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