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Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 89 out of 100 (very high), ranking #345 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #48 of 87 counties. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), food environment index (high) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), child care cost burden (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

89Very high

Quality-of-life score: #345 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #48 of 87 in MN
Population: 381,605 (2025)
Land area: 422 mi²
Density: 904.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 27003

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety90#300/3,096
Economy89#345/3,143
Housing27#2,283/3,140
Health92#247/3,144
Healthcare89#355/3,143
Environment58#1,310/3,108
Education90#326/3,144
Infrastructure94#198/3,144
Community87#425/3,144
Leisure & amenities36#2,014/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.388
99/100Minnesota 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Food environment index · high9.2
97/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poverty rate · low6.9%
97/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · high94.2%
96/100Minnesota 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Traffic deaths · low5.7 /100k
96/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Median household income · high$100,616
95/100Minnesota $87,120United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
8/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Child care cost burden · high38.7%
9/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Days with unhealthy air · high2.5%
9/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
14/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Time spent in the emergency room · high182 min
18/100Minnesota 134 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
54% (2021) → 19% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−34 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.0% (2020 & 2021) → 38.7% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedWorsening
6.7 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−73%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
9.0 /1k (2020) → 13.2 /1k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
1,912 /100k (2020) → 1,071 /100k (2025)
−44%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
189 /100k (2020) → 107 /100k (2025)
−44%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

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, Anoka County, Minnesota improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 15 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Commute−2.2 min27.8 min → 25.6 min
Students / teacher−2.0×17.4× → 15.4×
Violent crime−44%189 /100k → 107 /100k
Property crime−44%1,912 /100k → 1,071 /100k
New businesses+47%9.0 /1k → 13.2 /1k

Declined5

Transit use−2.2 points3.2% → 0.9%
Uninsured+0.8 points5.1% → 5.9%
Rent burden+5.9 points45.3% → 51.2%
Rent / income+2.4 points28.2% → 30.6%
Price / income+0.6×2.8× → 3.4×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Anoka County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.9 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	47%
Average commute time	27.8 min2015-2019	25.6 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Improved	90%
Average weekly wage	$1,1152020	$1,3052025	+17%	Improved	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Improved	32%
Broadband subscriptions	89.1%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	11%
Child poverty rate	7.9%2019	8.4%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Distance to an airport	22 mi2020	22 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.8 /100k2020	13.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	1.06%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	54%
Firearm deaths	10.2 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	44%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	85%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+7.4%	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	94.0%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	31%
Homicide rate	2.5 /100k2020	2.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4%	Within the margin of error	24%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,1432019	$61,9202024	+21%	Improved	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3912015-2019	0.3882020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$83,3632019	$100,6162024	+21%	Improved	27%
New business applications	9.0 /1k2020	13.2 /1k2025	+47%	Improved	53%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	6.2%2019	6.9%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Property crime rate	1,912 /100k2020	1,071 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	65%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	3.2%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Declined	7%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	24%
Rent-burdened households	45.3%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Declined	21%
Restaurants and bars	4.5 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	74%
Students per teacher	17.4×2019	15.4×2024	−2.0×	Improved	87%
Suicide rate	13.2 /100k2020	15.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Traffic deaths	5.4 /100k2015-2019	5.7 /100k2020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.9%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2019	5.9%2024	+0.8 points	Declined	11%
Violent crime rate	189 /100k2020	107 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	83%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Anoka County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Anoka County, 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, Anoka County, Minnesota itself moved −0.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

370,349 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

370,349 residents

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White74%275,846
Black8.8%32,639
Hispanic or Latino5.8%21,612
Asian5.6%20,673
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%1,331
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†74
Other or two or more races4.9%18,174

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

254,255 residents (±30)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma5.6%14,335
High school or GED28%69,982
Some college22%55,780
Associate degree13%32,333
Bachelor's degree23%58,175
Graduate degree9.3%23,650

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+1.3 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

137,432 households (±552)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k7.6%10,419
$25k–50k13%18,322
$50k–75k15%20,385
$75k–100k13%18,432
$100k–150k23%31,974
$150k–200k14%18,640
$200k or more14%19,260

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

137,432 households (±552)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own80%110,229
Rent20%27,203

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

26,202 households (±1,019)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $7506.9%1,798
$750–1,0008.4%2,210
$1,000–1,50038%9,835

Home values

110,229 homes (±1,054)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k6.8%7,500
$150k–250k14%15,542
$250k–400k46%50,655

Age of homes

141,863 homes (±93)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later12%16,383
2000–200915%21,307
1980–199933%46,353

Size of homes

141,863 homes (±93)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio1.3%1,899
1 bedroom6.7%9,447
2 bedrooms21%30,467

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

191,607 workers (±2,070)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone73%139,332
Carpool7.1%13,600
Public transit0.9%1,795
Walk1.0%1,834
Bike0.1%266
Work from home17%32,865
Other1.0%1,915

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.1 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

158,742 workers (±2,361)

Anoka County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min20%32,016
15–29 min42%66,321
30–44 min26%40,699

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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.

Anoka County has 8,438 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Minnesota's), with 123,486 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,745. The Census Bureau also counts 28,915 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,438; 28,915 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 123,486
Average annual pay: $59,745; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	980	26.3	1.70×More than typical	7,834	$85,680	2,120
Ambulatory health care services	555	14.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	7,634	$71,391	1,052
Restaurants and other eating places	459	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	11,179	$21,722	98
Lessors of real estate	436	11.7	0.95×About typical	1,433	$41,236	2,326
Construction of buildings	371	9.9	1.31×More than typical	1,604	$79,819	912
Building finishing contractors	310	8.3	2.19×More than typical	1,636	$69,976	841
Services to buildings and dwellings	294	7.9	1.17×About typical	2,869	$47,087	1,301
Building equipment contractors	269	7.2	1.20×About typical	3,362	$92,773	270
Automotive repair and maintenance	250	6.7	1.33×More than typical	1,616	$54,189	328
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	249	6.7	2.12×More than typical	1,909	$83,042	449
Limited-service restaurants	240	6.4	0.80×About typical	5,513	$19,652	57
Real estate agents and brokers	237	6.4	1.30×More than typical	261	$54,935	772

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 373,182 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 $257.3M on contracts performed in Anoka County, Minnesota: $674 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $257.3M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $674; US $1,995
Sole-source: 36%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.8%; 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$81.4M32%
Department of the Navy$39.6M15%
Defense Contract Management Agency$29M11%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$21.4M8.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.1M6.3%
Defense Logistics Agency$11.8M4.6%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$11M4.3%
Department of Education$9.5M3.7%

Top recipients

CUMMINS POWER GENERATION INC.$85.4M33%
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$68.3M27%
THE KINETIC GROUP SALES LLC$60.3M23%
MEDTRONIC USA INC$10.1M3.9%
NATIONAL RECOVERIES INC$9.5M3.7%

Spending by fiscal year

353.6MFY2017
418.6MFY2018
563.1MFY2019
658.6MFY2020
500.5MFY2021
426.8MFY2022
485MFY2023
399.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$93.2M36%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$67M26%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$30.4M12%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$18.8M7.3%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$10.9M4.3%
Business support services · 5614

Largest awards

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
"CRITICAL FUNCTION" - PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY PERFORMS COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION ACTIVITIES ON DEBTS RESULTING FROM NON-PAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS MADE UNDER THE VARIOUS FEDERAL STUDENT AID LOAN PROGRAMS.$325.9M
NATIONAL RECOVERIES INC· Anoka County, MN· Professional services· Oct 25, 2016 – Jul 15, 2026· 0002
MK45 OVERHAUL/UPGRADE MOD4$247.7M
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.· Anoka County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 12, 2019 – Jan 27, 2026· N0017419C0004

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Anoka County, Minnesota: $5,261 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $2B; −9.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,261; US $12,957
Loan face value: $96.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.4B70%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$147M7.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$130M6.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$93.4M4.7%
10.450 · Crop Insurance$45.6M2.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$44.4M2.2%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$27.8M1.4%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$20M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$69.8M3.5%
SAINT PAUL, MN
NAU COUNTRY INSURANCE CO$32.5M1.6%
ANOKA, MN
RURAL COMMUNITY INSURANCE CO.$13.1M0.7%
ANOKA, MN
ANOKA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, INC.$7.8M0.4%
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

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

Social Security Administration$1.7B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$150.4M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$69.8M3.5%
Department of Transportation
Risk Management Agency$45.6M2.3%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

2.1BFY2021
2.3BFY2022
2.5BFY2023
2BFY2024
2.2BFY2025
2BFY2026

County aggregates

93%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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.

How Anoka County, Minnesota compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Anoka County, Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$1,009	$1,436
FY2018	$1,182	$1,552
FY2019	$1,575	$1,654
FY2020	$1,807	$1,880
FY2021	$1,362	$1,810
FY2022	$1,155	$1,917
FY2023	$1,300	$2,079
FY2024	$1,056	$2,047
FY2025	$793	$2,165
FY2026	$674 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$0.19	$93.28
FY2018	$0.91	$105
FY2019	$0.82	$128
FY2020	$2.53	$145
FY2021	$1.45	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,437	$5,748
FY2022	$1,342	$5,221
FY2023	$1,510	$5,364
FY2024	$1,286	$5,501
FY2025	$1,413	$5,732
FY2026	$898

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$21.00	$298
FY2022	$147	$357
FY2023	$168	$301
FY2024	$190	$319
FY2025	$136	$360
FY2026	$190

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$17.88	$239
FY2022	$13.10	$185
FY2023	$16.98	$229
FY2024	$18.79	$229
FY2025	$17.06	$249
FY2026	$13.66

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$17.81	$2,304
FY2022	$21.94	$2,197
FY2023	$22.72	$2,274
FY2024	$20.64	$2,267
FY2025	$20.43	$2,397
FY2026	$22.89

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,076	$1,186
FY2022	$403	$465
FY2023	$176	$76.52
FY2024	$160	$120
FY2025	$189	$148
FY2026	$123

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.

Anoka County, Minnesota
United States
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Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Anoka County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.8%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/27003

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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.

Anoka County, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Anoka County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93Central county

Cities and towns in Anoka County

Places whose residents live mostly in Anoka County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

JSON · /api/v1/places/27003

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.2%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+5.8%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+15.1%	+19.4%
2021	+21.2%	+26.1%
2022	+22.4%	+30.6%
2023	+25.5%	+35.0%
2024	+29.5%	+41.0%
2025	+34.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.5%	−5.5%
2015	−1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.1%	+8.9%
2019	+11.6%	+13.5%
2020	+18.3%	+20.8%
2021	+26.0%	+32.1%
2022	+27.8%	+35.4%
2023	+32.3%	+42.9%
2024	+37.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.4%	−6.9%
2015	−4.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+4.7%
2018	+7.6%	+7.5%
2019	+9.0%	+14.0%
2020	+10.8%	+16.9%
2021	+15.6%	+21.0%
2022	+20.6%	+29.7%
2023	+26.4%	+34.9%
2024	+31.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−13.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+48.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+55.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+56.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.2%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	3.1%	3.7%
2020	6.5%	8.1%
2021	3.7%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.6%	15.5%
2015	7.1%	14.7%
2016	6.8%	14.0%
2017	5.4%	13.4%
2018	5.6%	13.1%
2019	6.2%	12.3%
2020	7.1%	11.9%
2021	6.8%	12.8%
2022	7.4%	12.6%
2023	6.5%	12.5%
2024	6.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2015	−3.3% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.9% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.5% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.9% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+33.7% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+37.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+42.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+48.5% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.0%	13.5%
2015	4.5%	10.9%
2016	4.5%	10.0%
2017	4.6%	10.2%
2018	4.4%	10.4%
2019	5.1%	10.8%
2020	5.3%	10.4%
2021	5.0%	10.2%
2022	5.2%	9.5%
2023	4.7%	9.5%
2024	5.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Anoka County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.2/1k	16.6/1k

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