County · Minnesota

Stearns County, Minnesota

Stearns County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 89 out of 100 (very high), ranking #341 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #47 of 87 counties. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), firearm deaths (low) and life expectancy (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), days with unhealthy air (high) and property crime rate (high).

89Very high

Quality-of-life score: #341 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #47 of 87 in MN
Population: 164,110 (2025)
Land area: 1,343 mi²
Density: 122.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 27145

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 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.

Safety77#711/3,096
Economy71#921/3,143
Housing22#2,440/3,140
Health91#284/3,144
Healthcare94#191/3,143
Environment70#919/3,108
Education80#618/3,144
Infrastructure88#384/3,144
Community90#317/3,144
Leisure & amenities80#625/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Mammography screening · high62.0%
99/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low7.5 /100k
94/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Life expectancy · high80.5 yrs
94/100Minnesota 79.6 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
93/100Minnesota 3.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Public transit commuters · high1.4%
91/100Minnesota 1.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Primary care physicians · high99 /100k
90/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high54.5%
0/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Days with unhealthy air · high3.1%
6/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Property crime rate · high1,536 /100k
16/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of Investigation
Comfortable days · low23.8%
22/100Minnesota 23.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Home price to income ratio · high3.5×
29/100Minnesota 3.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high29.9%
29/100Minnesota 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
21.2% (2020 & 2021) → 54.5% (2023 & 2024)
+33 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
Drought exposureImproving
30% (2021) → 15% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−15 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
64.9% (2010 & 2021) → 77.6% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Homicide rateImproving
3.6 /100k (2021) → 1.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$51,252 (2019) → $74,100 (2024)
+45%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Stearns County, Minnesota improved on 8 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Real income+45%$51,252 → $74,100
Students / teacher−2.1×16.0× → 14.0×
Overdose deaths−51%16.4 /100k → 8.1 /100k
Weekly wage+24%$1,012 → $1,257
New businesses+35%7.8 /1k → 10.5 /1k

Declined3

Rent burden+7.8 points42.0% → 49.9%
Rent / income+3.4 points26.5% → 29.9%
Price / income+0.6×2.9× → 3.5×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Stearns County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.6 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+7.5%	Within the margin of error	55%
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Average weekly wage	$1,0122020	$1,2572025	+24%	Improved	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	35%
Child poverty rate	14.0%2019	12.9%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Distance to an airport	73 mi2020	73 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.4 /100k2020	8.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	1.03%2015-2019	0.91%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	52%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	7.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Within the margin of error	80%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+9%	Within the margin of error	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−29%	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	91.7%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	29%
Homicide rate	2.3 /100k2020	1.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	38%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,2522019	$74,1002024	+45%	Improved	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4312015-2019	0.4382020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$66,4492019	$76,7932024	+16%	Improved	10%
New business applications	7.8 /1k2020	10.5 /1k2025	+35%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−8.3%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	11.2%2019	11.7%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	48%
Public transit commuters	1.5%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Declined	16%
Rent-burdened households	42.0%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Declined	15%
Restaurants and bars	9.3 /10k2020	9.0 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	40%
Students per teacher	16.0×2019	14.0×2024	−2.1×	Improved	88%
Suicide rate	16.4 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	90%
Traffic deaths	6.8 /100k2015-2019	8.5 /100k2020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	29%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	4.0%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2019	6.8%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Violent crime rate	166 /100k2020	188 /100k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	22%

“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 Stearns County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stearns 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, Stearns County, Minnesota itself moved −1.7 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

160,865 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

61,403 households (±529)

Stearns County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%8,737
$25k–50k17%10,682
$50k–75k17%10,486

Homes

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

Owners and renters

61,403 households (±529)

Stearns County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own68%41,663
Rent32%19,740

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

83,346 workers (±1,127)

Stearns County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone75%62,221
Carpool7.9%6,619
Public transit1.4%†1,125

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 St. Cloud, 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.

Stearns County has 4,474 employer establishments, 277 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Minnesota's), with 84,123 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,174. The Census Bureau also counts 12,609 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,474; 12,609 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 277; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 84,123
Average annual pay: $58,174; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	345	21.3	1.38×More than typical	2,347	$86,883	776
Ambulatory health care services	290	17.9	0.86×About typical	4,881	$97,045	385
Restaurants and other eating places	279	17.2	0.94×About typical	5,487	$19,593	39
Lessors of real estate	167	10.3	0.84×About typical	780	$41,101	1,448
Construction of buildings	150	9.3	1.23×About typical	1,028	$77,409	323
Truck transportation	134	8.3	1.64×More than typical	1,968	$63,820	1,446
Limited-service restaurants	129	8	0.99×About typical	2,677	$17,976	13
Building equipment contractors	118	7.3	1.21×About typical	1,158	$84,125	114
Automotive repair and maintenance	117	7.2	1.44×More than typical	732	$53,911	151
Insurance agencies and brokerages	117	7.2	1.65×More than typical	545	$79,163	196
Offices of other health practitioners	113	7	1.15×About typical	611	$51,164	199
Full-service restaurants	112	6.9	0.90×About typical	2,408	$21,445	14

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 161,805 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 $118.7M on contracts performed in Stearns County, Minnesota: $723 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $118.7M; +26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $723; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$64.6M54%
Department of Veterans Affairs$41.7M35%
Federal Acquisition Service$12M10%
Department of the Army$211.6K0.2%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$97.6K0.1%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$21K0.0%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$15.6K0.0%

Top recipients

ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC$64.7M55%
NEW FLYER OF AMERICA INC.$12M10%
DAX SAFETY & STAFFING SOLUTIONS, LLC$11.1M9.4%
MDM CONSTRUCTION LLC$4.8M4.0%
M2 FEDERAL INC.$3.5M3.0%

Spending by fiscal year

70.2MFY2017
91.8MFY2018
22.9MFY2019
29.5MFY2020
65.2MFY2021
114.4MFY2022
109.7MFY2023
124.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$64.6M54%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$12.3M10%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$12.1M10%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$7.4M6.3%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$4.2M3.6%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011096/4100033497/CHEESE NAT AMER FBD BARREL-500 LB(40800)$12.8M
ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC· Stearns County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· 123J1426C0421
MN CONSTRUCTION MATOC, RENOVATE BLDG 4 FOR STERILE PROCESSING SERVICE (SPS)$9.7M
HERNANDEZ CONSULTING INC.· Stearns County, MN· Construction & real property· Dec 14, 2020 – Apr 6, 2026· 36C26321N0301
656-400 CONSTRUCT PACT BLDG. 4 1ST FLOOR - ST. CLOUD, MN - MINOR CONSTRUCTION$8.4M
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC· Stearns County, MN· Construction & real property· Aug 28, 2024 – Feb 23, 2026· 36C77624C0174

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.

Explore contracts in Stearns 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 $991M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Stearns County, Minnesota: $6,039 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $991M; −2.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,039; US $12,955
Loan face value: $52.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$606.1M61%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$90M9.1%

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 Stearns 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$443	$1,436
FY2018	$574	$1,552
FY2019	$142	$1,654
FY2020	$186	$1,880
FY2021	$410	$1,810
FY2022	$715	$1,917
FY2023	$678	$2,079
FY2024	$763	$2,047
FY2025	$572	$2,165
FY2026	$723 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$27.15	$93.28
FY2018	$61.92	$105
FY2019	$48.40	$128
FY2020	$77.98	$145
FY2021	$350	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$961	$5,748
FY2022	$824	$5,221
FY2023	$865	$5,364
FY2024	$876	$5,501
FY2025	$663	$5,732
FY2026	$918

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$38.81	$298
FY2022	$61.85	$357
FY2023	$102	$301
FY2024	$64.40	$319
FY2025	$48.23	$360
FY2026	$109

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$105	$239
FY2022	$109	$185
FY2023	$136	$229
FY2024	$127	$229
FY2025	$130	$249
FY2026	$123

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$27.78

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,367	$1,186
FY2022	$355	$465
FY2023	$99.49	$76.52
FY2024	$179	$120
FY2025	$126	$148
FY2026	$162

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Stearns County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	2.1%

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.

Construction contracts · FY2021

$350 per resident in FY2021, against an earlier average of $53.86 (6.5× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Stearns 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/27145

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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.

Stearns County, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

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

St. Cloud, MN89Central county

Cities and towns in Stearns County

Places whose residents live mostly in Stearns 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/27145

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.2%	−4.2%
2015	−2.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+3.3%
2018	+7.1%	+6.8%
2019	+8.9%	+10.5%
2020	+18.9%	+19.4%
2021	+26.0%	+26.1%
2022	+33.1%	+30.6%
2023	+34.7%	+35.0%
2024	+40.8%	+41.0%
2025	+47.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−1.5%	−5.5%
2015	+0.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.1%
2018	+8.7%	+8.9%
2019	+12.9%	+13.5%
2020	+24.4%	+20.8%
2021	+37.1%	+32.1%
2022	+41.0%	+35.4%
2023	+45.3%	+42.9%
2024	+51.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−3.5%	−6.9%
2015	−4.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.9%	+4.7%
2018	+5.1%	+7.5%
2019	+14.8%	+14.0%
2020	+14.6%	+16.9%
2021	+16.1%	+21.0%
2022	+25.0%	+29.7%
2023	+29.8%	+34.9%
2024	+32.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−9.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+59.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+66.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+72.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.9%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	6.0%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	13.4%	15.5%
2015	13.5%	14.7%
2016	11.7%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	12.4%	13.1%
2019	11.2%	12.3%
2020	10.6%	11.9%
2021	13.5%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	11.0%	12.5%
2024	11.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.8% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+32.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+39.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.3% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+50.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+52.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.5%	13.5%
2015	4.7%	10.9%
2016	4.6%	10.0%
2017	4.9%	10.2%
2018	5.3%	10.4%
2019	6.6%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	5.5%	10.2%
2022	5.2%	9.5%
2023	5.9%	9.5%
2024	6.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Stearns County, Minnesota	United States
2014	5.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Stearns County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+6.9 points	+7.7 points	+6.9 points to +9.0 points
Year −2	+7.4 points	+7.7 points	+6.5 points to +8.7 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+7.6 points	+10.5 points	+8.6 points to +12.3 points
Year +1	+9.0 points	+10.5 points	+9.4 points to +11.3 points
Year +2	+8.8 points	+9.4 points	+7.8 points to +11.1 points

Year	Stearns County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.25 per 1,000 people	+0.02 per 1,000 people	−0.76 per 1,000 people to +0.92 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.11 per 1,000 people	+0.28 per 1,000 people	−1.01 per 1,000 people to +2.11 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.20 per 1,000 people	+0.91 per 1,000 people	−0.84 per 1,000 people to +2.95 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.67 per 1,000 people	+0.29 per 1,000 people	−0.16 per 1,000 people to +0.88 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.68 per 1,000 people	−0.31 per 1,000 people	−2.66 per 1,000 people to +1.36 per 1,000 people

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