Star Tribune: Twin Cities families are on the move elsewhere, so greater Minnesota had better get recruiting

Minnesota may be losing residents to nearby states, but communities outside the metro area are gaining people from migration. Researchers are urging those cities and towns to work together to keep people migrating in.

A new report from the St. Peter-based Center for Rural Policy and Development highlights how migration has become the No. 1 driver of population growth in Minnesota for the past few years, even as the Twin Cities metro area and the state as a whole are losing residents.

“We don’t draw in more people than we have people leaving,” said Kelly Asche, a researcher for the center. “But ... if we only look at it from a state perspective, we’re overlooking a lot of nuance that might be important.”

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