Is Houston County, MN's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It shrank by 135 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Houston County, MN’s 0.73% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Houston County, MN’s population shrank by 1.6%.
-135
population change (2024 to 2025)
-0.73%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Houston County, MN’s population increased 6 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when Houston County, MN gained 176 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2007 and 2008 when there were 211 fewer residents.
Houston County, MN lost 135 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Houston 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 negative in Houston County, MN, with deaths exceeding births by 109.
- 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, Houston County, MN’s population change from immigration was negative with about two more people leaving for another country directly from Houston County, MN than coming.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Houston County, MN’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 23 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Houston County, MN.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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