Who's moving to Minnesota

Where households are arriving from and leaving for, county by county — built on official federal tax-filer data, not marketing estimates.

-5,243 net households from other states

Arrived from other states

52,327

households, 2022-2023

Left for other states

57,570

households, 2022-2023

Moved within Minnesota

116,580

households changed county, stayed in state

-5,243 net households — Arrivals from other states and departures to them are close in volume — departures edge ahead by 5,243 households. That loss is deepening — up 92% on five years ago. Another 470 households arrived from abroad.

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Net household change, five years

Every move in or out of Minnesota, including from abroad — so the latest bar can differ slightly from the state-to-state figure above.

-2,976

18–19

-6,192

19–20

-9,325

20–21

-8,253

21–22

-5,704

22–23

Every county at a glance.
Gained households from other states
Lost households to other states
Circle size — households that moved in or out.
Minneapolis · Hennepin County — the busiest moving market in Minnesota.

Where Minnesota is gaining from other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

St. Paul Ramsey County +241

#3,015 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Rochester Olmsted County +175

#2,850 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Glenwood Pope County +20

#1,186 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Bagley Clearwater County +10

#1,993 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Benson Swift County +8

#2,123 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Ada Norman County +5

#1,597 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Luverne Rock County +5

#1,668 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Grand Marais Cook County +1

#1,941 of 3,087 U.S. counties for total household growth

Where Minnesota is losing to other states

Largest net state-to-state changes by county — same basis as the figures above, top eight only. Each city page adds the in-state picture.

Woodbury Washington County -582

Eagan Dakota County -551

Coon Rapids Anoka County -435

Chanhassen Carver County -343

Shakopee Scott County -264

Minneapolis Hennepin County -221

Elk River Sherburne County -156

Worthington Nobles County -135

Which states Minnesota trades households with

Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows ranked by total volume. The IRS publishes only each county's largest partner states, so smaller streams are left out and these totals run below the headline figures.

Wisconsin +438

4,919 in

4,481 out

North Dakota +129

2,560 in

2,431 out

California -250

1,635 in

1,885 out

Arizona -699

1,324 in

2,023 out

Texas -956

1,034 in

1,990 out

Illinois -280

1,359 in

1,639 out

Households arriving in Minnesota from another state report $70,805 in average annual income; those leaving for another state report $89,961. Departures out-earn arrivals — Minnesota is losing its higher earners.

Arriving from another state$70,805

Leaving for another state$89,961

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City-level breakdowns

Every city page has its own migration section — who's arriving, from how far, and what kind of mover that calls for.

Minneapolis St. Paul Eagan Coon Rapids Woodbury Rochester Shakopee Saint Cloud Saint Michael Duluth Chanhassen Elk River

How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The headline figures and county lists count moves that crossed a state line; the five-year chart counts every move, including from abroad. The data publishes annually with about a two-year lag, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 28% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets. 87 of Minnesota's counties have published data.