County · Minnesota

Washington County, Minnesota

Washington County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 99 out of 100 (very high), ranking #19 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #3 of 87 counties. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), child poverty rate (low) and frequent mental distress (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), public libraries (low) and rent as share of income (high).

99Very high

Quality-of-life score: #19 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #3 of 87 in MN
Population: 286,895 (2025)
Land area: 385 mi²
Density: 745.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 27163

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.

Safety96#138/3,096
Economy96#112/3,143
Housing29#2,233/3,140
Health99#47/3,144
Healthcare99#20/3,143
Environment97#106/3,108
Education96#120/3,144
Infrastructure99#47/3,144
Community93#213/3,144
Leisure & amenities65#1,089/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Poverty rate · low4.9%
100/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · low4.3%
100/100Minnesota 9.6%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low14.1%
99/100Minnesota 17.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Food insecurity · low8.8%
99/100Minnesota 11.9%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.1%
99/100Minnesota 6.0%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · high96.1%
99/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high17.2×
10/100Minnesota 14.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
13/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rent as share of income · high30.6%
22/100Minnesota 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child care cost burden · high33.7%
22/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Social associations · low7.6 /10k
23/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · high3.7×
26/100Minnesota 3.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
268,397 (2020) → 286,895 (2025)
+6.9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
38% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−18 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
19.2% (2020 & 2021) → 33.7% (2023 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Property crime rateImproving
1,914 /100k (2020) → 862 /100k (2025)
−55%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Suicide rateWorsening
8.1 /100k (2021) → 12.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+54%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Firearm deathsWorsening
5.5 /100k (2021) → 8.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /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, Washington County, Minnesota improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Students / teacher−3.3×20.5× → 17.2×
Commute−1.9 min25.9 min → 24.0 min
Bachelor's++4.8 points44.3% → 49.1%
Property crime−55%1,914 /100k → 862 /100k
Violent crime−19%91 /100k → 74 /100k

Declined2

Transit use−1.6 points2.2% → 0.6%
Price / income+0.7×3.0× → 3.7×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Washington County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.5 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	62%
Average commute time	25.9 min2015-2019	24.0 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Improved	88%
Average weekly wage	$1,0102020	$1,2242025	+21%	Improved	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%2015-2019	49.1%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	90.8%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	6%
Child poverty rate	5.1%2019	4.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	18 mi2020	18 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	11.6 /100k2020	10.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	1.06%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	53%
Firearm deaths	7.1 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	27%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+18%	Within the margin of error	85%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+30%	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	96.1%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	24%
Homicide rate	1.6 /100k2020	2.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+38%	Within the margin of error	6%
Income adjusted for local prices	$67,0542019	$82,2512024	+23%	Improved	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.4262020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$100,8572019	$113,0572024	+12%	Improved	4%
New business applications	9.3 /1k2020	12.2 /1k2025	+31%	Improved	34%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−8.6%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	4.6%2019	4.9%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Property crime rate	1,914 /100k2020	862 /100k2025	−55%	Improved	82%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−7.2%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public transit commuters	2.2%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	49.2%2015-2019	51.1%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	6.6 /10k2025	+2.3%	Within the margin of error	56%
Students per teacher	20.5×2019	17.2×2024	−3.3×	Improved	96%
Suicide rate	11.2 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	33%
Traffic deaths	4.1 /100k2015-2019	3.8 /100k2020-2024	−8.9%	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.4%2025	−2.4 points	Improved	46%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.1%2019	4.1%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	91 /100k2020	74 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	54%

“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 Washington County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Washington 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, Washington County, Minnesota itself moved +1.3 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

276,238 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

276,238 residents

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White77%213,144
Black5.5%15,141
Hispanic or Latino5.3%14,552
Asian7.7%21,270
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%576
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†107
Other or two or more races4.1%11,448

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−5.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

188,684 residents (±71)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma3.9%7,446
High school or GED19%35,083
Some college17%32,903
Associate degree11%20,670
Bachelor's degree32%59,836
Graduate degree17%32,746

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+3.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

105,577 households (±567)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k6.7%7,042
$25k–50k10%10,946
$50k–75k12%12,935
$75k–100k13%13,583
$100k–150k22%23,460
$150k–200k14%14,648
$200k or more22%22,963

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

105,577 households (±567)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own81%85,825
Rent19%19,752

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

18,830 households (±1,033)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $7505.8%1,099
$750–1,0005.7%1,068
$1,000–1,50026%4,903

Home values

85,825 homes (±1,028)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k4.5%3,888
$150k–250k9.2%7,930
$250k–400k32%27,212

Age of homes

109,307 homes (±100)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later16%17,263
2000–200918%19,366
1980–199934%37,011

Size of homes

109,307 homes (±100)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio1.2%1,322
1 bedroom6.7%7,329
2 bedrooms22%23,638

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

141,463 workers (±1,570)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone66%93,759
Carpool7.5%10,561
Public transit0.6%849
Walk0.9%1,272
Bike0.2%†222
Work from home24%33,344
Other1.0%1,456

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+17.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

108,119 workers (±2,170)

Washington County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min24%25,498
15–29 min42%45,304
30–44 min25%26,907

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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.

Washington County has 6,542 employer establishments, 235 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Minnesota's), with 95,631 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,273. The Census Bureau also counts 22,749 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,542; 22,749 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 235; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 95,631
Average annual pay: $56,273; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	538	19.3	0.93×About typical	6,998	$66,636	1,021
Specialty trade contractors	468	16.8	1.08×About typical	2,924	$88,053	1,155
Restaurants and other eating places	380	13.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	9,574	$22,435	88
Lessors of real estate	367	13.2	1.07×About typical	1,089	$47,286	2,392
Management, scientific and technical consulting	236	8.5	1.26×More than typical	665	$97,478	1,401
Construction of buildings	219	7.9	1.04×About typical	1,097	$82,066	462
Services to buildings and dwellings	216	7.7	1.15×About typical	1,500	$45,317	721
Personal care services	211	7.6	1.59×More than typical	1,392	$31,615	668
Real estate agents and brokers	208	7.5	1.53×More than typical	241	$62,465	831
Offices of other health practitioners	202	7.2	1.19×About typical	952	$53,928	569
Insurance agencies and brokerages	188	6.7	1.53×More than typical	1,083	$69,671	433
Computer systems design and related services	183	6.6	1.52×More than typical	991	$104,726	301

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 278,890 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 $9.8M on contracts performed in Washington County, Minnesota: $34.22 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.8M; −40% vs FY2025
Per resident: $34.22; US $1,994
Sole-source: 24%; US 30%
Single offer: 26%; 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$2.3M23%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$2.1M21%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.5M15%
Department of the Army$823K8.4%
U.S. Secret Service$525K5.3%
Food and Drug Administration$512.6K5.2%
Bureau of Land Management$495K5.0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$419.2K4.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

15.2MFY2017
8.8MFY2018
9.4MFY2019
16.8MFY2020
38.2MFY2021
28.2MFY2022
21.9MFY2023
9.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$2.2M22%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$1.2M12%
Fabric mills · 3132$1.2M12%
Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills · 3133$875.4K8.9%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$522.1K5.3%
Administration of human resource programs · 9231$512.6K

Largest awards

DODIC: T182$7.3M
TEAMVANTAGE MOLDING, LLC· Washington County, MN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 8, 2025 – May 12, 2026· N0010425CK062
NONCLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES$2M
DAWSON CMS, LLC· Washington County, MN· Health & medical· Jul 23, 2024 – Feb 17, 2026· W912LM24P0014
TASK ORDER 75F40125F19001 - STATE OF MINNESOTA$1.8M
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES· Washington County, MN· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 75F40125F19001
REAGENTS AND SUPPLIES$695.1K

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 Washington 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 $1.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Washington County, Minnesota: $5,654 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.6B; −0.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,654; US $12,955
Loan face value: $88.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.2B76%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$108.3M6.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$93.5M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$71.1M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$23.1M1.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$17.9M1.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$16.9M1.0%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$11.6M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$37.6M2.3%
SAINT PAUL, MN
CENTURY COLLEGE$19.3M1.2%
SAINT PAUL, MN
WASHINGTON COUNTY CMNTY DEVMNT$4.8M0.3%
SAINT PAUL, MN
GOOD NEIGHBOR SENIOR APARTMENTS, L.L.P.$982.9K0.1%
SAINT PAUL, MN
WOODMOUNT TOWNHOUSES ASSOCIATES LLLP

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$1.4B87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$125.3M7.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$38M2.3%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$19.4M1.2%
Railroad Retirement Board$11.6M0.7%

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.6BFY2026

County aggregates

96%

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.

Explore grants in Washington County, Minnesota

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 Washington 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$59.41	$1,436
FY2018	$34.15	$1,552
FY2019	$35.76	$1,654
FY2020	$62.49	$1,880
FY2021	$140	$1,810
FY2022	$102	$1,917
FY2023	$78.63	$2,079
FY2024	$34.84	$2,047
FY2025	$56.56	$2,165
FY2026	$34.22 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$0.95	$93.28
FY2018	$2.35	$105
FY2019	$5.01	$128
FY2020	$9.64	$145
FY2021	$0.29	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$259	$5,748
FY2022	$380	$5,221
FY2023	$455	$5,364
FY2024	$104	$5,501
FY2025	$150	$5,732
FY2026	$176

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	-$16.25	$298
FY2022	$257	$357
FY2023	$332	$301
FY2024	$26.90	$319
FY2025	$77.03	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$30.82	$239
FY2022	$27.95	$185
FY2023	$42.57	$229
FY2024	$31.29	$229
FY2025	$31.49	$249
FY2026	$26.79

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0.54	$2,274
FY2024	$3.63	$2,267
FY2025	$3.22	$2,397
FY2026	$1.31

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$911	$1,186
FY2022	$298	$465
FY2023	$117	$76.52
FY2024	$196	$120
FY2025	$121	$148
FY2026	$142

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Washington County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Washington 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 · FY2022

$257 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$16.25 (— that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Washington 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/27163

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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.

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

House

Senate

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Metro area

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93Central county

Cities and towns in Washington County

Places whose residents live mostly in Washington 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/27163

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.7%	−4.2%
2015	−2.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+16.5%	+19.4%
2021	+21.7%	+26.1%
2022	+26.1%	+30.6%
2023	+30.9%	+35.0%
2024	+34.6%	+41.0%
2025	+41.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.8%	+8.9%
2019	+12.0%	+13.5%
2020	+15.7%	+20.8%
2021	+25.4%	+32.1%
2022	+28.6%	+35.4%
2023	+35.2%	+42.9%
2024	+40.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	10.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	9.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	9.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	8.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	8.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−7.3%	−6.9%
2015	−2.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.7%
2018	+5.6%	+7.5%
2019	+11.1%	+14.0%
2020	+11.7%	+16.9%
2021	+16.0%	+21.0%
2022	+18.6%	+29.7%
2023	+22.4%	+34.9%
2024	+24.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−10.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+50.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+53.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.7%	6.2%
2015	3.2%	5.3%
2016	3.4%	4.9%
2017	3.0%	4.4%
2018	2.6%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	3.2%	5.4%
2022	2.0%	3.7%
2023	2.4%	3.6%
2024	2.8%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.0%	15.5%
2015	5.1%	14.7%
2016	4.5%	14.0%
2017	4.2%	13.4%
2018	4.2%	13.1%
2019	4.6%	12.3%
2020	4.4%	11.9%
2021	5.2%	12.8%
2022	5.7%	12.6%
2023	5.0%	12.5%
2024	4.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.5% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+35.4% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+39.2% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+44.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+50.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.3%	13.5%
2015	3.4%	10.9%
2016	3.0%	10.0%
2017	3.3%	10.2%
2018	3.2%	10.4%
2019	4.1%	10.8%
2020	4.2%	10.4%
2021	3.4%	10.2%
2022	3.9%	9.5%
2023	3.3%	9.5%
2024	4.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Washington County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.2/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Washington County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.3 points	−3.4 points	−5.7 points to −1.8 points
Year −2	−10.8 points	−9.6 points	−12.2 points to −8.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.9 points	−0.7 points	−5.1 points to +2.9 points
Year +1	−3.5 points	−2.0 points	−4.4 points to −0.2 points
Year +2	−3.6 points	−3.3 points	−4.9 points to −2.1 points

Year	Washington County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.9 per 1,000 people	−3.1 per 1,000 people	−4.8 per 1,000 people to −1.1 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−2.5 per 1,000 people	−3.4 per 1,000 people to −0.7 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	−0.6 per 1,000 people	−2.7 per 1,000 people	−6.8 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.5 per 1,000 people	−2.1 per 1,000 people	−3.9 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−4.7 per 1,000 people	−4.2 per 1,000 people	−6.8 per 1,000 people to −3.0 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined2

Counties like Washington County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Washington County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined2

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)