County · Minnesota

Pennington County, Minnesota

Pennington County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #179 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #25 of 87 counties. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), average commute time (low) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), unemployment rate (high) and new business applications (low).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #179 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #25 of 87 in MN
Population: 13,686 (2025)
Land area: 617 mi²
Density: 22.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 27113

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.

Safety85#474/3,096
Economy67#1,043/3,143
Housing86#449/3,140
Health77#717/3,144
Healthcare96#113/3,143
Environment76#735/3,108
Education74#812/3,144
Infrastructure82#565/3,144
Community81#607/3,144
Leisure & amenities81#608/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low648 /100k
100/100Minnesota 2,419 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · low12.4 min
99/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Mammography screening · high58.0%
95/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.3%
95/100Minnesota 6.0%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
New homes permitted · high9.6 /1k
94/100Minnesota 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Distance to an emergency room · low3.5 mi
93/100Minnesota 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high98.6
1/100Minnesota 27.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Unemployment rate · high5.7%
9/100Minnesota 3.9%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
New business applications · low8.0 /1k
11/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
16/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Effective property tax rate · high1.09%
24/100Minnesota 1.00%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Adult obesity · high40.5%
26/100Minnesota 37.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
82% (2021) → 12% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−69 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
32.8% (2010 & 2021) → 68.0% (2022 & 2024)
+35 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.7 /10k (2020) → 1.5 /10k (2025)
+104%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
4.1 /1k (2020) → 8.0 /1k (2025)
+97%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
1,975 /100k (2019) → 648 /100k (2023)
−67%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Violent crime rateWorsening
99 /100k (2020) → 166 /100k (2025)
+67%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /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, Pennington County, Minnesota improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 21 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.

Improved8

New businesses+97%4.1 /1k → 8.0 /1k
Commute−1.7 min14.2 min → 12.4 min
Real income+39%$60,098 → $83,411
Household income+30%$55,870 → $72,712
Property crime−46%1,186 /100k → 642 /100k

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Pennington County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.9 /10k2020	7.3 /10k2025	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	23%
Average commute time	14.2 min2015-2019	12.4 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Improved	87%
Average weekly wage	$9262020	$1,1022025	+19%	Improved	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	80.2%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+8 points	Improved	33%
Child poverty rate	10.5%2019	10.3%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Distance to an airport	88 mi2020	88 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.5 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Within the margin of error	65%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	1.08%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Firearm deaths	10.6 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	35%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+1.9%	Within the margin of error	62%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+104%	Within the margin of error	96%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,0982019	$83,4112024	+39%	Improved	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4032015-2019	0.4132020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$55,8702019	$72,7122024	+30%	Improved	77%
New business applications	4.1 /1k2020	8.0 /1k2025	+97%	Improved	91%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+1.9%	Within the margin of error	76%
Poverty rate	9.8%2019	10.7%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Property crime rate	1,186 /100k2020	642 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	69%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+2.3%	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	38.7%2015-2019	35.5%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Restaurants and bars	10.0 /10k2020	9.5 /10k2025	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	35%
Students per teacher	15.0×2019	14.9×2024	−0.1×	Little change	28%
Suicide rate	14.1 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	32%
Traffic deaths	15.5 /100k2015-2019	13.0 /100k2020-2024	−16%	Within the margin of error	75%
Unemployment rate	6.9%2020	5.7%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2019	5.3%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Violent crime rate	99 /100k2020	166 /100k2025	+67%	Within the margin of error	7%

“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 Pennington County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pennington 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, Pennington County, Minnesota itself moved +0.1 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

13,791 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

6,207 households (±199)

Pennington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%852
$25k–50k19%1,160
$50k–75k16%1,005

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,207 households (±199)

Pennington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own72%4,479
Rent28%1,728

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

7,404 workers (±212)

Pennington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone75%5,537
Carpool9.4%696
Public transit0.4%†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.

Pennington County has 365 employer establishments, 266 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Minnesota's), with 8,929 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,263. The Census Bureau also counts 842 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 365; 842 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 266; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 8,929
Average annual pay: $60,263; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	22	16	0.87×About typical	341	$17,601	7
Ambulatory health care services	20	14.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	75	$61,387	21
Specialty trade contractors	17	12.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	91	$73,890	52
Construction of buildings	12	8.7	1.16×About typical	32	$64,438	19
Full-service restaurants	12	8.7	1.14×About typical	136	$17,412	4
Gasoline stations	11	8	2.47×More than typical	164	$21,457	—
Offices of other health practitioners	11	8	1.32×More than typical	32	$68,719	12
Religious organizations	11	8	1.44×More than typical	92	$18,620	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	7.3	1.66×More than typical	56	$68,071	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	6.6	1.30×Too few to compare	19	$51,158	25
Building equipment contractors	9	6.6	1.09×Too few to compare	69	$57,899	10
Lessors of real estate	9	6.6	0.53×Too few to compare	16	$18,438	89

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $161.8K on contracts performed in Pennington County, Minnesota: $11.83 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $161.8K
Per resident: $11.83; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; 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

Department of the Navy$121.6K75%
Forest Service$23.3K14%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$17.7K11%

Top recipients

DIGI-KEY CORP$161.8K100%

Spending by fiscal year

279.2KFY2017
434.7KFY2018
318.1KFY2019
847.8KFY2020
697.6KFY2021
1MFY2022
934.9KFY2023
606.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$94.7K58%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$41K25%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$26.9K17%

Largest awards

RF ATTENUATORS AND CABLE ASSEMBLIES$94.7K
DIGI-KEY CORP· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· N6893626P5055
3M COMPANY CONNECTORS$26.9K
DIGI-KEY CORP· Pennington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 26, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· N0016426PJ019
MORATORIUM EXEMPTION: SHERPA FLEET WIRE MOD CRIMP TOOLS DIGIKEY QUOTE #18167372$23.3K
DIGI-KEY CORP· Pennington County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 1202SA26P0004
AMD VERSAL AI EDGE SERIES - GEN 2 VEK385 EVALUATION KIT

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 $104.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pennington County, Minnesota: $7,610 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $104.1M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,610; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 9.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$54.8M53%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$7.2M6.9%

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 Pennington 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.

Pennington County, Minnesota
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$19.67	$1,436
FY2018	$30.67	$1,552
FY2019	$22.61	$1,654
FY2020	$60.81	$1,880
FY2021	$50.60	$1,810
FY2022	$73.24	$1,917
FY2023	$68.07	$2,079
FY2024	$44.08	$2,047
FY2025	-$1.13	$2,165
FY2026	$11.83 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,640	$5,748
FY2022	$142	$5,221
FY2023	$598	$5,364
FY2024	$841	$5,501
FY2025	$223	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$932	$298
FY2022	$17.42	$357
FY2023	$491	$301
FY2024	$101	$319
FY2025	$169	$360
FY2026	$52.21

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$37.91	$239
FY2022	$45.49	$185
FY2023	$46.31	$229
FY2024	$36.83	$229
FY2025	$35.95	$249
FY2026	$32.57

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,473	$1,186
FY2022	$431	$465
FY2023	$104	$76.52
FY2024	$145	$120
FY2025	$77.52	$148
FY2026	$110

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.

Pennington County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pennington County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.1%	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/27113

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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.

Pennington 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 Pennington County

Places whose residents live mostly in Pennington 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/27113

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	−2.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.6%	+3.3%
2018	+11.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.6%	+10.5%
2020	+15.8%	+19.4%
2021	+27.1%	+26.1%
2022	+29.3%	+30.6%
2023	+35.1%	+35.0%
2024	+34.5%	+41.0%
2025	+37.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.9%	−5.5%
2015	−2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+13.6%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+22.4%	+20.8%
2021	+47.3%	+32.1%
2022	+37.9%	+35.4%
2023	+40.1%	+42.9%
2024	+47.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	10.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.5%	−6.9%
2015	−2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.2%	+4.7%
2018	+9.0%	+7.5%
2019	+6.0%	+14.0%
2020	+21.8%	+16.9%
2021	+22.9%	+21.0%
2022	+44.9%	+29.7%
2023	+38.7%	+34.9%
2024	+37.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−8.8% (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	−2.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−4.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	−4.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+0.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+3.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+9.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+4.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+3.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	−0.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	5.2%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	6.3%	4.9%
2017	6.2%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	5.1%	3.7%
2020	6.9%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	5.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	9.3%	15.5%
2015	10.4%	14.7%
2016	9.8%	14.0%
2017	10.3%	13.4%
2018	9.2%	13.1%
2019	9.8%	12.3%
2020	8.2%	11.9%
2021	10.0%	12.8%
2022	9.6%	12.6%
2023	10.3%	12.5%
2024	10.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.1%	13.5%
2015	4.9%	10.9%
2016	4.5%	10.0%
2017	4.3%	10.2%
2018	4.3%	10.4%
2019	5.1%	10.8%
2020	5.2%	10.4%
2021	4.2%	10.2%
2022	3.4%	9.5%
2023	4.4%	9.5%
2024	5.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pennington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	5.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.0/1k	16.6/1k

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