![]() Other parts of redistricting will be more complex. If the redistricting process hews closely to existing boundaries, then it may simply move outlying parts of the 2nd District into the 1st. The south-suburban 2nd District has about 19,000 too many residents, while the adjacent 1st District, covering southern Minnesota, has about 23,000 too few residents. In some cases, that will be relatively simple. The five districts in and around the Twin Cities, meanwhile, have too many people and will need to have parts of their territory shifted to other districts. That means their borders will need to be adjusted to add more residents. The 2020 census shows three of Minnesota’s eight congressional districts have too few people: the largely rural 1st, 7th and 8th districts. Every 10 years, states redraw their congressional and legislative districts to make sure each district has about the same number of people. More Minnesotans living in the Twin Cities metro will soon mean more political representation for the metro. Redistricting to shift state’s political balance That means Minnesota’s 8th District - in the northeastern part of the state - was saved largely because more people moved to the Twin Cities. Those unexpected Minnesotans were largely in and around the Twin Cities metro, along with a few urban centers in greater Minnesota. Had the census counted 89 more New Yorkers, or just 26 fewer Minnesotans, Minnesota would have lost its last seat to New York. Minnesota’s population growth in this census exceeded expectations, helping the state keep its eight congressional seats by the skin of its teeth. Now that’s down to just over 76 percent, with Black, Hispanic and Asian Minnesotans all making up a bigger share of the state’s population than 10 years ago. Ten years ago, 83 percent of Minnesotans were white. The growth in Minnesota’s metro population has been paralleled by a growth in Minnesotans of color. But many rural counties actually lost population over the past decade. That covers up some fast-growing counties in greater Minnesota, like Rochester’s Olmsted County (12.9 percent growth) or Moorhead’s Clay County (10.7 percent growth). The entire rest of the state grew by a total of 2.6 percent - less than 10 percent of the state’s total growth. A collection of exurban counties on the metro’s fringe grew by 9 percent. The seven counties in the core metro grew by 11 percent over the past decade, adding more than 300,000 people. census shows the bulk of Minnesota’s population growth over the past decade took place in the Twin Cities metro.
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