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Most population lost, Minnesota counties · 2010

Minnesota counties that lost 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

01Ramsey County, MNMN541,623-2,395−109%

02Swift County, MNMN9,763-2,173−276%

03Faribault County, MNMN13,888-1,628+115%

04Renville County, MNMN14,356-1,424+174%

05Freeborn County, MNMN30,440-1,329+179%

06Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-1,044−46%

07Brown County, MNMN25,517-1,018+1295%

08Jackson County, MNMN9,857-1,002+145%

09Martin County, MNMN19,440-962−13%

10Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-808−6%

11Redwood County, MNMN15,265-756+72%

12Kittson County, MNMN4,031-733+52%

13Marshall County, MNMN8,798-716−15%

14Roseau County, MNMN15,246-709−154%

15Houston County, MNMN18,400-691−157%

16Watonwan County, MNMN11,459-665−443%

17Chippewa County, MNMN12,406-647+362%

18Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-642+6%

19Norman County, MNMN6,336-590+11%

20Traverse County, MNMN3,130-576+75%

21Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-562+49%

22Big Stone County, MNMN5,054-551+18%

23Lincoln County, MNMN5,583-533+16%

24Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405-480−9%

25Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770-477−207%

26Murray County, MNMN7,942-440−11%

27Waseca County, MNMN18,688-390−127%

28Stevens County, MNMN9,747-327−44%

29St. Louis County, MNMN200,518-302−113%

30Pipestone County, MNMN9,260-299−50%

31Grant County, MNMN6,085-271−730%

32Fillmore County, MNMN21,540-256−174%

33Pope County, MNMN11,420-241−149%

34Red Lake County, MNMN3,940-210−7%

35Lake County, MNMN10,746-192−130%

36Sibley County, MNMN15,356-130−113%

37Rock County, MNMN9,524-34−60%

38Cook County, MNMN5,522+8−99%

39Wabasha County, MNMN21,537+66−96%

40Wadena County, MNMN14,388+130−77%

41Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+144−98%

42Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153+223+53%

43Polk County, MNMN30,545+231−120%

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

45Pennington County, MNMN13,686+346+24%

46Lyon County, MNMN25,684+432−32%

47Todd County, MNMN26,060+469−56%

48Nobles County, MNMN22,338+546−26%

49Mower County, MNMN40,971+560−54%

50Meeker County, MNMN23,603+656−64%

51Aitkin County, MNMN16,252+901−69%

52Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+1,036−58%

53Itasca County, MNMN45,404+1,066−66%

54Kanabec County, MNMN16,628+1,243−43%

55Cass County, MNMN31,430+1,417−74%

56Winona County, MNMN50,523+1,476−32%

57Morrison County, MNMN34,620+1,486−30%

58McLeod County, MNMN36,631+1,753−39%

59Hubbard County, MNMN22,369+2,052−40%

60Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+2,056−40%

61Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+2,277+4%

62Dodge County, MNMN21,376+2,356+18%

63Becker County, MNMN35,497+2,504+18%

64Steele County, MNMN37,464+2,896−2%

65Nicollet County, MNMN34,273+2,956+74%

66Douglas County, MNMN40,120+3,188−23%

67Pine County, MNMN30,472+3,220−39%

68Carlton County, MNMN36,711+3,715+54%

69Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753+3,767+3%

70Benton County, MNMN41,744+4,225+5%

71Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+4,792−9%

72Isanti County, MNMN44,386+6,529+22%

73Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+7,401−32%

74Rice County, MNMN69,939+7,477−0%

75Clay County, MNMN67,734+7,770+863%

76Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634+8,072+326%

77Chisago County, MNMN59,142+12,786+21%

78Stearns County, MNMN164,110+17,476+22%

79Olmsted County, MNMN166,731+19,971+12%

80Carver County, MNMN114,379+20,837−7%

81Sherburne County, MNMN104,194+24,082+7%

82Anoka County, MNMN381,605+32,760−40%

83Wright County, MNMN157,559+34,714+63%

84Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784+36,225−57%

85Washington County, MNMN286,895+37,006−33%

86Scott County, MNMN159,017+40,430+28%

87Dakota County, MNMN457,710+42,648−47%

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