,336-411−23%

76Aitkin County, MNMN16,252-505−118%

77Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-540−37%

78Murray County, MNMN7,942-546+10%

79Lyon County, MNMN25,684-588−192%

80Faribault County, MNMN13,888-632−16%

81Redwood County, MNMN15,265-634+44%

82Martin County, MNMN19,440-815−27%

83Pine County, MNMN30,472-874−117%

84Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-910+51%

85Renville County, MNMN14,356-1,007+94%

86Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-1,249−36%

87Winona County, MNMN50,523-1,790−183%

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