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Highest Medicaid coverage, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 20.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Chippewa County, MN, up 39 places to #12.

Highest Medicaid coverage by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020
01Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15339.6%−0.5 pts
02Wadena County, MNMN14,38833.1%+0.1 pts
03Beltrami County, MNMN47,05530.3%+2.7 pts
04▲27Traverse County, MNMN3,13029.3%+8.3 pts
05▲34Martin County, MNMN19,44028.6%+8.9 pts
06▲1Grant County, MNMN6,08528.0%+2.6 pts
07▲3Pipestone County, MNMN9,26027.6%+2.9 pts
08▼2Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75327.4%+1.2 pts
09▼5Cass County, MNMN31,43026.4%−0.2 pts
10▼2Aitkin County, MNMN16,25225.2%+0.2 pts
11▼2Ramsey County, MNMN541,62325.2%+0.3 pts
12▲39Chippewa County, MNMN12,40624.9%+6.8 pts
13▲2Becker County, MNMN35,49724.7%+1.3 pts
14▲11Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72024.6%+2.6 pts
15▼2Freeborn County, MNMN30,44024.2%+0.5 pts
16▲1Swift County, MNMN9,76324.2%+1.1 pts
17▲18Big Stone County, MNMN5,05424.1%+3.6 pts
18▲10Pine County, MNMN30,47224.1%+2.8 pts
19▲8Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13223.9%+2.3 pts
20▲6Waseca County, MNMN18,68823.9%+2.2 pts
21▼10Kanabec County, MNMN16,62823.5%−0.8 pts
22▼6Hubbard County, MNMN22,36923.2%−0.2 pts
23▲1Benton County, MNMN41,74423.1%+1.1 pts
24▲24Redwood County, MNMN15,26523.0%+4.4 pts
25▲38Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40522.8%+6.2 pts
26▼12Itasca County, MNMN45,40422.6%−1.1 pts
27▼22Clearwater County, MNMN8,64722.5%−3.9 pts
28▲16Faribault County, MNMN13,88822.5%+3.2 pts
29▼11Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47722.3%−0.8 pts
30▼18Mower County, MNMN40,97122.2%−1.9 pts
31▼8Todd County, MNMN26,06022.2%−0.1 pts
32▲5Renville County, MNMN14,35622.1%+2.0 pts
33▼14Nobles County, MNMN22,33822.0%−1.0 pts
34▼4Polk County, MNMN30,54521.8%+0.7 pts
35▼15Morrison County, MNMN34,62021.7%−1.0 pts
36▲26Cook County, MNMN5,52221.5%+4.9 pts
37▼16Norman County, MNMN6,33621.0%−1.5 pts
38▲29Stevens County, MNMN9,74721.0%+4.9 pts
39▲21Lake County, MNMN10,74620.9%+3.9 pts
40▼7Carlton County, MNMN36,71120.7%+0.1 pts
41▼1St. Louis County, MNMN200,51820.3%+0.6 pts
42▼13Lyon County, MNMN25,68420.2%−0.9 pts
43▲3Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04120.2%+1.5 pts
44▼2Rice County, MNMN69,93920.2%+0.6 pts
45▲10Stearns County, MNMN164,11020.1%+2.3 pts
46▲13Wilkin County, MNMN6,28820.1%+3.0 pts
47▲22Sibley County, MNMN15,35619.7%+3.8 pts
48▼12Watonwan County, MNMN11,45919.6%−0.8 pts
49▲24Rock County, MNMN9,52419.4%+3.9 pts
50▼28Koochiching County, MNMN11,58719.3%−3.1 pts
51▼13Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70419.3%−0.7 pts
52▲13Goodhue County, MNMN48,19519.2%+2.7 pts
53▼10Meeker County, MNMN23,60319.2%−0.3 pts
54▼5Clay County, MNMN67,73419.1%+0.8 pts
55▼1Marshall County, MNMN8,79819.0%+1.1 pts
56▼11Steele County, MNMN37,46419.0%+0.2 pts
57▲14Anoka County, MNMN381,60518.8%+3.3 pts
58▲8Fillmore County, MNMN21,54018.7%+2.4 pts
59▼7Lincoln County, MNMN5,58318.7%+0.6 pts
60▼3McLeod County, MNMN36,63118.4%+1.1 pts
61▲7Nicollet County, MNMN34,27318.0%+2.1 pts
62▼6Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63417.5%+0.1 pts
63▼10Isanti County, MNMN44,38617.5%−0.4 pts
64▼23Murray County, MNMN7,94217.1%−2.5 pts
65▼7Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78417.0%−0.2 pts
66▼5Pope County, MNMN11,42016.5%−0.4 pts
67▼35Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77016.3%−4.5 pts
68▼4Jackson County, MNMN9,85716.2%−0.4 pts
69▼35Kittson County, MNMN4,03116.0%−4.6 pts
70▲4Roseau County, MNMN15,24616.0%+0.6 pts
71▼1Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45315.7%+0.1 pts
72▲7Winona County, MNMN50,52315.5%+1.3 pts
73▲7Dodge County, MNMN21,37615.3%+1.3 pts
74▼27Pennington County, MNMN13,68615.3%−3.3 pts
75▼25Red Lake County, MNMN3,94015.2%−3.0 pts
76▲6Dakota County, MNMN457,71015.0%+1.6 pts
77Douglas County, MNMN40,12014.7%+0.2 pts
78▼2Wabasha County, MNMN21,53714.5%−0.4 pts
79▲6Wright County, MNMN157,55914.0%+3.1 pts
80▲1Brown County, MNMN25,51713.9%+0.4 pts
81▼6Chisago County, MNMN59,14213.4%−1.9 pts
82▼4Olmsted County, MNMN166,73113.4%−1.1 pts
83▼11Houston County, MNMN18,40013.3%−2.2 pts
84Sherburne County, MNMN104,19413.2%+1.1 pts
85▼2Scott County, MNMN159,01712.2%−1.1 pts
86Washington County, MNMN286,89511.5%+1.4 pts
87Carver County, MNMN114,3799.4%+1.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES