Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in Minnesota:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			Minnesota……...……………………………………………….	4 919 479	5 303 925	384 446	7.8
			COUNTY
1	1		Hennepin County………………………………………………	1 116 200	1 152 425	36 225	3.2
2	2		Ramsey County……………………………………………….	511 035	508 640	- 2 395	-0.5
3	3		Dakota County……………………………………………….	355 904	398 552	42 648	12.0
4	4		Anoka County………………………………………………..	298 084	330 844	32 760	11.0
5	5		Washington County…………………………………………..	201 130	238 136	37 006	18.4
6	6		St. Louis County………………………………………………	200 528	200 226	-  302	-0.2
7	7		Stearns County……………………………………………….	133 166	150 642	17 476	13.1
8	8		Olmsted County………………………………………………	124 277	144 248	19 971	16.1
9	10		Scott County………………………………………………..	89 498	129 928	40 430	45.2
10	9		Wright County…………………………………………………….	89 986	124 700	34 714	38.6
11	11		Carver County……………………………………………………	70 205	91 042	20 837	29.7
12	12		Sherburne County…………………………………………….	64 417	88 499	24 082	37.4
13	14		Rice County………………………………………………………	56 665	64 142	7 477	13.2
14	15		Blue Earth County……………………………………………	55 941	64 013	8 072	14.4
15	16		Crow Wing County…………………………………………….	55 099	62 500	7 401	13.4
16	17		Clay County……………………………………………….	51 229	58 999	7 770	15.2
17	13		Otter Tail County…………………………………………….	57 159	57 303	144	0.3
18	22		Chisago County……………………………………………….	41 101	53 887	12 786	31.1
19	18		Winona County…………………………………………………..	49 985	51 461	1 476	3.0
20	19		Goodhue County……………………………………………..	44 127	46 183	2 056	4.7
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		Minneapolis city…………………………………………………	382 618	382 578	-  40	-
2	2		St. Paul city………………………………………………….	287 151	285 068	- 2 083	-0.7
3	4		Rochester city………………………………………………..	85 806	106 769	20 963	24.4
4	3		Duluth city…………………………………………………………	86 918	86 265	-  653	-0.8
5	5		Bloomington city……………………………………………..	85 172	82 893	- 2 279	-2.7
6	6		Brooklyn Park city………………………………………………..	67 388	75 781	8 393	12.5
7	7		Plymouth city…………………………………………….	65 894	70 576	4 682	7.1
8	11		St. Cloud city…………………………………………………	59 107	65 842	6 735	11.4
9	8		Eagan city…………………………………………………….	63 557	64 206	649	1.0
10	16		Woodbury city………………………………………………………..	46 463	61 961	15 498	33.4
11	14		Maple Grove city……………………………………………..	50 365	61 567	11 202	22.2
12	9		Coon Rapids city…………………………………………….	61 607	61 476	-  131	-0.2
13	12		Eden Prairie city…………………………………………….	54 901	60 797	5 896	10.7
14	10		Burnsville city…………………………………………………	60 220	60 306	86	0.1
15	18		Blaine city…………………………………………………..	44 942	57 186	12 244	27.2
16	20		Lakeville city……………………………………………..	43 128	55 954	12 826	29.7
17	13		Minnetonka city………………………………………………..	51 301	49 734	- 1 567	-3.1
18	17		Apple Valley city……………………………………………….	45 527	49 084	3 557	7.8
19	15		Edina city……………………………………………………	47 425	47 941	516	1.1
20	19		St. Louis Park city…………………………………………….	44 126	45 250	1 124	2.5
-  Represents zero or rounds to 0.0.
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.