County · Minnesota

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 91 out of 100 (very high), ranking #280 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #39 of 87 counties. It ranks best on flu vaccinations (high), bachelor's degree or higher (high) and some college (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), child care cost burden (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

91Very high

Quality-of-life score: #280 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #39 of 87 in MN
Population: 1,284,784 (2025)
Land area: 554 mi²
Density: 2,319.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 27053

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

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

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

Safety40#1,871/3,096
Economy91#299/3,143
Housing18#2,571/3,140
Health94#200/3,144
Healthcare99#31/3,143
Environment68#986/3,108
Education94#198/3,144
Infrastructure99#22/3,144
Community95#170/3,144
Leisure & amenities80#617/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high58.0%
99/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high54.1%
99/100Minnesota 39.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high82.2%
99/100Minnesota 75.4%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,775
98/100Minnesota $1,480United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.1%
98/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Traffic deaths · low4.6 /100k
98/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,622 /100k
3/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Child care cost burden · high40.0%
7/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high208 min
7/100Minnesota 134 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Days with unhealthy air · high2.7%
8/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Violent crime rate · high470 /100k
9/100Minnesota 224 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.482
11/100Minnesota 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

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)
−35 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.8% (2020 & 2021) → 40.0% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedWorsening
6.2 /1k (2021) → 2.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−63%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
7.8 /100k (2021) → 4.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−41%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
465 /100k (2021) → 644 /100k (2025)
+38%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
25.7% (Dec 2021) → 33.0% (Aug 2026)
+7.2 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

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, Hennepin County, Minnesota improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 14 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.

Improved12

Commute−1.8 min23.7 min → 21.9 min
Students / teacher−1.5×15.9× → 14.4×
Bachelor's++4.1 points50.1% → 54.1%
Unemployment−2.9 points6.5% → 3.6%
Homicides−29%6.5 /100k → 4.6 /100k

Declined5

Transit use−3.6 points7.1% → 3.5%
Traffic deaths+31%3.5 /100k → 4.6 /100k
Price / income+0.5×3.5× → 4.0×
Rent burden+2 points45.6% → 47.6%
Rent / income+0.8 points28.2% → 29.0%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Hennepin County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.3 /10k2020	6.8 /10k2025	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	56%
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Improved	87%
Average weekly wage	$1,5332020	$1,7752025	+16%	Improved	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%2015-2019	54.1%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	73%
Broadband subscriptions	87.2%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Improved	13%
Child poverty rate	11.9%2019	9.8%2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Distance to an airport	11 mi2020	11 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	24.3 /100k2020	26.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+7%	Within the margin of error	20%
Effective property tax rate	1.24%2015-2019	1.10%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	57%
Firearm deaths	9.8 /100k2020	9.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.1%	Within the margin of error	60%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	6.5 /100k2020	4.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	52%
Income adjusted for local prices	$73,7642019	$95,7362024	+30%	Improved	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4822020-2024	+0.000	Within the margin of error	54%
Median household income	$82,3232019	$95,3722024	+16%	Improved	11%
New business applications	14.4 /1k2020	17.6 /1k2025	+22%	Improved	24%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+0.1%	Within the margin of error	69%
Poverty rate	9.7%2019	9.5%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Property crime rate	3,034 /100k2020	2,622 /100k2025	−14%	Improved	19%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	7.1%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Declined	42%
Rent-burdened households	45.6%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	42%
Restaurants and bars	8.2 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+6.4%	Within the margin of error	67%
Students per teacher	15.9×2019	14.4×2024	−1.5×	Improved	78%
Suicide rate	11.7 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.4%	Within the margin of error	50%
Traffic deaths	3.5 /100k2015-2019	4.6 /100k2020-2024	+31%	Declined	24%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.6%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2019	5.8%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	541 /100k2020	470 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	47%

“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 Hennepin County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hennepin 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, Hennepin County, Minnesota itself moved +1.1 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

1,269,496 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

539,493 households (±1,860)

Hennepin County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k12%62,487
$25k–50k13%69,126
$50k–75k14%77,326

Homes

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

Owners and renters

539,493 households (±1,860)

Hennepin County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own63%338,263
Rent37%201,230

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

686,167 workers (±3,633)

Hennepin County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone60%411,361
Carpool6.2%42,564
Public transit3.5%24,038

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.

Hennepin County has 40,486 employer establishments, 320 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Minnesota's), with 939,201 paid employees at an average annual pay of $83,049. The Census Bureau also counts 124,252 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 40,486; 124,252 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 320; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 939,201
Average annual pay: $83,049; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,981	23.6	1.13×About typical	53,935	$81,748	5,997
Lessors of real estate	2,522	20	1.62×More than typical	16,105	$73,810	12,852
Restaurants and other eating places	2,382	18.8	1.03×About typical	52,072	$26,768	344
Specialty trade contractors	1,685	13.3	0.86×About typical	21,039	$89,779	4,896
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,567	12.4	1.85×More than typical	16,947	$121,000	7,719
Computer systems design and related services	1,236	9.8	2.26×More than typical	16,761	$117,183	1,805
Real estate agents and brokers	1,119	8.9	1.82×More than typical	3,203	$101,230	2,988
Offices of other health practitioners	1,101	8.7	1.43×More than typical	6,202	$54,565	3,276
Limited-service restaurants	1,069	8.5	1.05×About typical	19,790	$23,538	144
Construction of buildings	1,042	8.2	1.09×About typical	8,659	$97,011	2,215
Services to buildings and dwellings	998	7.9	1.17×About typical	8,328	$43,296	3,587
Legal services	984	7.8	1.45×More than typical	11,939	$133,428	1,285

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,263,745 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 $707.8M on contracts performed in Hennepin County, Minnesota: $551 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $707.8M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $551; US $1,995
Sole-source: 30%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.1%; 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$213.3M30%
Department of Veterans Affairs$183.2M26%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$65.5M9.2%
Department of the Navy$62.2M8.8%
Department of State$23.2M3.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$17.1M2.4%
Social Security Administration$16.7M2.4%
Defense Logistics Agency$13.9M2.0%

Top recipients

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$198.6M28%
AGILITI HEALTH INC$63.9M9.0%
OPTUMHEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS, LLC$38M5.4%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$30.8M4.4%
POLARIS SALES INC$30.8M4.4%

Spending by fiscal year

4BFY2017
2.1BFY2018
1.3BFY2019
1.1BFY2020
1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.1BFY2023
1.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$207.6M29%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$69M9.7%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$64.5M9.1%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$55.2M7.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$36.1M5.1%

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
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$383.7M
AGILITI HEALTH INC· Hennepin County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Dec 14, 2022 – Aug 13, 2026· 75A50323C00003

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 $171.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hennepin County, Minnesota: $133,775 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $171.9B; −7.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $133,775; US $12,957
Loan face value: $2.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$84.4B49%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$54B31%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$25.9B15%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.8B2.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$362.6M0.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$264.6M0.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$263.6M0.2%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$254.4M0.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$453M0.3%
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$329.3M0.2%
SAINT PAUL, MN
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY$131.3M0.1%
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MINNESOTA$106M0.1%
MINNEAPOLIS, 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$164.2B96%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$5.6B3.3%
National Institutes of Health$391.4M0.2%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$330.2M0.2%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

121.9BFY2021
154.5BFY2022
163.9BFY2023
161.7BFY2024
186.6BFY2025
171.9BFY2026

County aggregates

99%

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 Hennepin 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.

Hennepin County, Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$3,194	$1,436
FY2018	$1,705	$1,552
FY2019	$1,041	$1,654
FY2020	$896	$1,880
FY2021	$983	$1,810
FY2022	$871	$1,917
FY2023	$888	$2,079
FY2024	$1,192	$2,047
FY2025	$1,082	$2,165
FY2026	$551 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$42.46	$93.28
FY2018	$35.34	$105
FY2019	$75.90	$128
FY2020	$38.82	$145
FY2021	$107	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,965	$5,748
FY2022	$1,491	$5,221
FY2023	$1,661	$5,364
FY2024	$2,028	$5,501
FY2025	$1,860	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$163	$298
FY2022	$228	$357
FY2023	$283	$301
FY2024	$134	$319
FY2025	$289	$360
FY2026	$281

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$315	$239
FY2022	$316	$185
FY2023	$369	$229
FY2024	$366	$229
FY2025	$367	$249
FY2026	$327

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$338	$2,304
FY2022	$124	$2,197
FY2023	$196	$2,274
FY2024	$325	$2,267
FY2025	$270	$2,397
FY2026	$354

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,938	$1,186
FY2022	$665	$465
FY2023	$314	$76.52
FY2024	$347	$120
FY2025	$269	$148
FY2026	$281

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.

Hennepin County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hennepin County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.5%	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/27053

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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.

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

House

Senate

Amy KlobucharD-

Metro area

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

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

Cities and towns in Hennepin County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hennepin 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
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Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−4.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.3%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+19.2%	+19.4%
2021	+24.5%	+26.1%
2022	+28.6%	+30.6%
2023	+30.7%	+35.0%
2024	+34.8%	+41.0%
2025	+38.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.8%	−5.5%
2015	−1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.1%	+4.1%
2018	+9.0%	+8.9%
2019	+12.7%	+13.5%
2020	+16.0%	+20.8%
2021	+30.6%	+32.1%
2022	+35.1%	+35.4%
2023	+43.4%	+42.9%
2024	+49.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	7.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	6.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−9.4%	−6.9%
2015	−3.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.7%
2018	+6.9%	+7.5%
2019	+15.6%	+14.0%
2020	+14.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.3%	+21.0%
2022	+25.6%	+29.7%
2023	+31.5%	+34.9%
2024	+34.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	13.0%	15.5%
2015	10.9%	14.7%
2016	10.9%	14.0%
2017	10.5%	13.4%
2018	10.3%	13.1%
2019	9.7%	12.3%
2020	9.3%	11.9%
2021	10.0%	12.8%
2022	10.8%	12.6%
2023	10.1%	12.5%
2024	9.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.9%	6.2%
2015	3.4%	5.3%
2016	3.3%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.5%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	6.5%	8.1%
2021	3.6%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.5%	3.6%
2024	2.9%	4.0%
2025	3.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−10.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.8% (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	+14.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+37.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+42.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+46.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+49.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2015	−4.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.7% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+14.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+20.0% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+23.9% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+26.4% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+29.5% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+35.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.3%	13.5%
2015	5.8%	10.9%
2016	5.0%	10.0%
2017	5.4%	10.2%
2018	5.6%	10.4%
2019	5.8%	10.8%
2020	5.5%	10.4%
2021	5.2%	10.2%
2022	5.2%	9.5%
2023	4.8%	9.5%
2024	5.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hennepin County, Minnesota	United States
2014	10.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	13.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	17.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	17.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.6/1k	16.6/1k

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