Who's moving to and from Blue Earth County, Minnesota?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 3,290 people in, 3,803 out. Most were moving between Minnesota counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−513 people
−320 households
Arrivals' income
$48.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$51.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Blue Earth County went in Minnesota

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Minnesota counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Maricopa County, AZ, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nicollet County642
  2. Hennepin County172
  3. Le Sueur County170
  4. Waseca County131
  5. Brown County92
  6. Watonwan County87
  7. Dakota County83
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,250

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nicollet County794
  2. Hennepin County383
  3. Dakota County173
  4. Le Sueur County145
  5. Ramsey County143
  6. Waseca County125
  7. Scott County99
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,335

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Blue Earth usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−32022–23††‡†
Net migration of Blue Earth County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−301
2014–15 †−108
2015–16−224
2016–17 †−434
2017–18−272
2018–19 ‡−366
2019–20−430
2020–21−407
2021–22−417
2022–23 †−320

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Blue Earth County, Minnesota?” movedwhere.com/county/blue-earth-county-mn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.