diff --git a/Documentation/CHANGELOG.md b/Documentation/CHANGELOG.md
index ab306419a..bcb5ee340 100644
--- a/Documentation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/Documentation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ PR: [#832](https://github.com/econ-ark/HARK/pull/832). See [this forthcoming REM
 * Fix mathematical limits of model example in `example_ConsPortfolioModel.ipynb` [#1047](https://github.com/econ-ark/HARK/pull/1047)
 * Update `ConsGenIncProcessModel.py` to use `calc_expectation` method [#1072](https://github.com/econ-ark/HARK/pull/1072)
 * Fix bug in `calc_normal_style_pars_from_lognormal_pars` due to math error. [#1076](https://github.com/econ-ark/HARK/pull/1076)
+* Fix bug in `distribute_params` so that `AgentCount` parameter is updated.
 
 ### 0.11.0
 
diff --git a/HARK/core.py b/HARK/core.py
index cc1c57f1a..19f9ba304 100644
--- a/HARK/core.py
+++ b/HARK/core.py
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ def distribute_params(agent, param_name, param_count, distribution):
     agent_set = [deepcopy(agent) for i in range(param_count)]
 
     for j in range(param_count):
-        agent_set[j].AgentCount = int(agent.AgentCount * param_dist.pmf[j])
+        agent_set[j].assign_parameters(**{'AgentCount': int(agent.AgentCount * param_dist.pmf[j])})
         # agent_set[j].__dict__[param_name] = param_dist.X[j]
 
         agent_set[j].assign_parameters(**{param_name: param_dist.X[j]})
diff --git a/HARK/tests/test_core.py b/HARK/tests/test_core.py
index 6e6a74b71..0b76c6bf4 100644
--- a/HARK/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/HARK/tests/test_core.py
@@ -115,5 +115,6 @@ def test_distribute_params(self):
 
         self.assertTrue(all(['DiscFac' in agent.parameters for agent in self.agents]))
         self.assertTrue(all([self.agents[i].parameters['DiscFac'] == dist.approx(3).X[i] for i in range(3)]))
+        self.assertEqual(self.agents[0].parameters['AgentCount'], 1)