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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 7,258 people in, 7,755 out. Most were moving between Minnesota counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−497 people
−384 households
Arrivals' income
$53.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Stearns 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 Cass County, ND, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Benton County1,174
  2. Sherburne County728
  3. Hennepin County604
  4. Wright County357
  5. Morrison County195
  6. Todd County195
  7. Ramsey County187
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,249

Where did people go?

About 8 in 10 who left stayed in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Benton County1,314
  2. Hennepin County811
  3. Sherburne County787
  4. Wright County404
  5. Morrison County234
  6. Ramsey County211
  7. Dakota County179
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,069

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
52 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Stearns usually growing from moves?

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

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−38422–23††‡†
Net migration of Stearns County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−72
2014–15 †−91
2015–16−458
2016–17 †−357
2017–18−348
2018–19 ‡−338
2019–20−175
2020–21−270
2021–22−324
2022–23 †−384

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