Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety82#10/51
Economy88#7/51
Housing68#17/51
Health82#10/51
Healthcare90#6/51
Environment96#3/49
Education94#4/51
Infrastructure88#7/51
Community100#1/51
Leisure & amenities54#24/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Math scores · high3.30
100/100United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Voter turnout · high77.0%
100/100United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Some college · high75.4%
98/100United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child poverty rate · low9.6%
96/100United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Drinking water violations · low0
96/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High ozone days · low0 days
94/100United States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low23.6%
17/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New business applications · low12.7 /1k
24/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Depression · high25.1%
32/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.00%
32/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · low-0.3%
37/100United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Distance to an airport · high43 mi
38/100United States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
52% (2021) → 36% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.0% (2020 & 2021) → 29.9% (2023 & 2024)
+8 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.1% (Dec 2021) → 31.9% (Aug 2026)
+7.8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
9.3 /1k (2020) → 12.7 /1k (2025)
+36%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Adult obesityWorsening
30.0% (2019) → 37.1% (2023)
+7.1 pts4 yearsUS 32.1% → 38.2%
New homes permittedWorsening
5.9 /1k (2021) → 3.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Minnesota improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Commute−1.1 min23.7 min → 22.7 min
Students / teacher−1.3×16.0× → 14.7×
Restaurants+4.6%8.3 /10k → 8.6 /10k
New businesses+36%9.3 /1k → 12.7 /1k
Child poverty−1.4 points11.0% → 9.6%

Declined6

Transit use−1.8 points3.5% → 1.8%
Poverty+0.4 points8.9% → 9.3%
Rent burden+2.4 points45.7% → 48.1%
Traffic deaths+12%6.8 /100k → 7.7 /100k
Rent / income+0.9 points28.3% → 29.2%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.0 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	38%
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	22.7 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Improved	83%
Average weekly wage	$1,2342020	$1,4802025	+20%	Improved	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	50%
Broadband subscriptions	84.8%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	11.0%2019	9.6%2024	−1.4 points	Improved	56%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	43 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	16.8 /100k2020	15.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−6.5%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	1.11%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	40%
Firearm deaths	9.0 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	23%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	91%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	48%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Improved	9%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	46%
Homicide rate	3.5 /100k2020	2.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	13%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,6312019	$76,6602024	+31%	Improved	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.003	Little change	29%
Median household income	$74,5292019	$87,1202024	+17%	Improved	3%
New business applications	9.3 /1k2020	12.7 /1k2025	+36%	Improved	66%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−6.5%	Within the margin of error	64%
Poverty rate	8.9%2019	9.3%2024	+0.4 points	Declined	12%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−1.9%	Within the margin of error	68%
Public transit commuters	3.5%2015-2019	1.8%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Declined	25%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Declined	28%
Rent-burdened households	45.7%2015-2019	48.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	17%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	8.6 /10k2025	+4.6%	Improved	72%
Students per teacher	16.0×2019	14.7×2024	−1.3×	Improved	83%
Suicide rate	13.3 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.8%	Within the margin of error	56%
Traffic deaths	6.8 /100k2015-2019	7.7 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Declined	25%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	3.9%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2019	6.0%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Minnesota itself moved −1.5 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,739,445 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,307,955 households (±6,063)

Minnesota
United States share

Under $25k12%270,092
$25k–50k15%344,963
$50k–75k16%359,306

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,307,955 households (±6,063)

Minnesota
United States share

Own72%1,666,687
Rent28%641,268

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.6 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,939,889 workers (±7,474)

Minnesota
United States share

Drive alone69%2,024,933
Carpool7.5%221,648
Public transit1.8%51,575

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Minnesota employ 671,810 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Minnesota by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides128,680 jobs	128,680	$38,370US $35,800	+7%	1.58×
Retail Salespersons74,840 jobs	74,840	$36,370US $35,410	+3%	1.01×
General and Operations Managers72,860 jobs	72,860	$99,340US $105,770	−6%	1.1×
Registered Nurses70,110 jobs	70,110	$101,510US $97,550	+4%	1.09×
Fast Food and Counter Workers58,970 jobs	58,970	$31,370US $31,200	+1%	0.81×
Cashiers58,190 jobs	58,190	$34,620US $32,880	+5%	0.99×
Office Clerks, General55,530 jobs	55,530	$47,840US $45,010	+6%	1.19×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand54,480 jobs	54,480	$46,280US $40,240	+15%	0.97×
Customer Service Representatives53,340 jobs	53,340	$48,800US $44,770	+9%	1.08×
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators44,810 jobs	44,810	$46,920US $44,650	+5%	1.68×

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Minnesota has 154,455 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248), with 2,803,410 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,321. The Census Bureau also counts 467,494 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 154,455; 467,494 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248
Paid employees: 2,803,410
Average annual pay: $68,321; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Minnesota by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	11,446	19.9	1.29×More than typical	88,057	$85,153	28,536
Ambulatory health care services	9,922	17.2	0.83×About typical	154,111	$74,115	18,361
Restaurants and other eating places	8,869	15.4	0.84×About typical	178,708	$23,032	1,399
Lessors of real estate	7,063	12.3	1.00×About typical	33,725	$60,261	46,796
Construction of buildings	5,209	9.1	1.20×About typical	28,332	$84,495	12,862
Services to buildings and dwellings	4,224	7.3	1.09×About typical	33,360	$44,895	19,630
Religious organizations	4,035	7	1.26×More than typical	32,939	$26,855	—
Full-service restaurants	3,879	6.7	0.88×About typical	87,230	$26,067	521
Offices of other health practitioners	3,864	6.7	1.11×About typical	20,048	$50,796	10,083
Limited-service restaurants	3,848	6.7	0.83×About typical	75,564	$20,641	536
Management, scientific and technical consulting	3,521	6.1	0.91×About typical	24,335	$109,978	20,565
Building equipment contractors	3,498	6.1	1.01×About typical	41,647	$86,223	3,418

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,752,998 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.9B on contracts performed in Minnesota: $321 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.9B; −25% vs FY2025
Per resident: $321; US $1,994
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$358.9M19%
Department of Veterans Affairs$296.9M16%
Agricultural Marketing Service$280.8M15%
Public Buildings Service$125.2M6.7%
Department of the Navy$108.2M5.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$89.1M4.8%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$65.5M3.5%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$56.6M3.0%

Top recipients

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$198.6M11%
MCGOUGH CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC$107.6M5.7%
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION INC.$85.4M4.6%
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$77.8M4.2%
ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC$64.7M3.5%

Spending by fiscal year

5.1BFY2017
3.3BFY2018
2.7BFY2019
2.9BFY2020
2.6BFY2021
2.4BFY2022
2.7BFY2023
3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$305.1M16%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$148.1M7.9%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$113.5M6.1%
Animal slaughtering and processing · 3116$91.7M4.9%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$71.2M3.8%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$69.5M

Largest awards

T3 MANAGED CARE SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR WEST REGION$13.1B
UNITEDHEALTH MILITARY & VETERANS SERVICES, LLC· Hennepin County, MN· Health & medical· Oct 5, 2016 – Dec 18, 2025· HT940212C0001
FY19-23 CANISTER PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS$589M
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.· Anoka County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 11, 2020 – Jan 27, 2026· N0002420C5380
120 MM TANK TRAINING AMMUNITION$451.4M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Hennepin County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 26, 2022 – May 18, 2026· W52P1J22C0024
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES (PMS), MANAGEMENT, AND STORAGE FOR VENTILATOR AND POWERED AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATOR (PAPR)SYSTEMS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $225.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Minnesota: $38,647 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $225.3B; −6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $38,647; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4.3B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$86.5B38%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$55.2B24%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$26.8B12%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$23.3B10%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$13.8B6.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.3B1.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.2B1.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.5B0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$14B6.2%
SAINT PAUL, MN
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.5B1.1%
SAINT PAUL, MN
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES$1.7B0.7%
SAINT PAUL, MN
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$942.7M0.4%
SAINT PAUL, MN
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$183.3B81%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$27.8B12%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.6B1.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$2.5B1.1%
Department of Transportation
Food and Nutrition Service

Assistance by fiscal year

174.5BFY2021
200.7BFY2022
211.6BFY2023
208.6BFY2024
239.7BFY2025
225.3BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Minnesota, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$915	$1,436
FY2018	$592	$1,552
FY2019	$476	$1,654
FY2020	$509	$1,880
FY2021	$460	$1,810
FY2022	$425	$1,917
FY2023	$474	$2,079
FY2024	$512	$2,047
FY2025	$427	$2,165
FY2026	$321 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$24.23	$93.28
FY2018	$20.26	$105
FY2019	$30.70	$128
FY2020	$19.56	$145
FY2021	$47.96	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$4,220	$5,748
FY2022	$3,811	$5,221
FY2023	$3,987	$5,364
FY2024	$3,778	$5,501
FY2025	$4,101	$5,732
FY2026	$4,058

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$327	$298
FY2022	$293	$357
FY2023	$342	$301
FY2024	$260	$319
FY2025	$344	$360
FY2026	$485 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$185	$239
FY2022	$156	$185
FY2023	$194	$229
FY2024	$181	$229
FY2025	$189	$249
FY2026	$160 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$2,318	$2,304
FY2022	$2,448	$2,197
FY2023	$2,557	$2,274
FY2024	$2,300	$2,267
FY2025	$2,512	$2,397
FY2026	$2,833

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,336	$1,186
FY2022	$424	$465
FY2023	$142	$76.52
FY2024	$179	$120
FY2025	$164	$148
FY2026	$144 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	1.4%	2.0%
2015	1.7%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Minnesota whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Pine County, MNContracts and grants · FY2024$1,355 (10×)
Lake County, MNContracts and grants · FY2024$1,752 (2×)
Clay County, MNContracts and grants · FY2024$1,220 (2.8×)
Roseau County, MNContracts and grants · FY2024$1,188 (2.7×)
Chippewa County, MNFederal contracts · FY2024$922 (5.2×)
Sibley County, MN

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/27

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Minnesota

All 87 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Minnesota

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Minnesota, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Minnesota

By population.

All 915 cities and towns in Minnesota

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.9%	+10.5%
2020	+18.2%	+19.4%
2021	+23.5%	+26.1%
2022	+28.4%	+30.6%
2023	+31.7%	+35.0%
2024	+36.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.0%	−5.5%
2015	−1.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.1%
2018	+8.1%	+8.9%
2019	+11.4%	+13.5%
2020	+18.1%	+20.8%
2021	+30.2%	+32.1%
2022	+33.8%	+35.4%
2023	+39.8%	+42.9%
2024	+45.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.3%	−6.9%
2015	−3.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.7%
2018	+7.2%	+7.5%
2019	+13.6%	+14.0%
2020	+15.1%	+16.9%
2021	+18.5%	+21.0%
2022	+25.6%	+29.7%
2023	+29.7%	+34.9%
2024	+32.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	−11.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+53.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+60.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	4.2%	6.2%
2015	3.8%	5.3%
2016	3.9%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	6.3%	8.1%
2021	3.7%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	11.4%	15.5%
2015	10.2%	14.7%
2016	9.9%	14.0%
2017	9.5%	13.4%
2018	9.6%	13.1%
2019	8.9%	12.3%
2020	8.3%	11.9%
2021	9.3%	12.8%
2022	9.6%	12.6%
2023	9.2%	12.5%
2024	9.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	6.7%	13.5%
2015	5.2%	10.9%
2016	4.8%	10.0%
2017	5.1%	10.2%
2018	5.1%	10.4%
2019	5.8%	10.8%
2020	5.9%	10.4%
2021	5.3%	10.2%
2022	5.4%	9.5%
2023	5.1%	9.5%
2024	6.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Minnesota	United States
2014	7.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.7/1k	16.6/1k

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