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

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 16,175 people in, 14,176 out. Most were moving between Minnesota counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+1,999 people
+483 households
Arrivals' income
$81.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$84.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Washington 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 St. Croix County, WI, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

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

  1. Ramsey County5,568
  2. Hennepin County1,770
  3. Dakota County1,711
  4. Anoka County905
  5. St. Croix County, WI430
  6. Chisago County417
  7. Scott County160
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,407

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Minnesota. People, 2022–23.

  1. Ramsey County3,065
  2. Hennepin County1,545
  3. Dakota County1,441
  4. Anoka County932
  5. St. Croix County, WI837
  6. Chisago County450
  7. Maricopa County, AZ241
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,485

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
75 people
Left for abroad
93 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Washington usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2015–16.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+48322–23††‡†
Net migration of Washington County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+84
2014–15 †−208
2015–16+38
2016–17 †+1,402
2017–18+780
2018–19 ‡+1,127
2019–20+1,141
2020–21+1,350
2021–22+665
2022–23 †+483

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