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Minnesota population 2026

Q: What is the population of Minnesota in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,830,405, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Minnesota would have about 5.9 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Minnesota has 5,830,405 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 33,000 more than a year earlier (+0.57%). It is 22nd of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.7% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 5.9 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Minnesota in numbers

Population: 5.8 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.57% +33,000 people
Change since 2020: +2.10% from 5.7 million
Share of the US: 1.7% 22nd of 50 states and DC
Population density: 28per km² 206,245 km²
Births in the year: 63 thousand deaths: 51 thousand
International migration: +12 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +8 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 12,071, 12,486 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 8,300 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Liberia (5.9 million).

Population of Minnesota by year

5.8M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	5,310,934
2011	5,346,620
2012	5,377,500
2013	5,414,722
2014	5,452,665
2015	5,484,002
2016	5,525,360
2017	5,569,283
2018	5,608,762
2019	5,640,053
2020	5,710,562
2021	5,714,055
2022	5,727,565
2023	5,752,998
2024	5,797,405
2025	5,830,405

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	5,830,405	+33,000	+0.57%
2024	5,797,405	+44,407	+0.77%
2023	5,752,998	+25,433	+0.44%
2022	5,727,565	+13,510	+0.24%
2021	5,714,055	+3,493	+0.06%
2020	5,710,562	+70,509	+1.25%
2019	5,640,053	+31,291	+0.56%
2018	5,608,762	+39,479	+0.71%
2017	5,569,283	+43,923	+0.79%
2016	5,525,360	+41,358	+0.75%
2015	5,484,002	+31,337	+0.57%
2014	5,452,665	+37,943	+0.70%
2013	5,414,722	+37,222	+0.69%
2012	5,377,500	+30,880	+0.58%
2011	5,346,620	+35,686	+0.67%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Minnesota among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Minnesota

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Minneapolis410,939
Saint Paul303,176
Rochester112,225
Bloomington86,435
Duluth86,110
Brooklyn Park79,149

Questions

What is the population of Minnesota in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,830,405, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Minnesota would have about 5.9 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Minnesota’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 33,000 people (+0.57%) in the latest year, and has changed +2.10% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 12,071, 12,486 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 8,300 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Minnesota rank in the US?

Minnesota is 22nd of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.7% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Minnesota?

About 28 people per km², on 206,245 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Minnesota?

Minneapolis, with about 411 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Minnesota population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/minnesota/

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