Washington County Sees Big Gains In Population: U.S. Census

Stillwater MN

13 August, 2021

10:05 AM

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STILLWATER, MN — Washington County's population grew by 12.4 percent between 2010 and 2020, according to data released by the United States Census Bureau Thursday. Only four other Minnesota counties grew as fast as Washington County. In 2010, the county's population was 238,136. In 2020, the county's population was 267,568, an increase of 29,432. Overall, Minnesota's population grew to more than 5,700,000 in 2020, a 7.6 percent increase since 2010. Here are the ten counties in Minnesota that grew the most since 2010: Carver County: 17.4 percent growthScott County: 16.2 percent growthWright County: 13.3 percent growthOlmsted County: 12.9 percent growthWashington County: 12.4 percent growthHennepin County: 11.2 percent growthClay County: 10.7 percent growthDakota County: 10.4 percent growthAnoka County: 10.0 percent growthSherburne County: 9.8 percent growth Meanwhile, these nine Minnesota counties lost more than five percent of their populations: Traverse County: 5.6 percent lossNorman County: 6 percent lossMurray County: 6.3 percent lossRenville County: 6.4 percent lossLake of the Woods County: 7 percent lossLac qui Parle County: 7.4 percent lossKittson County: 7.6 percent lossYellow Medicine County: 8.7 percent lossKooching County: 9.4 percent loss Kooching County experienced the worst drop-off of all, with its population falling from 13,311 in 2010 to 12,062 in 2020. Check out more U.S. Census data here.