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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 1,219 people in, 1,428 out. Most were moving to or from other states.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−209 people
−167 households
Arrivals' income
$52.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$56.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Polk 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 Grand Forks County, ND, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 came from other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Grand Forks County, ND249
  2. Clearwater County55
  3. Cass County, ND54
  4. Hennepin County49
  5. Beltrami County44
  6. Pennington County43
  7. Roseau County41
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)684

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left went to other states. People, 2022–23.

  1. Grand Forks County, ND367
  2. Cass County, ND91
  3. Clay County60
  4. Beltrami County51
  5. Hennepin County46
  6. Pennington County43
  7. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)770

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 to the Northeast
withheld
Net moves with Clay County
withheld
Net moves with Clearwater County
withheld
Net moves with Roseau County
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Polk usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−16722–23††‡†
Net migration of Polk County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−99
2014–15 †−47
2015–16−79
2016–17 †−121
2017–18−157
2018–19 ‡−131
2019–20−139
2020–21−150
2021–22−118
2022–23 †−167

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