Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It shrank by 34 between 2023 and 2024. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Norman County, MN’s 0.54% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Norman County, MN’s population shrank by 4.5%.

-34

population change (2023 to 2024)

-0.54%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Norman County, MN’s population increased 5 out of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Norman County, MN gained 358 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2011 and 2012 when there were 204 fewer residents.

Norman County, MN lost 34 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

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 2023 and 2024 natural population change was negative in Norman County, MN, with deaths exceeding births by 46.
  • 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 2023 to 2024, Norman County, MN’s population change from immigration was positive with about 20 more people coming from another country directly to Norman County, MN than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2023 to 2024, Norman County, MN’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about eight more people moving to any other county in the US.

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Between 2023 and 2024, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Norman County, MN.

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