Ranking · Minnesota
Fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking places in Minnesota
Dayton has the highest population change, 2020 to 2025 of Minnesota's 556 ranked places (+57.0%); Wheaton has the lowest (−8.8%). Ranked: places with 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census that are incorporated (the Census Bureau estimates only those each year).
Which are the fastest-growing places?
Fastest-growing places in Minnesota, first to fifth: Dayton (+57.0%), Corcoran (+49.8%), Newport (+45.5%), Bemidji Township (+38.4%) and Lexington (+36.4%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dayton | +57.0% |
| 2 | Corcoran | +49.8% |
| 3 | Newport | +45.5% |
| 4 | Bemidji Township | +38.4% |
| 5 | Lexington | +36.4% |
| 6 | Carver | +35.0% |
| 7 | Lake Elmo | +26.9% |
| 8 | Rosemount | +24.3% |
| 9 | Hanover | +23.8% |
| 10 | St. Michael | +23.5% |
| 11 | Otsego | +22.8% |
| 12 | Pine City | +21.6% |
| 13 | Waverly | +21.0% |
| 14 | Delano | +19.7% |
| 15 | Victoria | +17.9% |
| 16 | Rogers | +17.4% |
| 17 | Clearwater | +16.0% |
| 18 | Cambridge | +15.4% |
| 19 | North Branch | +14.5% |
| 20 | Minnetrista | +14.5% |
| 21 | Annandale | +14.1% |
| 22 | Lakeville | +14.1% |
| 23 | Isanti | +13.0% |
| 24 | Shakopee | +12.9% |
| 25 | Nisswa | +12.7% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
Which are the fastest-shrinking places?
Fastest-shrinking places in Minnesota, first to fifth: Wheaton (−8.8%), Bayport (−7.4%), White Bear Lake (−6.0%), White Bear Township (−5.7%) and Brooklyn Center (−5.7%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 556 | Wheaton | −8.8% |
| 555 | Bayport | −7.4% |
| 554 | White Bear Lake | −6.0% |
| 553 | White Bear Township | −5.7% |
| 552 | Brooklyn Center | −5.7% |
| 551 | St. Bonifacius | −5.6% |
| 550 | Osseo | −5.6% |
| 549 | International Falls | −5.5% |
| 548 | Golden Valley | −5.4% |
| 547 | Falcon Heights | −5.4% |
| 546 | New Hope | −5.4% |
| 545 | Two Harbors | −5.3% |
| 544 | Spring Park | −5.2% |
| 543 | Maple Plain | −5.2% |
| 542 | Arden Hills | −5.1% |
| 541 | Silver Bay | −4.9% |
| 540 | Mapleton | −4.9% |
| 539 | New Brighton | −4.9% |
| 538 | Mahnomen, Mahnomen County | −4.8% |
| 537 | Crystal | −4.7% |
| 536 | Oak Park Heights | −4.6% |
| 535 | Fulda | −4.4% |
| 534 | Spring Grove | −4.4% |
| 533 | Rocksbury Township | −4.3% |
| 532 | Robbinsdale | −4.2% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
How is this ranking made?
Each place's population change, 2020 to 2025 is read from the Census Bureau's April 1, 2020 estimates base and its July 1, 2025 estimate. A place enters the ranking if it had 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and is incorporated. Ties in the published figure share a rank. This is a measurement of one figure, not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · How ranks are computed
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