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Minnesota counties
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87 counties
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| Rank | County | Population | Income | Home value | Unemployment | Degree+ | Life exp. | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hennepin County | 1,269,496 | $97,653 | $392,900 | 2.8% | 54.1% | 79.5 yrs | Open |
| #2 | Ramsey County | 542,945 | $81,568 | $326,600 | 2.9% | 45.6% | 77.6 yrs | Open |
| #3 | Dakota County | 445,771 | $106,318 | $381,000 | 2.7% | 45% | 80.9 yrs | Open |
| #4 | Anoka County | 370,349 | $101,869 | $346,500 | 3% | 32.2% | 79.9 yrs | Open |
| #5 | Washington County | 276,238 | $115,345 | $422,000 | 2.7% | 49.1% | 81.3 yrs | Open |
| #6 | St. Louis County | 200,123 | $70,069 | $221,400 | 3.4% | 33.6% | 76.8 yrs | Open |
| #7 | Olmsted County | 164,498 | $95,406 | $331,700 | 2.3% | 49.4% | 81 yrs | Open |
| #8 | Stearns County | 160,865 | $77,066 | $273,400 | 3% | 28.8% | 80 yrs | Open |
| #9 | Scott County | 154,557 | $119,314 | $419,400 | 2.7% | 44.1% | 81.1 yrs | Open |
| #10 | Wright County | 148,269 | $107,209 | $358,900 | 3% | 34.4% | 80 yrs | Open |
| #11 | Carver County | 110,041 | $125,946 | $453,600 | 2.6% | 50.4% | 82.3 yrs | Open |
| #12 | Sherburne County | 100,560 | $105,466 | $361,400 | 3.2% | 29.7% | 79.4 yrs | Open |
| #13 | Blue Earth County | 69,871 | $74,477 | $266,700 | 2.6% | 34.2% | 79.7 yrs | Data row |
| #14 | Rice County | 67,917 | $83,181 | $320,200 | 3% | 30.2% | 79.9 yrs | Data row |
| #15 | Crow Wing County | 67,686 | $72,589 | $306,800 | 3.7% | 29.3% | 78.7 yrs | Data row |
| #16 | Clay County | 66,059 | $81,172 | $265,500 | 2.5% | 39.3% | 78 yrs | Data row |
| #17 | Otter Tail County | 60,475 | $72,255 | $273,000 | 3.5% | 28.3% | 78.9 yrs | Data row |
| #18 | Chisago County | 57,991 | $99,400 | $351,900 | 3.4% | 24.4% | 79.4 yrs | Data row |
| #19 | Winona County | 49,779 | $70,744 | $235,400 | 2.4% | 32.7% | 80.2 yrs | Data row |
| #20 | Goodhue County | 47,943 | $84,171 | $285,100 | 3% | 27.9% | 78.7 yrs | Data row |
| #21 | Beltrami County | 46,512 | $68,975 | $237,500 | 3.9% | 31.8% | 74.1 yrs | Data row |
| #22 | Itasca County | 45,275 | $68,603 | $225,200 | 4.8% | 25.9% | 76.5 yrs | Data row |
| #23 | Kandiyohi County | 44,079 | $76,592 | $243,200 | 3.1% | 27.9% | 79.8 yrs | Data row |
| #24 | Isanti County | 42,596 | $87,440 | $306,200 | 4% | 20.7% | 78.5 yrs | Data row |
| #25 | Benton County | 41,593 | $74,410 | $271,000 | 3.6% | 26.2% | 77.3 yrs | Data row |
| #26 | Mower County | 40,343 | $73,074 | $185,200 | 2.7% | 23.9% | 78.8 yrs | Data row |
| #27 | Douglas County | 39,575 | $79,043 | $321,400 | 2.8% | 29.7% | 79.4 yrs | Data row |
| #28 | Steele County | 37,439 | $84,196 | $245,400 | 3.3% | 28% | 80 yrs | Data row |
| #29 | McLeod County | 36,798 | $80,084 | $246,100 | 3.3% | 20.2% | 79 yrs | Data row |
| #30 | Carlton County | 36,518 | $80,573 | $245,100 | 3.8% | 26.5% | 76.3 yrs | Data row |
| #31 | Becker County | 35,343 | $71,388 | $291,000 | 3.5% | 28% | 77.9 yrs | Data row |
| #32 | Nicollet County | 34,411 | $79,756 | $270,300 | 2.6% | 36.1% | 80.9 yrs | Data row |
| #33 | Morrison County | 34,249 | $69,446 | $248,500 | 4.4% | 18.9% | 78.3 yrs | Data row |
| #34 | Cass County | 30,992 | $68,874 | $288,300 | 4.8% | 26% | 74.6 yrs | Data row |
| #35 | Polk County | 30,705 | $73,107 | $222,800 | 3.1% | 28% | 76.9 yrs | Data row |
| #36 | Freeborn County | 30,623 | $71,023 | $171,100 | 2.9% | 18.2% | 78.1 yrs | Data row |
| #37 | Pine County | 29,640 | $71,146 | $239,300 | 5.5% | 17.4% | 76.9 yrs | Data row |
| #38 | Le Sueur County | 29,113 | $94,968 | $316,500 | 4.1% | 26.3% | 79.8 yrs | Data row |
| #39 | Mille Lacs County | 27,125 | $72,729 | $258,300 | 4.7% | 18.2% | 73.9 yrs | Data row |
| #40 | Brown County | 25,800 | $69,378 | $191,200 | 3.2% | 24.5% | 80.2 yrs | Data row |
| #41 | Todd County | 25,575 | $67,662 | $207,700 | 4.1% | 16.1% | 80.9 yrs | Data row |
| #42 | Lyon County | 25,503 | $75,303 | $200,700 | 2.8% | 31.1% | 79.1 yrs | Data row |
| #43 | Meeker County | 23,468 | $75,446 | $249,000 | 3.6% | 19.9% | 79.8 yrs | Data row |
| #44 | Nobles County | 22,041 | $66,101 | $197,200 | 2.7% | 17.9% | 79.8 yrs | Data row |
| #45 | Hubbard County | 21,831 | $71,995 | $282,600 | 4.4% | 30.7% | 80.1 yrs | Data row |
| #46 | Wabasha County | 21,565 | $82,007 | $264,400 | 2.9% | 26.5% | 80.8 yrs | Data row |
| #47 | Fillmore County | 21,414 | $77,512 | $221,100 | 2.7% | 24.1% | 79.6 yrs | Data row |
| #48 | Dodge County | 21,045 | $95,739 | $287,700 | 3% | 30.2% | 81.2 yrs | Data row |
| #49 | Martin County | 19,780 | $59,507 | $163,500 | 2.9% | 23.8% | 79.2 yrs | Data row |
| #50 | Waseca County | 18,885 | $76,261 | $220,800 | 3.7% | 21% | 79.3 yrs | Data row |
| #51 | Houston County | 18,653 | $79,825 | $239,000 | 2.7% | 30.1% | 79.6 yrs | Data row |
| #52 | Kanabec County | 16,390 | $71,460 | $228,100 | 5.7% | 15.7% | 77.4 yrs | Data row |
| #53 | Aitkin County | 16,056 | $60,833 | $255,800 | 5.2% | 20.3% | 77.9 yrs | Data row |
| #54 | Redwood County | 15,350 | $67,866 | $158,200 | 2.8% | 22.2% | 79.1 yrs | Data row |
| #55 | Roseau County | 15,302 | $74,474 | $183,700 | 3.4% | 21.4% | 77 yrs | Data row |
| #56 | Sibley County | 15,005 | $77,634 | $231,900 | 3.6% | 19.4% | 80.4 yrs | Data row |
| #57 | Renville County | 14,558 | $70,625 | $163,200 | 4.3% | 18.1% | 77.8 yrs | Data row |
| #58 | Wadena County | 14,256 | $61,467 | $173,000 | 4.4% | 19.8% | 77.1 yrs | Data row |
| #59 | Faribault County | 13,914 | $66,815 | $135,300 | 3.2% | 21.8% | 78.5 yrs | Data row |
| #60 | Pennington County | 13,791 | $77,325 | $195,500 | 4.5% | 21% | 78.3 yrs | Data row |
| #61 | Chippewa County | 12,377 | $71,458 | $156,100 | 3.1% | 19.3% | 76.6 yrs | Data row |
| #62 | Koochiching County | 11,833 | $66,940 | $156,600 | 4.1% | 22% | 76.9 yrs | Data row |
| #63 | Cottonwood County | 11,458 | $72,941 | $169,300 | 3.9% | 24.1% | 78.3 yrs | Data row |
| #64 | Pope County | 11,418 | $76,220 | $255,100 | 3.2% | 23.9% | 78.1 yrs | Data row |
| #65 | Watonwan County | 11,205 | $71,699 | $162,400 | 3.2% | 17.2% | 79 yrs | Data row |
| #66 | Lake County | 10,879 | $75,541 | $241,300 | 3.2% | 26.8% | 79.6 yrs | Data row |
| #67 | Jackson County | 9,933 | $75,743 | $157,100 | 2.9% | 26.1% | 79.7 yrs | Data row |
| #68 | Swift County | 9,748 | $60,412 | $161,400 | 3.4% | 24.2% | 79 yrs | Data row |
| #69 | Stevens County | 9,739 | $75,733 | $202,800 | 2.3% | 31.2% | 82.9 yrs | Data row |
| #70 | Rock County | 9,621 | $71,295 | $224,300 | 2% | 26.3% | 78.1 yrs | Data row |
| #71 | Yellow Medicine County | 9,451 | $74,000 | $154,700 | 3.1% | 19.7% | 78.7 yrs | Data row |
| #72 | Pipestone County | 9,284 | $69,628 | $140,200 | 2.8% | 21.8% | 77.3 yrs | Data row |
| #73 | Marshall County | 8,909 | $72,543 | $164,500 | 4.4% | 18.7% | 81.4 yrs | Data row |
| #74 | Clearwater County | 8,616 | $64,475 | $192,100 | 6.6% | 19.8% | 75.9 yrs | Data row |
| #75 | Murray County | 8,097 | $74,033 | $185,400 | 3.7% | 23.5% | 82.9 yrs | Data row |
| #76 | Lac qui Parle County | 6,682 | $74,432 | $157,600 | 2.7% | 23.3% | 79.4 yrs | Data row |
| #77 | Wilkin County | 6,371 | $71,410 | $182,200 | 2.6% | 23% | 75.6 yrs | Data row |
| #78 | Norman County | 6,367 | $72,260 | $147,100 | 3.4% | 22.8% | 77.5 yrs | Data row |
| #79 | Grant County | 6,127 | $73,917 | $191,000 | 3.8% | 21% | 77 yrs | Data row |
| #80 | Cook County | 5,635 | $72,638 | $336,200 | 4% | 46.6% | 83 yrs | Data row |
| #81 | Lincoln County | 5,603 | $69,694 | $164,400 | 3.2% | 25.7% | 79.9 yrs | Data row |
| #82 | Mahnomen County | 5,358 | $59,441 | $161,900 | 4.5% | 16.2% | 68.5 yrs | Data row |
| #83 | Big Stone County | 5,127 | $70,400 | $169,100 | 3.5% | 25.7% | 77.5 yrs | Data row |
| #84 | Kittson County | 4,084 | $76,100 | $134,800 | 3.1% | 29.1% | 75.8 yrs | Data row |
| #85 | Red Lake County | 3,915 | $77,188 | $162,000 | 4.7% | 18.6% | 81.1 yrs | Data row |
| #86 | Lake of the Woods County | 3,821 | $77,546 | $216,100 | 4.1% | 25.4% | 78.9 yrs | Data row |
| #87 | Traverse County | 3,243 | $62,989 | $114,100 | 2.7% | 16.6% | 76.3 yrs | Data row |
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