Is Hennepin County, MN's population growing or shrinking?
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It grew by 7,700 between 2024 and 2025, the 49th-most among all counties in the US. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Hennepin County, MN’s 0.6% annual increase was primarily driven by births outpacing deaths.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Hennepin County, MN’s population grew by 5.1%.
+7.7K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.6%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Hennepin County, MN’s population increased 18 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when Hennepin County, MN gained 16,500 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2020 and 2021 when there were 14,300 fewer residents.
Hennepin County, MN gained 7,700 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Hennepin County, MN?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in Hennepin County, MN, with births exceeding deaths by 4,200.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Hennepin County, MN’s population change from immigration was positive with about 4,100 more people coming from another country directly to Hennepin County, MN than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Hennepin County, MN’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 703 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population growth in Hennepin County, MN.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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