County · Minnesota

Pine County, Minnesota

Pine County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 52 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,500 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #86 of 87 counties. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), hot days (low) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), preventable hospital stays (high) and average commute time (high).

52Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,500 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #86 of 87 in MN
Population: 30,472 (2025)
Land area: 1,411 mi²
Density: 21.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 27115

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.

Safety61#1,199/3,096
Economy36#2,013/3,143
Housing37#1,992/3,140
Health58#1,333/3,144
Healthcare35#2,034/3,143
Environment95#163/3,108
Education41#1,860/3,144
Infrastructure27#2,280/3,144
Community78#692/3,144
Leisure & amenities49#1,612/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.4 µg/m³
96/100Minnesota 6.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Minnesota 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New homes permitted · high6.7 /1k
87/100Minnesota 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Time spent in the emergency room · low102 min
87/100Minnesota 134 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Firearm deaths · low13.2 /100k
87/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
86/100Minnesota 2.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high7.2%
3/100Minnesota 3.9%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Preventable hospital stays · high4,933 /100k
4/100Minnesota 2,419 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · high32.1 min
7/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
11/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · low20 /100k
15/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

PopulationRising
28,886 (2020) → 30,472 (2025)
+5.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
28% (2021) → 66% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+39 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
3.5 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
New business applicationsImproving
5.7 /1k (2020) → 10.7 /1k (2025)
+88%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
2,726 /100k (2020) → 562 /100k (2025)
−79%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /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, Pine County, Minnesota improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 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.

Improved10

Property crime−79%2,726 /100k → 562 /100k
Overdose deaths−79%45.0 /100k → 9.4 /100k
New businesses+88%5.7 /1k → 10.7 /1k
Broadband+12 points74.2% → 86.2%
Uninsured−1.4 points8.6% → 7.2%

Declined2

Students / teacher+0.9×13.1× → 14.0×
Price / income+0.3×3.1× → 3.4×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Pine County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.8 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Average commute time	31.6 min2015-2019	32.1 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Average weekly wage	$7212020	$8912025	+24%	Improved	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	47%
Broadband subscriptions	74.2%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	15.9%2019	12.6%2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Distance to an airport	81 mi2020	81 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	45.0 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−79%	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	58%
Firearm deaths	9.2 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+43%	Within the margin of error	9%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−29%	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,5932019	$56,6992024	+30%	Improved	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4182020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$55,6842019	$67,8722024	+22%	Improved	33%
New business applications	5.7 /1k2020	10.7 /1k2025	+88%	Improved	87%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−53%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	11.6%2019	13.5%2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Property crime rate	2,726 /100k2020	562 /100k2025	−79%	Improved	98%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	35%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	46.8%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Restaurants and bars	11.8 /10k2020	12.5 /10k2025	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	66%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	14.0×2024	+0.9×	Declined	10%
Suicide rate	14.9 /100k2020	20.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	10%
Traffic deaths	25.3 /100k2015-2019	18.9 /100k2020-2024	−26%	Within the margin of error	83%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2020	7.2%2025	−2.4 points	Improved	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.6%2019	7.2%2024	−1.4 points	Improved	57%
Violent crime rate	326 /100k2020	312 /100k2025	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	37%

“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 Pine County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pine 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, Pine County, Minnesota itself moved +2.8 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

29,640 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

12,323 households (±241)

Pine County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k17%2,064
$25k–50k18%2,255
$50k–75k17%2,148

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,323 households (±241)

Pine County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own82%10,057
Rent18%2,266

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

12,972 workers (±271)

Pine County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone76%9,851
Carpool11%1,380
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.

Pine County has 627 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Minnesota's), with 6,406 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,399. The Census Bureau also counts 1,830 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 627; 1,830 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 6,406
Average annual pay: $42,399; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	75	24.8	1.60×More than typical	218	$74,142	206
Restaurants and other eating places	40	13.2	0.72×Fewer than typical	598	$20,174	4
Construction of buildings	30	9.9	1.31×More than typical	82	$52,878	88
Religious organizations	25	8.3	1.49×More than typical	93	$16,677	—
Full-service restaurants	24	7.9	1.04×About typical	347	$21,150	—
Ambulatory health care services	23	7.6	0.37×Fewer than typical	299	$60,579	43
Other specialty trade contractors	23	7.6	3.04×More than typical	30	$119,800	59
Gasoline stations	21	7	2.15×More than typical	320	$23,991	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	7	1.03×About typical	106	$27,575	112
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	20	6.6	2.10×More than typical	88	$74,477	39
Building equipment contractors	19	6.3	1.05×About typical	39	$61,538	37
Limited-service restaurants	16	5.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	251	$18,825	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,190 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 $1.3M on contracts performed in Pine County, Minnesota: $43.84 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.3M; +34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $43.84; US $1,994
Sole-source: 32%; US 30%
Single offer: 28%; 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

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$621.9K47%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$407.7K31%
National Park Service$240.9K18%
Federal Acquisition Service$51.1K3.8%
Federal Aviation Administration$14.2K1.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$1000.0%

Top recipients

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.$311K23%
BRUCE KREOFSKY & SONS INC$240.9K18%
SAGE ENERGY TRADING LLC$177.5K13%
MINNESOTA ENERGY RESOURCES CORPORATION$152.9K11%
SWEEPER METAL FABRICATORS CORP.$83.7K6.3%

Spending by fiscal year

413.1KFY2017
651.3KFY2018
1.2MFY2019
241.2KFY2020
630.3KFY2021
514.8KFY2022
487.3KFY2023
187.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Natural gas distribution · 2212$330.4K25%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921$311K23%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$240.9K18%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$83.7K6.3%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$55.6K4.2%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$50K

Largest awards

PACKAGE DELIVERY$310K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.· Pine County, MN· Professional services· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 15USAN26F00000481
OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDER -COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR - OCTOBER - JULY FY26 E.O. 14398$251.9K
BD OF TRUSTEE OF THE MN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ON BEHALF OF ST. PAUL TECHNICAL COLLEGE· Pine County, MN· Education & social services· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 15BGCS26F41500001
EO 14398: ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY-REPAIR AND MAINTAIN MARSHLAND DISTRICT MAINTENANCE SHOP COMPLEX FACILITIES$240.9K
BRUCE KREOFSKY & SONS INC· Pine County, MN· Construction & real property· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 140P6326C0004

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 $212.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Pine County, Minnesota: $6,968 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $212.3M; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,968; US $12,955
Loan face value: $13.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$142.5M67%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$24.9M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$21M9.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$10M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.5M1.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.7M1.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$1.7M0.8%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.3M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.3M0.6%
SAINT PAUL, MN
WESTCHESTER VILLAGE APARTMENTS$432.3K0.2%
PINE CITY, MN
SANDY PINES, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$184.6K0.1%
SANDSTONE, MN
EAST CENTRAL SCHOOLS$135.1K0.1%
FINLAYSON, MN
MIGHTY FORTRESS MANOR$129.4K

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$177M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$27.2M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$2.7M1.2%
Farm Service Agency$2M0.9%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$1.3M0.6%

Assistance by fiscal year

179MFY2021
180MFY2022
190.2MFY2023
238.9MFY2024
225.5MFY2025
212.3MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

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 Pine 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$14.17	$1,436
FY2018	$22.12	$1,552
FY2019	$41.91	$1,654
FY2020	$8.35	$1,880
FY2021	$21.68	$1,810
FY2022	$17.28	$1,917
FY2023	$16.14	$2,079
FY2024	$6.16	$2,047
FY2025	$32.62	$2,165
FY2026	$43.84 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$12.38	$105
FY2019	$9.37	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$258	$5,748
FY2022	$64.24	$5,221
FY2023	$80.25	$5,364
FY2024	$1,355	$5,501
FY2025	$242	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$208	$298
FY2022	$21.41	$357
FY2023	$18.46	$301
FY2024	$1,115	$319
FY2025	$139	$360
FY2026	$42.91

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$60.81	$239
FY2022	$63.05	$185
FY2023	$48.39	$229
FY2024	$52.24	$229
FY2025	$55.34	$249
FY2026	$48.40

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$708	$1,186
FY2022	$233	$465
FY2023	$52.84	$76.52
FY2024	$24.57	$120
FY2025	$125	$148
FY2026	$181

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Pine County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−1.4%

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 · FY2024

$1,355 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $134 (10× that).

Compared with 16 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/27115

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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.

Pine 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

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Cities and towns in Pine County

Places whose residents live mostly in Pine 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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

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Range of comparison counties

Year −3

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−0.2 points

−1.1 points

−3.6 points to +0.5 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−2.5 points

−2.1 points

−3.7 points to −0.3 points

Year +1

−1.2 points

−3.0 points

−7.7 points to +0.3 points

Year

Pine County, Minnesota

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Pine County, Minnesota

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−10.6%

−10.4%

Year

Pine County, Minnesota

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−0.4 points

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.1%	−4.2%
2015	−2.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+3.3%
2018	+6.3%	+6.8%
2019	+10.8%	+10.5%
2020	+23.0%	+19.4%
2021	+26.8%	+26.1%
2022	+34.3%	+30.6%
2023	+37.7%	+35.0%
2024	+45.2%	+41.0%
2025	+52.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.2%	−5.5%
2015	−3.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.8%	+8.9%
2019	+11.1%	+13.5%
2020	+22.2%	+20.8%
2021	+30.6%	+32.1%
2022	+28.8%	+35.4%
2023	+32.1%	+42.9%
2024	+38.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	8.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	8.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	7.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	7.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−17.3%	−6.9%
2015	−9.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.7%
2018	−1.1%	+7.5%
2019	+9.3%	+14.0%
2020	+15.2%	+16.9%
2021	+22.1%	+21.0%
2022	+27.8%	+29.7%
2023	+36.6%	+34.9%
2024	+33.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	17.5%	15.5%
2015	13.9%	14.7%
2016	12.2%	14.0%
2017	12.2%	13.4%
2018	12.0%	13.1%
2019	11.6%	12.3%
2020	10.2%	11.9%
2021	10.9%	12.8%
2022	11.9%	12.6%
2023	11.3%	12.5%
2024	13.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	5.7%	5.3%
2016	6.5%	4.9%
2017	6.3%	4.4%
2018	5.5%	3.9%
2019	6.2%	3.7%
2020	9.6%	8.1%
2021	5.9%	5.4%
2022	4.5%	3.7%
2023	5.4%	3.6%
2024	5.8%	4.0%
2025	7.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−12.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+16.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+39.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+65.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+87.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+93.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+99.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+103.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	8.8%	13.5%
2015	6.2%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.7%	10.2%
2018	6.9%	10.4%
2019	8.6%	10.8%
2020	8.4%	10.4%
2021	6.8%	10.2%
2022	6.8%	9.5%
2023	6.4%	9.5%
2024	7.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Pine County, Minnesota	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.7/1k	16.6/1k

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