Out: Escape from New York. In: Escape from Minnesota

Minnesota lost nearly 20,000 residents to other states in 2022.

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the state of Minnesota lost 19,400 residents to domestic migration from July 2021 to July 2022.

The Center of the American Experiment, a public policy think tank based in Minnesota, said the loss was “by far the highest number in at least three decades.” In the year prior, Minnesota saw a net domestic migration loss of 13,453 residents.

Census data compiled by the think tank shows that since 2001 there have only been two calendar years (2017 and 2018) where more U.S. residents moved to Minnesota than moved away.