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Minnesota

Environmental and community health profiles for all 87 counties in Minnesota. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Minnesota

Across Minnesota's 87 counties, 1 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is disease burden, the leading driver of community health need in Minnesota.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Runoff Burden, triggered in 15 counties, followed by Industrial Burden in 14 counties.

Mahnomen County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 58 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Mahnomen County 27087	58	23	79	41	71	5,280
Traverse County 27155	45	23	57	64	37	3,136
Big Stone County 27011	43	23	56	60	36	5,105
Aitkin County 27001	43	14	71	22	53	16,102
Kittson County 27069	43	24	48	73	32	4,060
Cass County 27021	42	29	62	24	48	31,446
Norman County 27107	41	23	46	48	48	6,329
Lincoln County 27081	41	23	45	56	43	5,521
Grant County 27051	40	23	54	36	47	6,139
Clearwater County 27029	40	14	54	30	56	8,644
Swift County 27151	38	24	55	32	41	9,719
Chippewa County 27023	38	24	49	37	42	12,172
Lac qui Parle County 27073	38	24	46	52	34	6,630
Todd County 27153	38	23	57	24	44	25,667
Lake of the Woods County 27077	37	14	49	55	36	3,778
Koochiching County 27071	37	14	57	32	42	11,751
Red Lake County 27125	36	23	43	57	31	3,911
Wadena County 27159	36	23	52	28	42	14,241
Itasca County 27061	36	14	55	28	44	45,365
Beltrami County 27007	35	25	40	27	50	46,718
Wilkin County 27167	35	23	44	42	36	6,306
Becker County 27005	35	33	44	31	36	35,283
Cook County 27031	34	17	48	48	31	5,639
Pipestone County 27117	34	24	49	37	33	9,245
Faribault County 27043	34	23	53	32	33	13,873
Renville County 27129	34	23	47	28	41	14,348
Mille Lacs County 27095	34	22	40	25	49	27,427
Cottonwood County 27033	33	23	50	28	37	11,319
Martin County 27091	33	23	50	31	33	19,657
Pine County 27115	33	14	51	25	44	30,197
Kanabec County 27065	33	23	50	23	39	16,602
Ramsey County 27123	32	51	19	26	45	536,075
Redwood County 27127	32	24	48	27	34	15,288
Freeborn County 27047	32	23	47	30	34	30,515
Hubbard County 27057	32	23	51	24	35	22,132
Pope County 27121	32	23	47	27	35	11,400
Blue Earth County 27013	32	54	20	27	39	70,006
Murray County 27101	32	23	50	28	29	8,049
Otter Tail County 27111	32	23	48	29	32	60,626
Lake County 27075	31	18	50	29	33	10,855
Fillmore County 27045	30	23	42	25	38	21,522
Marshall County 27089	30	23	43	34	29	8,810
Rock County 27133	30	24	36	41	31	9,551
Crow Wing County 27035	30	25	44	26	34	68,304
Yellow Medicine County 27173	30	24	44	29	30	9,467
St. Louis County 27137	30	24	35	29	40	200,514
Houston County 27055	30	23	37	38	30	18,582
Jackson County 27063	29	23	39	37	28	9,919
Watonwan County 27165	29	23	37	30	37	11,077
Nobles County 27105	29	23	35	31	37	21,727
Polk County 27119	29	23	34	35	33	30,412
Lyon County 27083	28	43	26	27	33	25,427
Roseau County 27135	28	23	35	32	33	15,252
Goodhue County 27049	28	37	32	24	32	48,035
Morrison County 27097	28	14	43	27	36	34,250
Mower County 27099	28	23	31	29	38	40,058
Wabasha County 27157	28	23	39	25	34	21,683
Stearns County 27145	28	40	24	26	34	160,977
Sibley County 27143	27	23	33	29	34	15,084
Waseca County 27161	27	23	33	32	32	18,981
Douglas County 27041	27	23	39	27	26	39,953
Kandiyohi County 27067	27	23	36	28	30	43,813
Carlton County 27017	26	19	36	27	33	36,825
Meeker County 27093	26	23	39	25	27	23,490
Pennington County 27113	26	23	34	29	29	13,714
Brown County 27015	26	23	37	27	24	25,628
Hennepin County 27053	26	48	12	26	36	1,258,713
Olmsted County 27109	25	51	17	25	23	164,784
Dakota County 27037	25	50	15	26	22	447,440
Clay County 27027	24	23	19	33	36	66,258
Wright County 27171	24	44	17	26	23	151,150
McLeod County 27085	23	23	31	24	27	36,785
Steele County 27147	23	23	28	28	24	37,421
Winona County 27169	23	23	24	29	31	49,721
Scott County 27139	23	51	10	26	20	155,814
Le Sueur County 27079	22	23	27	25	30	29,255
Isanti County 27059	22	14	26	26	35	43,182
Benton County 27009	22	14	23	24	38	41,600
Nicollet County 27103	21	23	22	27	24	34,242
Anoka County 27003	20	28	18	26	25	372,441
Washington County 27163	20	31	16	27	19	278,936
Stevens County 27149	20	23	20	29	24	9,728
Dodge County 27039	19	23	19	26	24	21,088
Rice County 27131	19	23	18	25	29	67,948
Chisago County 27025	19	14	24	27	26	58,535
Sherburne County 27141	18	23	13	27	25	102,206
Carver County 27019	17	23	13	26	16	111,057

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.