Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Minnesota by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | N/A | 9.2 | 514,300 | 3 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 40,390,045 | N/A |
| Scott County | Urban | 4.1 | 6,230 | 17 |
| Carver County | Urban | 4.2 | 4,534 | 19 |
| Sherburne County | Urban | 4.8 | 4,702 | 33 |
| Wright County | Urban | 4.9 | 7,128 | 37 |
| Washington County | Urban | 5.0 | 13,484 | 41 |
| Dodge County | Urban | 5.4 | 1,127 | 67 |
| Dakota County | Urban | 5.6 | 24,512 | 80 |
| Chisago County | Urban | 5.9 | 3,322 | 94 |
| Houston County | Urban | 6.5 | 1,213 | 142 |
| Anoka County | Urban | 6.6 | 24,172 | 153 |
| Le Sueur County | Urban | 7.1 | 2,034 | 215 |
| Waseca County | Rural | 7.2 | 1,309 | 237 |
| Marshall County | Rural | 7.4 | 655 | 259 |
| Steele County | Rural | 7.4 | 2,746 | 259 |
| Brown County | Rural | 7.7 | 1,908 | 304 |
| McLeod County | Rural | 7.7 | 2,799 | 304 |
| Isanti County | Urban | 7.8 | 3,238 | 319 |
| Red Lake County | Rural | 7.8 | 305 | 319 |
| Olmsted County | Urban | 7.9 | 12,714 | 339 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Rural | 8.0 | 520 | 357 |
| Murray County | Rural | 8.1 | 647 | 370 |
| Lake of the Woods County | Rural | 8.2 | 306 | 391 |
| Douglas County | Rural | 8.3 | 3,213 | 413 |
| Lake County | Rural | 8.3 | 893 | 413 |
| Meeker County | Rural | 8.3 | 1,915 | 413 |
| Wabasha County | Urban | 8.4 | 1,797 | 434 |
| Yellow Medicine County | Rural | 8.5 | 795 | 458 |
| Fillmore County | Urban | 8.9 | 1,858 | 550 |
| Otter Tail County | Rural | 8.9 | 5,273 | 550 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 9.1 | 896 | 581 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 9.2 | 496 | 602 |
| Goodhue County | Rural | 9.3 | 4,344 | 621 |
| Rice County | Rural | 9.3 | 5,550 | 621 |
| Rock County | Urban | 9.5 | 889 | 669 |
| Nicollet County | Urban | 9.6 | 3,061 | 692 |
| Crow Wing County | Rural | 9.7 | 6,390 | 708 |
| Hubbard County | Rural | 9.7 | 2,072 | 708 |
| Kittson County | Rural | 9.7 | 389 | 708 |
| Benton County | Urban | 9.8 | 3,976 | 729 |
| Freeborn County | Rural | 9.8 | 2,959 | 729 |
| Kanabec County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,562 | 729 |
| Pope County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,094 | 729 |
| Pennington County | Rural | 9.9 | 1,352 | 753 |
| Sibley County | Rural | 9.9 | 1,460 | 753 |
| Hennepin County | Urban | 10.0 | 124,654 | 772 |
| Kandiyohi County | Rural | 10.0 | 4,260 | 772 |
| Morrison County | Rural | 10.0 | 3,341 | 772 |
| Traverse County | Rural | 10.1 | 321 | 807 |
| Norman County | Rural | 10.3 | 641 | 848 |
| Stevens County | Rural | 10.3 | 959 | 848 |
| Mille Lacs County | Urban | 10.5 | 2,783 | 896 |
| Pine County | Rural | 10.5 | 2,931 | 896 |
| Grant County | Rural | 10.7 | 645 | 937 |
| Koochiching County | Rural | 10.7 | 1,247 | 937 |
| Renville County | Rural | 10.7 | 1,531 | 937 |
| Swift County | Rural | 10.8 | 1,041 | 965 |
| Becker County | Rural | 11.0 | 3,802 | 1,010 |
| Roseau County | Rural | 11.0 | 1,654 | 1,010 |
| Carlton County | Urban | 11.1 | 3,846 | 1,036 |
| Martin County | Rural | 11.1 | 2,168 | 1,036 |
| Clearwater County | Rural | 11.2 | 940 | 1,065 |
| Cook County | Rural | 11.3 | 628 | 1,088 |
| Pipestone County | Rural | 11.4 | 1,043 | 1,109 |
| Wadena County | Rural | 11.4 | 1,570 | 1,109 |
| Big Stone County | Rural | 11.5 | 572 | 1,138 |
| Polk County | Urban | 11.7 | 3,467 | 1,180 |
| Faribault County | Rural | 11.8 | 1,609 | 1,213 |
| Todd County | Rural | 11.8 | 2,945 | 1,213 |
| Redwood County | Rural | 12.0 | 1,812 | 1,249 |
| Mower County | Rural | 12.1 | 4,782 | 1,275 |
| Stearns County | Urban | 12.2 | 18,584 | 1,290 |
| Aitkin County | Rural | 12.3 | 1,937 | 1,323 |
| Ramsey County | Urban | 12.4 | 65,817 | 1,348 |
| Lyon County | Rural | 12.5 | 3,076 | 1,373 |
| Nobles County | Rural | 12.6 | 2,729 | 1,398 |
| Cass County | Rural | 12.7 | 3,861 | 1,435 |
| Itasca County | Rural | 12.7 | 5,593 | 1,435 |
| Watonwan County | Rural | 13.0 | 1,438 | 1,503 |
| St. Louis County | Urban | 13.4 | 25,849 | 1,600 |
| Winona County | Rural | 13.4 | 6,239 | 1,600 |
| Cottonwood County | Rural | 14.2 | 1,594 | 1,779 |
| Chippewa County | Rural | 14.4 | 1,748 | 1,824 |
| Clay County | Urban | 14.4 | 9,003 | 1,824 |
| Wilkin County | Rural | 14.7 | 921 | 1,887 |
| Beltrami County | Rural | 16.0 | 7,084 | 2,114 |
| Blue Earth County | Urban | 16.3 | 10,695 | 2,150 |
| Mahnomen County | Rural | 20.9 | 1,101 | 2,734 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 8:46 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 8:46 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.