County · Minnesota

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Otter Tail County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #199 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #28 of 87 counties. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), homicide rate (low) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), cost of buying a home today (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #199 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #28 of 87 in MN
Population: 61,041 (2025)
Land area: 1,972 mi²
Density: 31.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 27111

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 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.

Safety93#224/3,096
Economy64#1,140/3,143
Housing37#1,963/3,140
Health89#332/3,144
Healthcare82#568/3,143
Environment96#118/3,108
Education88#376/3,144
Infrastructure81#586/3,144
Community89#351/3,144
Leisure & amenities80#632/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mammography screening · high60.0%
97/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
97/100Minnesota 2.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Voter turnout · high78.9%
93/100Minnesota 77.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
High school diploma or higher · high94.4%
92/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Math scores · high3.41
92/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low8.6
91/100Minnesota 27.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high16.3 mi
16/100Minnesota 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Cost of buying a home today · high34.7%
21/100Minnesota 31.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high3.8×
23/100Minnesota 3.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
New business applications · low9.3 /1k
26/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Child care cost burden · high32.7%
26/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drinking water violations · high1
28/100Minnesota 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
3.3 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
2 days (2011-2020) → 3 days (2016-2025)
+94%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.9% (2015-2019) → 87.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.9% (2020 & 2021) → 32.7% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
23.5% (Dec 2021) → 34.7% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 9.3 /1k (2025)
+55%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Otter Tail County, Minnesota improved on 8 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 21 moved within the margin of error and 3 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%$52,460 → $72,279
Broadband+13 points74.9% → 87.7%
Property crime−45%1,334 /100k → 734 /100k
New businesses+55%6.0 /1k → 9.3 /1k
Bachelor's++3.4 points24.9% → 28.3%

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×3.2× → 3.8×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Otter Tail County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.7 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	45%
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Average weekly wage	$8482020	$1,0452025	+23%	Improved	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	62%
Broadband subscriptions	74.9%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	71%
Child poverty rate	14.6%2019	11.1%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	8.4 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	27%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.73%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	41%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	10.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	40%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	47%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+31%	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	33%
Homicide rate	3.2 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,4602019	$72,2792024	+38%	Improved	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$59,9012019	$71,9072024	+20%	Improved	25%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	9.3 /1k2025	+55%	Improved	64%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	91%
Poverty rate	11.0%2019	10.5%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Property crime rate	1,334 /100k2020	734 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	66%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	1.2%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	27.0%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	42.5%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	11.8 /10k2020	11.6 /10k2025	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	44%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	14.7×2024	−0.4×	Little change	38%
Suicide rate	15.5 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+0.6%	Within the margin of error	56%
Traffic deaths	8.6 /100k2015-2019	12.9 /100k2020-2024	+50%	Within the margin of error	14%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	4.6%2025	−1 points	Improved	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2019	7.1%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Violent crime rate	135 /100k2020	114 /100k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	50%

“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 Otter Tail County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Otter Tail 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, Otter Tail County, Minnesota itself moved +1.7 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

60,475 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

25,157 households (±375)

Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%3,604
$25k–50k19%4,897
$50k–75k18%4,562

Homes

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

Owners and renters

25,157 households (±375)

Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own79%19,996
Rent21%5,161

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

27,869 workers (±498)

Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone75%20,976
Carpool8.9%2,480
Public transit0.8%†228

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 Fergus Falls, 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.

Otter Tail County has 1,730 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Minnesota's), with 18,813 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,353. The Census Bureau also counts 5,344 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,730; 5,344 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 18,813
Average annual pay: $49,353; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	162	26.7	1.72×More than typical	579	$64,712	477
Restaurants and other eating places	104	17.1	0.93×About typical	1,296	$22,194	20
Ambulatory health care services	90	14.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	1,052	$60,315	160
Religious organizations	80	13.2	2.37×More than typical	439	$18,973	—
Construction of buildings	71	11.7	1.55×More than typical	280	$64,393	268
Building equipment contractors	63	10.4	1.72×More than typical	319	$61,649	72
Full-service restaurants	56	9.2	1.20×About typical	687	$22,489	10
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	8.9	1.32×More than typical	511	$50,556	325
Insurance agencies and brokerages	52	8.6	1.95×More than typical	127	$56,953	94
Gasoline stations	48	7.9	2.44×More than typical	605	$24,653	3
Lessors of real estate	48	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	119	$36,975	560
Truck transportation	45	7.4	1.46×More than typical	148	$47,730	191

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 60,754 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 $37.6M on contracts performed in Otter Tail County, Minnesota: $616 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $37.6M; −9.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $616; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.1%; 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$34.7M92%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.8M4.9%
Public Buildings Service$529.3K1.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$248.6K0.7%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$129.1K0.3%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$113.5K0.3%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$41.6K0.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$8000.0%

Top recipients

BONGARDS CREAMERIES$34.7M92%
AMERICA'S AUTO AUCTION MINNESOTA, INC.$829.6K2.2%
PERHAM HOSPITAL DISTRICT$748.3K2.0%
JNORG LLC$548.1K1.5%
SAINT WILLIAMS LIVING CENTER$531.6K1.4%

Spending by fiscal year

32.8MFY2017
44MFY2018
17MFY2019
22.2MFY2020
20.6MFY2021
46.1MFY2022
36.9MFY2023
39.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$34.7M92%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$1.3M3.4%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$419.2K1.1%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$318.2K0.8%
Wholesale trade agents and brokers · 4251$248.6K0.7%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010994/4400002305/4100032911/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800),CHEESE CHED WHT BLOCK-40 LB (40800),CHEESE CHED YEL BLOCK-40 LB (40800)$4.5M
BONGARDS CREAMERIES· Otter Tail County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 10, 2025 – Nov 3, 2025· 123J1425F1912
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010922/4400002305/4100032586/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800),CHEESE CHED YEL BLOCK-40 LB (40800)$4M
BONGARDS CREAMERIES· Otter Tail County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 23, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· 123J1425F1579
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011383/4400002536/4100034502/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800)$3.7M
BONGARDS CREAMERIES· Otter Tail County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 23, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026· 123J1426F1442

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.

Explore contracts in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

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 $492.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Otter Tail County, Minnesota: $8,075 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $492.9M; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,075; US $12,957
Loan face value: $12.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$330.1M67%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$37M7.5%

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 Otter Tail 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.

Otter Tail County, Minnesota
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$563	$1,436
FY2018	$751	$1,552
FY2019	$289	$1,654
FY2020	$370	$1,880
FY2021	$342	$1,810
FY2022	$761	$1,917
FY2023	$607	$2,079
FY2024	$642	$2,047
FY2025	$683	$2,165
FY2026	$616 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$1.67	$93.28
FY2018	$12.22	$105
FY2019	$1.74	$128
FY2020	$3.22	$145
FY2021	$25.16	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$711	$5,748
FY2022	$810	$5,221
FY2023	$786	$5,364
FY2024	$1,015	$5,501
FY2025	$1,632	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$39.47	$298
FY2022	$26.58	$357
FY2023	$102	$301
FY2024	$307	$319
FY2025	$491	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$76.15	$239
FY2022	$79.11	$185
FY2023	$75.12	$229
FY2024	$71.76	$229
FY2025	$81.93	$249
FY2026	$43.88

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$4.93	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	-$5.64	$2,274
FY2024	$1.23	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,214	$1,186
FY2022	$441	$465
FY2023	$47.39	$76.52
FY2024	$46.31	$120
FY2025	$21.47	$148
FY2026	$117

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.1%

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.

Transportation grants · FY2024

$307 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $56.01 (5.5× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison 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/27111

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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.

Otter Tail 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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Metro area

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

Fergus Falls, MN92Central county

Cities and towns in Otter Tail County

Places whose residents live mostly in Otter Tail County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
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/27111

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.3%	−4.2%
2015	−2.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+9.2%	+10.5%
2020	+18.3%	+19.4%
2021	+22.2%	+26.1%
2022	+28.7%	+30.6%
2023	+33.6%	+35.0%
2024	+39.5%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−0.6%	−5.5%
2015	+0.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.8%	+8.9%
2019	+9.4%	+13.5%
2020	+23.9%	+20.8%
2021	+32.1%	+32.1%
2022	+35.0%	+35.4%
2023	+39.3%	+42.9%
2024	+44.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	+0.5%	−6.9%
2015	+8.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.7%
2018	+4.9%	+7.5%
2019	+16.9%	+14.0%
2020	+31.4%	+16.9%
2021	+24.4%	+21.0%
2022	+27.0%	+29.7%
2023	+34.8%	+34.9%
2024	+40.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−11.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.6%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.8%	3.9%
2019	4.4%	3.7%
2020	5.6%	8.1%
2021	3.8%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	11.2%	15.5%
2015	9.7%	14.7%
2016	10.5%	14.0%
2017	10.3%	13.4%
2018	10.3%	13.1%
2019	11.0%	12.3%
2020	7.8%	11.9%
2021	9.5%	12.8%
2022	8.7%	12.6%
2023	10.6%	12.5%
2024	10.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.4%	13.5%
2015	5.6%	10.9%
2016	5.4%	10.0%
2017	6.3%	10.2%
2018	5.4%	10.4%
2019	6.8%	10.8%
2020	7.3%	10.4%
2021	6.1%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	6.3%	9.5%
2024	7.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	United States
2014	5.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.2 points	+1.4 points	−0.2 points to +3.0 points
Year −2	+0.7 points	−1.0 points	−5.3 points to +1.1 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.1 points	+0.2 points	−1.9 points to +4.1 points
Year +1	−2.4 points	−0.6 points	−1.9 points to +1.4 points

Year	Otter Tail County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−0.3 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people to −0.1 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.5 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to +1.8 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−3.2 per 1,000 people to +0.5 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.5 per 1,000 people	+0.6 per 1,000 people	−2.5 per 1,000 people to +3.3 per 1,000 people

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