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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 Industrial Burden, triggered in 22 counties, followed by Runoff Burden in 15 counties.

Mahnomen County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 60 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	60	22	79	50	71	5,280
Traverse County 27155	44	29	57	56	37	3,136
Aitkin County 27001	44	11	71	29	53	16,102
Big Stone County 27011	43	26	56	57	36	5,105
Lincoln County 27081	43	25	45	62	43	5,521
Norman County 27107	42	28	46	47	48	6,329
Swift County 27151	42	38	55	34	41	9,719
Grant County 27051	42	28	54	37	47	6,139
Cass County 27021	42	23	62	26	48	31,446
Koochiching County 27071	41	27	57	38	42	11,751
Lac qui Parle County 27073	41	40	46	49	34	6,630
Todd County 27153	41	35	57	24	44	25,667
Pipestone County 27117	41	39	49	47	33	9,245
Clearwater County 27029	40	16	54	26	56	8,644
Renville County 27129	39	40	47	32	41	14,348
Faribault County 27043	39	43	53	31	33	13,873
Lake of the Woods County 27077	39	17	49	59	36	3,778
Cottonwood County 27033	39	38	50	35	37	11,319
Kittson County 27069	39	32	48	48	32	4,060
Red Lake County 27125	38	26	43	62	31	3,911
Martin County 27091	38	46	50	29	33	19,657
Chippewa County 27023	38	29	49	34	42	12,172
Itasca County 27061	38	23	55	29	44	45,365
Cook County 27031	37	18	48	59	31	5,639
Freeborn County 27047	37	42	47	32	34	30,515
Redwood County 27127	37	41	48	31	34	15,288
Fillmore County 27045	37	46	42	29	38	21,522
Wadena County 27159	37	27	52	26	42	14,241
Rock County 27133	36	37	36	51	31	9,551
Wilkin County 27167	36	28	44	42	36	6,306
Pope County 27121	35	28	47	36	35	11,400
Yellow Medicine County 27173	35	35	44	39	30	9,467
Beltrami County 27007	35	26	40	27	50	46,718
Pine County 27115	35	15	51	30	44	30,197
Kanabec County 27065	35	24	50	28	39	16,602
Mille Lacs County 27095	34	24	40	25	49	27,427
Otter Tail County 27111	34	36	48	27	32	60,626
Jackson County 27063	34	43	39	36	28	9,919
Polk County 27119	34	42	34	38	33	30,412
Murray County 27101	34	30	50	30	29	8,049
Wabasha County 27157	34	43	39	28	34	21,683
Nobles County 27105	33	38	35	34	37	21,727
Watonwan County 27165	33	31	37	38	37	11,077
Lake County 27075	33	16	50	39	33	10,855
Houston County 27055	33	38	37	38	30	18,582
Becker County 27005	33	28	44	29	36	35,283
Hubbard County 27057	33	23	51	25	35	22,132
Morrison County 27097	32	29	43	29	36	34,250
Blue Earth County 27013	32	56	20	27	39	70,006
Mower County 27099	32	38	31	31	38	40,058
Marshall County 27089	31	32	43	30	29	8,810
Goodhue County 27049	31	44	32	29	32	48,035
Sibley County 27143	31	40	33	27	34	15,084
Crow Wing County 27035	30	25	44	27	34	68,304
Ramsey County 27123	30	41	19	28	45	536,075
Roseau County 27135	30	33	35	30	33	15,252
St. Louis County 27137	30	23	35	32	40	200,514
Meeker County 27093	30	34	39	29	27	23,490
Waseca County 27161	30	40	33	29	32	18,981
Kandiyohi County 27067	30	34	36	30	30	43,813
Winona County 27169	30	47	24	33	31	49,721
Brown County 27015	30	37	37	27	24	25,628
Douglas County 27041	29	31	39	30	26	39,953
Stearns County 27145	29	43	24	29	34	160,977
Lyon County 27083	29	40	26	30	33	25,427
McLeod County 27085	28	41	31	27	27	36,785
Pennington County 27113	28	32	34	29	29	13,714
Steele County 27147	28	42	28	28	24	37,421
Carlton County 27017	27	20	36	30	33	36,825
Clay County 27027	27	34	19	36	36	66,258
Le Sueur County 27079	27	39	27	26	30	29,255
Benton County 27009	26	29	23	30	38	41,600
Nicollet County 27103	25	38	22	30	24	34,242
Isanti County 27059	25	24	26	29	35	43,182
Hennepin County 27053	25	43	12	28	36	1,258,713
Rice County 27131	25	43	18	26	29	67,948
Stevens County 27149	24	35	20	34	24	9,728
Olmsted County 27109	24	44	17	29	23	164,784
Dodge County 27039	24	42	19	26	24	21,088
Dakota County 27037	24	46	15	28	22	447,440
Washington County 27163	23	41	16	29	19	278,936
Chisago County 27025	22	23	24	31	26	58,535
Wright County 27171	22	34	17	28	23	151,150
Sherburne County 27141	21	38	13	27	25	102,206
Anoka County 27003	21	29	18	28	25	372,441
Carver County 27019	21	38	13	27	16	111,057
Scott County 27139	21	41	10	28	20	155,814

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.