(St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota’s population growth is stalling.
Population estimates released yesterday show the number of people living in Minnesota grew by about 57 hundred between July 2021 and July 2022.
The increase is an improvement over the previous year’s net growth of 16 hundred but falls far short of the typical annual growth of about 35 thousand people.
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce officials say the downward trend in population growth “appears to be accelerating.”
One of the biggest factors affecting population growth is the number of people leaving the state.
On the Flipside Estimates released yesterday show North Dakota’s population topped 779-thousand residents as of July 1st.
The numbers indicate an increase of more than 43-hundred residents from last year’s estimate.
North Dakota is among 32 states that saw an increase in population.