Race Ethnic

• Both Washington and Chisago County have less racial diversity than Minnesota as a whole.
• The rate of change in diversity in Washington County is very similar to the state of Minnesota.
• In contrast, there has been almost no change in racial diversity in Chisago County since 2009.

• All four St. Croix River Valley counties have less racial diversity than Wisconsin.
• St. Croix, Pierce and Polk Counties have very similar proportions of non-white residents; in all three counties, the rate of increase in diversity has been increasing since 2019, while it remained stagnant in previous years.
• The primary components of racial diversity in Burnett County are Native Americans and those with two or more races.
   

• For the first time, Minnesota’s non-white residents account for more than a fifth of the state’s overall population.
• In 2022, Washington County and, to a lesser extent, Burnett County stand out as having a substantially more diverse population than their neighbors.
• The populations of Chisago, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties are all at least 92% white; each is less than half of the state in which they are located.

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