Scores by category

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

Safety90#310/3,096
Economy59#1,292/3,143
Housing22#2,457/3,140
Health73#841/3,144
Healthcare89#359/3,143
Environment96#124/3,108
Education79#672/3,144
Infrastructure60#1,258/3,144
Community83#530/3,144
Leisure & amenities82#581/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.4 µg/m³
97/100Minnesota 6.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High school diploma or higher · high95.2%
97/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Minnesota 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Primary care physicians · high102 /100k
91/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
91/100Minnesota 2.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Firearm deaths · low12.7 /100k
87/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high6.2%
6/100Minnesota 3.9%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Distance to an airport · high157 mi
7/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Drought exposure · high91%
7/100Minnesota 36%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Rent as share of income · high33.2%
8/100Minnesota 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Comfortable days · low23.1%
12/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Child care cost burden · high34.5%
19/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
60% (2021) → 91% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
50.5% (2010 & 2021) → 65.9% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
24.4 /100k (2021) → 10.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Suicide rateImproving
35.5 /100k (2021) → 16.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 9.0 /1k (2025)
+52%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.6% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Itasca County, Minnesota improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 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.

Improved10

Overdose deaths−59%24.4 /100k → 10.1 /100k
Weekly wage+28%$857 → $1,095
Violent crime−39%195 /100k → 119 /100k
Real income+35%$49,663 → $67,173
Unemployment−2.9 points9.1% → 6.2%

Declined1

Price / income+0.3×3.0× → 3.3×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Itasca County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.3 /10k2020	5.9 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	61%
Average commute time	23.3 min2015-2019	24.1 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Average weekly wage	$8572020	$1,0952025	+28%	Improved	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	78.6%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	15.2%2019	11.9%2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Distance to an airport	157 mi2020	157 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	24.4 /100k2020	10.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−59%	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Firearm deaths	14.8 /100k2020	12.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Within the margin of error	71%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	50%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+32%	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	94.0%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	60%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,6632019	$67,1732024	+35%	Improved	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4312015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$58,6602019	$71,6072024	+22%	Improved	34%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	9.0 /1k2025	+52%	Improved	61%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	64%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	11.0%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Property crime rate	853 /100k2020	515 /100k2025	−40%	Improved	56%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	54%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	33.2%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	52.1%2015-2019	58.1%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Restaurants and bars	10.7 /10k2020	10.6 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	46%
Students per teacher	14.6×2019	14.5×2024	−0.1×	Little change	29%
Suicide rate	28.9 /100k2020	16.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Within the margin of error	94%
Traffic deaths	10.6 /100k2015-2019	15.0 /100k2020-2024	+41%	Within the margin of error	17%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	6.2%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2019	6.3%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Violent crime rate	195 /100k2020	119 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	78%

“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 Itasca County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Itasca 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, Itasca County, Minnesota itself moved +3.1 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

45,275 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 (−1.2 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

45,275 residents

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White88%40,042
Black0.8%355
Hispanic or Latino1.5%691
Asian0.4%182
American Indian and Alaska Native2.6%1,161
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†32
Other or two or more races6.2%2,812

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.0 points).

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

Table view

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

Education

33,202 residents (±73)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma4.8%1,602
High school or GED30%9,999
Some college25%8,196
Associate degree14%4,806
Bachelor's degree17%5,504
Graduate degree9.3%3,095

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−2.2 points).

Table view

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

18,541 households (±392)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k16%2,981
$25k–50k19%3,556
$50k–75k19%3,575
$75k–100k14%2,674
$100k–150k17%3,147
$150k–200k8.0%1,475
$200k or more6.1%1,133

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.2 points).

Table view

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

18,541 households (±392)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own83%15,396
Rent17%3,145

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,874 households (±248)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75027%763
$750–1,00025%713
$1,000–1,50033%957

Home values

15,396 homes (±436)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k27%4,094
$150k–250k31%4,697
$250k–400k24%3,753

Age of homes

25,679 homes (±115)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later8.2%2,102
2000–200914%3,518
1980–199926%6,751

Size of homes

25,679 homes (±115)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio3.1%797
1 bedroom9.0%2,305
2 bedrooms28%7,199

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

18,949 workers (±401)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone76%14,453
Carpool10%1,908
Public transit1.0%†187
Walk1.9%354
Bike0.2%†42
Work from home9.5%1,804
Other1.1%†201

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−3.6 points).

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

Table view

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

Time to get to work

17,145 workers (±456)

Itasca County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min38%6,462
15–29 min33%5,686
30–44 min16%2,658

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 Grand Rapids, 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.

Itasca County has 1,175 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Minnesota's), with 13,380 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,665. The Census Bureau also counts 3,168 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,175; 3,168 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 13,380
Average annual pay: $51,665; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	106	23.3	1.51×More than typical	484	$84,764	241
Ambulatory health care services	86	18.9	0.91×About typical	1,327	$51,399	124
Restaurants and other eating places	61	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,036	$20,676	7
Construction of buildings	48	10.6	1.40×More than typical	160	$61,650	122
Religious organizations	38	8.4	1.51×More than typical	195	$18,108	—
Lessors of real estate	37	8.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	91	$54,626	298
Other specialty trade contractors	36	7.9	3.15×More than typical	247	$91,769	94
Building equipment contractors	34	7.5	1.24×About typical	143	$62,455	31
Full-service restaurants	34	7.5	0.97×About typical	493	$23,142	—
Gasoline stations	33	7.3	2.24×More than typical	374	$22,307	—
Offices of other health practitioners	29	6.4	1.05×About typical	172	$46,593	68
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.9	0.88×About typical	214	$45,874	139

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 45,487 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 $2.8M on contracts performed in Itasca County, Minnesota: $61.93 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.8M; +37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $61.93; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.7%; 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$1.2M41%
Forest Service$730.4K26%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$350K12%
Federal Aviation Administration$299.8K11%
Department of the Army$187.1K6.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$26.4K0.9%
U.S. Geological Survey$26.1K0.9%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$18.2K0.6%

Top recipients

GRAND VILLAGE$1.1M38%
JEFF POWELL EXCAVATING LLC$350K12%
BARRY WILLIAMS ELECTRIC INC$299.8K11%
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.$211K7.5%
GERIT HANSON CONTRACTING, INC.$160.8K5.7%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5MFY2017
1.8MFY2018
3.1MFY2019
2.9MFY2020
2.6MFY2021
2.2MFY2022
2.4MFY2023
2.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$1.1M38%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$350K12%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$299.8K11%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$279.3K9.9%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921$211K7.5%

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: NURSING HOME SERVICES$1.1M
GRAND VILLAGE· Itasca County, MN· Health & medical· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 36C26326K0011
MN-GLACIAL RIDGE NWR-BRUSH/TREE REMOVAL$350K
JEFF POWELL EXCAVATING LLC· Itasca County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 140F0S26P0022
IIJA FUNDED. NASHWAUK, MN (QJD) ARSR JCN:19004780 THIS UNILATERAL AWARD IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE UPS AND UPS ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION AND ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING, AND SERVICE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT UPGRADE AT NASHWAUK, MN (QJD)$299.8K
BARRY WILLIAMS ELECTRIC INC· Itasca County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· 6973GH26F00338

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 $391.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Itasca County, Minnesota: $8,625 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $391.6M; −6.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,625; US $12,955
Loan face value: $85.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$252.2M64%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$40.8M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$30.2M7.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$19.6M5.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6.1M1.5%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$5.1M1.3%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$4.7M1.2%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$3.9M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$4.2M1.1%
SAINT PAUL, MN
CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS$3.1M0.8%
GRAND RAPIDS, MN
KOOTASCA COMMUNITY ACTION, INC.$3.1M0.8%
GRAND RAPIDS, MN
CHISHOLM-HIBBING AIRPORT AUTHORITY$3M0.8%
HIBBING, MN
ITASCA COUNTY HRA$2.8M

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$308.2M79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$45.7M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$9.4M2.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Aviation Administration$6.8M1.7%
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

328.7MFY2021
333.6MFY2022
357.4MFY2023
371.6MFY2024
417.9MFY2025
391.6MFY2026

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 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 Itasca 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.

Itasca County, Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$32.18	$1,436
FY2018	$39.31	$1,552
FY2019	$68.90	$1,654
FY2020	$64.04	$1,880
FY2021	$56.97	$1,810
FY2022	$47.82	$1,917
FY2023	$53.66	$2,079
FY2024	$62.69	$2,047
FY2025	$45.24	$2,165
FY2026	$61.93 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$4.33	$93.28
FY2018	$4.06	$105
FY2019	$36.19	$128
FY2020	$4.69	$145
FY2021	$12.81	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$581	$5,748
FY2022	$364	$5,221
FY2023	$423	$5,364
FY2024	$364	$5,501
FY2025	$455	$5,732
FY2026	$420

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$99.36	$298
FY2022	$214	$357
FY2023	$243	$301
FY2024	$144	$319
FY2025	$239	$360
FY2026	$241

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$81.38	$239
FY2022	$85.58	$185
FY2023	$104	$229
FY2024	$95.97	$229
FY2025	$113	$249
FY2026	$110

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$150	$2,304
FY2022	$56.88	$2,197
FY2023	$77.50	$2,274
FY2024	$60.85	$2,267
FY2025	$62.48	$2,397
FY2026	$66.73

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,029	$1,186
FY2022	$180	$465
FY2023	-$18.78	$76.52
FY2024	$97.13	$120
FY2025	$93.21	$148
FY2026	$19.07

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.

Itasca County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Itasca County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.0%	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/27061

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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.

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

House

Pete StauberR-MN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Grand Rapids, MN79Central county

Cities and towns in Itasca County

Places whose residents live mostly in Itasca 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/27061

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	+0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+3.3%
2018	+4.7%	+6.8%
2019	+7.2%	+10.5%
2020	+12.2%	+19.4%
2021	+20.7%	+26.1%
2022	+27.1%	+30.6%
2023	+30.0%	+35.0%
2024	+36.1%	+41.0%
2025	+43.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.6%	−5.5%
2015	+0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+10.4%	+8.9%
2019	+11.9%	+13.5%
2020	+21.8%	+20.8%
2021	+33.2%	+32.1%
2022	+31.4%	+35.4%
2023	+36.3%	+42.9%
2024	+45.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.0%	−6.9%
2015	+0.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.3%	+4.7%
2018	+2.9%	+7.5%
2019	+13.6%	+14.0%
2020	+15.0%	+16.9%
2021	+14.5%	+21.0%
2022	+29.7%	+29.7%
2023	+26.6%	+34.9%
2024	+38.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−2.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+52.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+60.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+63.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.7%	6.2%
2015	6.6%	5.3%
2016	9.0%	4.9%
2017	7.3%	4.4%
2018	5.9%	3.9%
2019	6.4%	3.7%
2020	9.1%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.9%	3.6%
2024	4.9%	4.0%
2025	6.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	14.7%	15.5%
2015	12.7%	14.7%
2016	13.3%	14.0%
2017	11.2%	13.4%
2018	11.8%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	11.4%	12.6%
2023	12.7%	12.5%
2024	11.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.6%	13.5%
2015	5.6%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.0%	10.2%
2018	5.5%	10.4%
2019	7.0%	10.8%
2020	6.9%	10.4%
2021	5.4%	10.2%
2022	6.0%	9.5%
2023	6.1%	9.5%
2024	6.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Itasca County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.0/1k	16.6/1k

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Declined1

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