Who's moving to and from Cottonwood County, Minnesota?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 547 people in, 518 out. Most were moving between Minnesota counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+29 people
−5 households
Arrivals' income
$49.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$46.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Cottonwood County's newcomers came from in Minnesota

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

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

Where did newcomers come from?

About 8 in 10 already lived in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Nicollet County69
  2. Nobles County56
  3. Jackson County48
  4. Watonwan County42
  5. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)332

Where did people go?

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

  1. Jackson County72
  2. Nobles County33
  3. Minnehaha County, SD32
  4. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)381

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
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld
Net moves with Nicollet County
withheld
Net moves with Watonwan County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Cottonwood usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−522–23††‡†
Net migration of Cottonwood County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−37
2014–15 †−58
2015–16−45
2016–17 †−72
2017–18−21
2018–19 ‡−41
2019–20+7
2020–21−17
2021–22−47
2022–23 †−5

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 Cottonwood County, Minnesota?” movedwhere.com/county/cottonwood-county-mn. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.