New MN Congressional Maps Released: No Changes In St. Michael

ST. MICHAEL, MN — St. Michael will remain in Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District for the next decade, according to new maps released Tuesday.

All of Wright County has been in the Sixth District since the previous redistricting process in 2012, and no changes were made in the county in the new maps produced by the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel.

The Sixth District now also includes all of Carver County, while the northern portion of Washington County and pieces of rural Stearns County are no longer included.

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The district “wraps around the western and northern (Twin Cities) metropolitan areas to encompass expanding suburban and exurban areas and small towns and cities,” the redistricting panel wrote.

“St. Cloud continues to anchor the district’s northwest end, aligning the city and the nearby areas that share its school district and growing diversity with similar communities in the metropolitan area,” the panel wrote.

Members of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel were appointed by the state Supreme Court after the Minnesota Legislature could not agree on new maps following the 2020 Census.

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Minnesota barely retained its eight seats in Congress after the Census. The state would have lost a seat if 89 fewer Minnesotans — or 89 more New Yorkers — completed the U.S. Census.

Minnesota’s population increased 7.6 percent between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, with just over 5.7 million people living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, as of 2020.

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Minnesota had the best participation rate of any state in the 2020 U.S. Census.