County · Minnesota

Meeker County, Minnesota

Meeker County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 89 out of 100 (very high), ranking #333 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #45 of 87 counties. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), mammography screening (high) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), pharmacies (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

89Very high

Quality-of-life score: #333 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #45 of 87 in MN
Population: 23,603 (2025)
Land area: 608 mi²
Density: 38.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 27093

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety96#110/3,096
Economy76#750/3,143
Housing54#1,435/3,140
Health89#343/3,144
Healthcare61#1,240/3,143
Environment97#99/3,108
Education77#731/3,144
Infrastructure64#1,130/3,144
Community85#468/3,144
Leisure & amenities61#1,219/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low7.9%
95/100Minnesota 9.6%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · high57.0%
94/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Minnesota 4.3United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Drought exposure · low2%
93/100Minnesota 36%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Firearm deaths · low8.6 /100k
93/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Traffic deaths · low6.8 /100k
93/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high5,239 /100k
3/100Minnesota 2,419 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
5/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
16/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · low40.3%
17/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
32% (2021) → 2% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
3.0 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.4 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 28.0% (2023)
−17 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
New business applicationsImproving
5.3 /1k (2020) → 9.7 /1k (2025)
+81%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
60 /100k (2021) → 98 /100k (2025)
+63%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /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, Meeker County, Minnesota improved on 9 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Traffic deaths−54%14.7 /100k → 6.8 /100k
Real income+41%$49,283 → $69,616
New businesses+81%5.3 /1k → 9.7 /1k
Property crime−52%854 /100k → 413 /100k
Students / teacher−0.9×14.9× → 14.0×

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.7× → 3.3×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Meeker County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+24%	Within the margin of error	76%
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Average weekly wage	$8382020	$1,0422025	+24%	Improved	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	8.9%2019	7.9%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Distance to an airport	64 mi2020	64 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.7 /100k2020	7.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	39%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	51%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	28%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,2832019	$69,6162024	+41%	Improved	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.4112020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$63,8122019	$75,3672024	+18%	Improved	17%
New business applications	5.3 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+81%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	7.9%2019	9.3%2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Property crime rate	854 /100k2020	413 /100k2025	−52%	Improved	78%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	47%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent as share of income	26.0%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	38.7%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	9.3 /10k2025	+28%	Within the margin of error	90%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	14.0×2024	−0.9×	Improved	60%
Suicide rate	15.8 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	84%
Traffic deaths	14.7 /100k2015-2019	6.8 /100k2020-2024	−54%	Improved	96%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	4.7%2025	−1.1 points	Improved	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.6%2019	6.3%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Violent crime rate	111 /100k2020	109 /100k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	34%

“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 Meeker County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Meeker 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, Meeker County, Minnesota itself moved −0.7 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

23,468 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

9,347 households (±168)

Meeker County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k12%1,165
$25k–50k20%1,901
$50k–75k17%1,572

Homes

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

Owners and renters

9,347 households (±168)

Meeker County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own79%7,408
Rent21%1,939

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

11,549 workers (±266)

Meeker County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone81%9,361
Carpool7.6%878
Public transit0.2%†26

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.

Meeker County has 606 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Minnesota's), with 6,775 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,057. The Census Bureau also counts 1,711 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 606; 1,711 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 6,775
Average annual pay: $54,057; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	67	28.5	1.84×More than typical	353	$61,292	163
Construction of buildings	30	12.8	1.69×More than typical	168	$82,887	78
Ambulatory health care services	27	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	192	$50,828	43
Building equipment contractors	25	10.6	1.77×More than typical	112	$54,705	14
Restaurants and other eating places	25	10.6	0.58×Fewer than typical	292	$19,123	5
Truck transportation	25	10.6	2.10×More than typical	76	$59,987	89
Religious organizations	24	10.2	1.84×More than typical	158	$20,158	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	8.9	1.77×More than typical	52	$45,365	38
Other specialty trade contractors	19	8.1	3.22×More than typical	95	$58,926	57
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	16	6.8	4.26×More than typical	641	$56,833	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	6.8	1.01×About typical	40	$56,425	108
Offices of other health practitioners	15	6.4	1.05×About typical	44	$51,932	34

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,522 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 $8M on contracts performed in Meeker County, Minnesota: $339 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $339; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$8M100%

Top recipients

DAIRYLAND TRADING CO LLC$8M100%

Spending by fiscal year

6.1MFY2017
2.7MFY2018
179KFY2019
25KFY2020
14.9KFY2021
108KFY2023
5.7MFY2024
12.8MFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$8M100%

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011096/4100033492/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800)$2.2M
DAIRYLAND TRADING CO LLC· Meeker County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 23, 2025 – Feb 17, 2026· 123J1426C0416
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010922/4400002307/4100032585/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800)$1.5M
DAIRYLAND TRADING CO LLC· Meeker County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 23, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· 123J1425F1578
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011328/4400002537/4100034110/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800)$1.5M
DAIRYLAND TRADING CO LLC· Meeker County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· May 5, 2026 – Jul 2, 2026· 123J1426F1042

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 $157.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Meeker County, Minnesota: $6,686 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $157.8M; −9.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,686; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$110.4M70%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.6M7.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$10.2M6.5%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$6.4M4.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.2M3.9%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.3M1.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.7M1.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.9M1.2%
SAINT PAUL, MN
LARRY ROBERG TURKEY FARMS$631K0.4%
PAYNESVILLE, MN
MEEKER COUNTY HRA$425.2K0.3%
DASSEL, MN
WEST FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHI$300K0.2%
DARWIN, MN
WATKINS AREA HOMES INC.$179.8K

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$128.5M81%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$13M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$8.7M5.5%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$2.7M1.7%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

127.8MFY2021
152.7MFY2022
169.7MFY2023
165.9MFY2024
174.2MFY2025
157.8MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

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 Meeker 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$267	$1,436
FY2018	$118	$1,552
FY2019	$7.73	$1,654
FY2020	$1.07	$1,880
FY2021	$0.64	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$4.59	$2,079
FY2024	$243	$2,047
FY2025	$541	$2,165
FY2026	$339 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0.32	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$150	$5,748
FY2022	$198	$5,221
FY2023	$1,281	$5,364
FY2024	$527	$5,501
FY2025	$1,022	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$92.92	$298
FY2022	$178	$357
FY2023	$436	$301
FY2024	$248	$319
FY2025	$216	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$52.34	$239
FY2022	$42.88	$185
FY2023	$53.07	$229
FY2024	$42.49	$229
FY2025	$45.98	$249
FY2026	$39.06

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,331	$1,186
FY2022	$209	$465
FY2023	$103	$76.52
FY2024	-$46.50	$120
FY2025	$26.52	$148
FY2026	$33.34

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Meeker County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.3%

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.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$1,281 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $174 (7.4× that).

Compared with 17 similar counties

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/27093

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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.

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

House

Michelle FischbachR-MN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Meeker County

Places whose residents live mostly in Meeker 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/27093

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−5.3%	−4.2%
2015	−3.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+3.3%
2018	+8.7%	+6.8%
2019	+12.4%	+10.5%
2020	+21.1%	+19.4%
2021	+31.8%	+26.1%
2022	+36.3%	+30.6%
2023	+43.2%	+35.0%
2024	+49.7%	+41.0%
2025	+50.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.8%	−5.5%
2015	+1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.2%	+4.1%
2018	+10.3%	+8.9%
2019	+11.4%	+13.5%
2020	+23.4%	+20.8%
2021	+34.8%	+32.1%
2022	+40.7%	+35.4%
2023	+44.7%	+42.9%
2024	+50.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−11.4%	−6.9%
2015	−4.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−8.6%	+4.7%
2018	+8.4%	+7.5%
2019	+4.0%	+14.0%
2020	+8.9%	+16.9%
2021	+8.8%	+21.0%
2022	+24.7%	+29.7%
2023	+22.8%	+34.9%
2024	+22.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−13.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+49.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+57.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+64.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+73.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.7%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.9%	3.9%
2019	4.3%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	10.0%	15.5%
2015	7.9%	14.7%
2016	7.1%	14.0%
2017	9.1%	13.4%
2018	7.5%	13.1%
2019	7.9%	12.3%
2020	6.2%	11.9%
2021	8.6%	12.8%
2022	9.2%	12.6%
2023	8.4%	12.5%
2024	9.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.8%	13.5%
2015	5.6%	10.9%
2016	5.2%	10.0%
2017	5.0%	10.2%
2018	5.4%	10.4%
2019	5.6%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	5.3%	10.2%
2022	6.1%	9.5%
2023	5.6%	9.5%
2024	6.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Meeker County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Meeker County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−11.8 points	−10.7 points	−13.6 points to −8.8 points
Year −2	−3.3 points	−0.6 points	−5.0 points to +6.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.4 points	−5.3 points	−8.1 points to −1.5 points
Year +1	−5.1 points	−6.9 points	−10.3 points to −3.1 points
Year +2	−8.5 points	−6.3 points	−7.8 points to −3.9 points

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