Scores by category

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

Safety79#649/3,096
Economy61#1,224/3,143
Housing63#1,159/3,140
Health71#925/3,144
Healthcare79#666/3,143
Environment88#388/3,108
Education38#1,953/3,144
Infrastructure56#1,395/3,144
Community82#571/3,144
Leisure & amenities59#1,277/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
97/100Minnesota 3.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Firearm deaths · low9.3 /100k
92/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Drought exposure · low4%
91/100Minnesota 36%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Social associations · high18.4 /10k
90/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Suicide rate · low14.0 /100k
86/100Minnesota 13.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Hot days · low6 days
85/100Minnesota 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
14/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Property crime rate · high1,462 /100k
18/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
New business applications · low8.8 /1k
19/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
20/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Effective property tax rate · high1.08%
24/100Minnesota 1.00%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
48% (2021) → 3% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−45 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
5.0 /1k (2020) → 8.8 /1k (2025)
+77%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
2.4 /1k (2021) → 0.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
7.9 /100k (2015-2019) → 13.0 /100k (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.6% (2020 & 2021) → 32.6% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
PharmaciesWorsening
1.3 /10k (2020) → 0.7 /10k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k

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, Freeborn County, Minnesota improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved8

Real income+38%$49,780 → $68,849
New businesses+77%5.0 /1k → 8.8 /1k
Students / teacher−0.7×14.6× → 13.8×
Weekly wage+24%$866 → $1,072
Broadband+8.9 points77.3% → 86.3%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0430.414 → 0.457
Price / income+0.3×2.1× → 2.4×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Freeborn County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	3.9 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	60%
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.7 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Average weekly wage	$8662020	$1,0722025	+24%	Improved	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	77.3%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	41%
Child poverty rate	13.3%2019	13.1%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Distance to an airport	85 mi2020	85 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.3 /100k2020	13.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+86%	Within the margin of error	3%
Effective property tax rate	1.05%2015-2019	1.08%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Firearm deaths	7.6 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+22%	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	60%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	52%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,7802019	$68,8492024	+38%	Improved	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4572020-2024	+0.043	Declined	8%
Median household income	$56,7162019	$69,8632024	+23%	Improved	41%
New business applications	5.0 /1k2020	8.8 /1k2025	+77%	Improved	82%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	7%
Poverty rate	9.6%2019	11.3%2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Property crime rate	2,022 /100k2020	1,462 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent-burdened households	43.0%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	10.2 /10k2025	+8.5%	Within the margin of error	71%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	13.8×2024	−0.7×	Improved	52%
Suicide rate	12.8 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	36%
Traffic deaths	7.9 /100k2015-2019	13.0 /100k2020-2024	+66%	Within the margin of error	9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.9%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2019	7.7%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Violent crime rate	160 /100k2020	111 /100k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Freeborn County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Freeborn 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, Freeborn County, Minnesota itself moved −5.3 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

30,623 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

12,846 households (±259)

Freeborn County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k15%1,863
$25k–50k21%2,641
$50k–75k19%2,419

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,846 households (±259)

Freeborn County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own80%10,213
Rent20%2,633

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.8 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

14,231 workers (±328)

Freeborn County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone79%11,304
Carpool7.8%1,115
Public transit0.1%†19

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 Albert Lea, MN

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.

Freeborn County has 755 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Minnesota's), with 10,861 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,569. The Census Bureau also counts 1,961 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 755; 1,961 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 10,861
Average annual pay: $50,569; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	56	18.4	1.19×About typical	318	$62,906	161
Restaurants and other eating places	48	15.8	0.86×About typical	755	$19,433	4
Religious organizations	39	12.8	2.31×More than typical	217	$21,410	—
Building equipment contractors	27	8.9	1.47×More than typical	246	$64,492	16
Ambulatory health care services	26	8.5	0.41×Fewer than typical	221	$48,955	41
Full-service restaurants	24	7.9	1.03×About typical	326	$19,113	—
Limited-service restaurants	23	7.5	0.94×About typical	427	$19,698	—
Lessors of real estate	21	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	40	$33,975	216
Truck transportation	21	6.9	1.36×More than typical	78	$44,256	99
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	6.2	1.24×About typical	118	$47,305	47
Gasoline stations	18	5.9	1.82×More than typical	323	$30,331	—
Banks and credit unions	17	5.6	1.73×More than typical	140	$62,014	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,469 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 $1.8M on contracts performed in Freeborn County, Minnesota: $58.27 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.8M; +5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $58.27; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.0%; 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 Veterans Affairs$951.2K54%
Defense Logistics Agency$822.6K46%

Top recipients

AMERICAN BAPTIST HOMES OF THE MIDWEST$951.2K54%
C&J RESOLUTIONS LLC$770.8K43%
J & K SOLUTIONS LLC$51.8K2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

472.7KFY2017
1.2MFY2018
818.9KFY2019
155.1KFY2020
486.6KFY2021
754.3KFY2022
1.3MFY2023
1.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$951.2K54%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$249.9K14%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$246K14%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$163.3K9.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$43.3K2.4%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: NURSING HOME SERVICES$951.2K
AMERICAN BAPTIST HOMES OF THE MIDWEST· Freeborn County, MN· Health & medical· Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· 36C26326K0002
8512151694!PANEL,PROTECTION,EL$249.9K
C&J RESOLUTIONS LLC· Freeborn County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· SPE7M126P7358
INSERT,ELECTRICAL C WAA EHP MOLDED INSERT$246K
C&J RESOLUTIONS LLC· Freeborn County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· SPMYM226P5556
HAZMAT BUILDING$163.3K

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 $242.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Freeborn County, Minnesota: $7,954 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $242.1M; −9.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,954; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 13%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$150.4M62%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$21.5M8.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17M7.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$16.6M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$10.8M4.5%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$8.2M3.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.9M2.0%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$2.5M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.2M1.3%
SAINT PAUL, MN
EMMONS, CITY OF$1.6M0.7%
EMMONS, MN
ALBERT LEA HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.1M0.5%
ALBERT LEA, MN
ANDERSLAND INC$600K0.2%
EMMONS, MN
ALBERT LEA TRADES & LABOR ASSEMBLY SENIOR HOUSING INC$508.3K

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$182.6M75%
Farm Service Agency$30M12%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$18.7M7.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$3.2M1.3%
Department of Transportation
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

219.4MFY2021
211.6MFY2022
200.7MFY2023
210MFY2024
266.6MFY2025
242.1MFY2026

County aggregates

84%

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.

How Freeborn 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.

Freeborn County, Minnesota
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$15.46	$1,436
FY2018	$39.03	$1,552
FY2019	$26.95	$1,654
FY2020	$5.02	$1,880
FY2021	$15.79	$1,810
FY2022	$24.57	$1,917
FY2023	$42.31	$2,079
FY2024	$45.25	$2,047
FY2025	$55.50	$2,165
FY2026	$58.27 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$1.60	$93.28
FY2018	-$0.46	$105
FY2019	$1.80	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$45.33	$5,748
FY2022	$576	$5,221
FY2023	$290	$5,364
FY2024	$253	$5,501
FY2025	$705	$5,732
FY2026	$236

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	-$3.49	$298
FY2022	$408	$357
FY2023	$187	$301
FY2024	$113	$319
FY2025	$558	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$80.92	$239
FY2022	$87.96	$185
FY2023	$82.58	$229
FY2024	$90.82	$229
FY2025	$94.12	$249
FY2026	$65.17

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$38.08	$2,197
FY2023	$19.69	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,083	$1,186
FY2022	$224	$465
FY2023	$2.15	$76.52
FY2024	$16.06	$120
FY2025	$98.15	$148
FY2026	$138

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.

Freeborn County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Freeborn County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−0.3%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2022, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/27047

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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.

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

House

Brad FinstadR-MN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Albert Lea, MN73Central county

Cities and towns in Freeborn County

Places whose residents live mostly in Freeborn 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 2026-10-03
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	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+3.3%
2018	+4.3%	+6.8%
2019	+6.6%	+10.5%
2020	+13.6%	+19.4%
2021	+16.8%	+26.1%
2022	+23.2%	+30.6%
2023	+28.1%	+35.0%
2024	+34.0%	+41.0%
2025	+40.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−1.4%	−5.5%
2015	+1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.6%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+21.9%	+20.8%
2021	+35.9%	+32.1%
2022	+37.9%	+35.4%
2023	+41.6%	+42.9%
2024	+47.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.6%	−6.9%
2015	−3.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.5%	+4.7%
2018	+6.3%	+7.5%
2019	+15.9%	+14.0%
2020	+27.2%	+16.9%
2021	+28.3%	+21.0%
2022	+34.1%	+29.7%
2023	+35.3%	+34.9%
2024	+42.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	12.5%	15.5%
2015	13.4%	14.7%
2016	11.0%	14.0%
2017	11.8%	13.4%
2018	9.9%	13.1%
2019	9.6%	12.3%
2020	10.0%	11.9%
2021	10.2%	12.8%
2022	11.7%	12.6%
2023	10.5%	12.5%
2024	11.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.4%	6.2%
2015	3.9%	5.3%
2016	3.9%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	5.7%	8.1%
2021	3.7%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−13.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.0% (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	+13.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+52.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+64.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+79.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+85.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	8.4%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	5.6%	10.0%
2017	6.4%	10.2%
2018	7.0%	10.4%
2019	7.0%	10.8%
2020	7.8%	10.4%
2021	7.6%	10.2%
2022	8.3%	9.5%
2023	7.6%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Freeborn County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.8/1k	16.6/1k

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