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