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Counties in Minnesota by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate

Aitkin County had the highest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate of 87 counties in 2021, at 41.7%. Blue Earth County had the lowest, at 26.3%. The median was 34.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest41.7Aitkin County
Lowest26.3Blue Earth County
Median34.587 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aitkin County: 41.7 %Anoka County: 30.1 %Becker County: 35.6 %Beltrami County: 31.1 %Benton County: 29 %Big Stone County: 38.8 %Blue Earth County: 26.3 %Brown County: 32.5 %Carlton County: 34.8 %Carver County: 27.4 %Cass County: 39 %Chippewa County: 35.9 %Chisago County: 31.3 %Clay County: 28.9 %Clearwater County: 35.4 %Cook County: 37.1 %Cottonwood County: 35.9 %Crow Wing County: 35.7 %Dakota County: 27.6 %Dodge County: 31.1 %Douglas County: 34.9 %Faribault County: 37.1 %Fillmore County: 35 %Freeborn County: 36.7 %Goodhue County: 34.6 %Grant County: 34.6 %Hennepin County: 26.5 %Houston County: 35.6 %Hubbard County: 36.9 %Isanti County: 31.6 %Itasca County: 37.2 %Jackson County: 34.5 %Kanabec County: 35.4 %Kandiyohi County: 34.2 %Kittson County: 35.2 %Koochiching County: 39.4 %Lac qui Parle County: 35.9 %Lake County: 36.9 %Lake of the Woods County: 37.7 %Le Sueur County: 33.6 %Lincoln County: 37.6 %Lyon County: 33.1 %McLeod County: 32.9 %Mahnomen County: 38.4 %Marshall County: 35.3 %Martin County: 35.5 %Meeker County: 33.8 %Mille Lacs County: 33.2 %Morrison County: 34.9 %Mower County: 33.4 %Murray County: 36.2 %Nicollet County: 30.1 %Nobles County: 34.5 %Norman County: 34.2 %Olmsted County: 28.6 %Otter Tail County: 35.1 %Pennington County: 33 %Pine County: 38.1 %Pipestone County: 35.4 %Polk County: 34 %Pope County: 35.8 %Ramsey County: 29.2 %Red Lake County: 36.8 %Redwood County: 33.8 %Renville County: 34.2 %Rice County: 29.3 %Rock County: 32.1 %Roseau County: 33.9 %St. Louis County: 31.7 %Scott County: 27.1 %Sherburne County: 26.8 %Sibley County: 32.4 %Stearns County: 31 %Steele County: 33.1 %Stevens County: 28.9 %Swift County: 36.8 %Todd County: 36.4 %Traverse County: 37.9 %Wabasha County: 33.8 %Wadena County: 36.9 %Waseca County: 31.3 %Washington County: 28 %Watonwan County: 34.2 %Wilkin County: 34.5 %Winona County: 29 %Wright County: 26.5 %Yellow Medicine County: 35.2 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Aitkin County: 41.7 %Aitkin County41.7Koochiching County: 39.4 %Koochiching County39.4Cass County: 39 %Cass County39Big Stone County: 38.8 %Big Stone County38.8Mahnomen County: 38.4 %Mahnomen County38.4Pine County: 38.1 %Pine County38.1Traverse County: 37.9 %Traverse County37.9Lake of the Woods County: 37.7 %Lake of the Woods County37.7Lincoln County: 37.6 %Lincoln County37.6Itasca County: 37.2 %Itasca County37.2Cook County: 37.1 %Cook County37.1Faribault County: 37.1 %Faribault County37.1Hubbard County: 36.9 %Hubbard County36.9Lake County: 36.9 %Lake County36.9Wadena County: 36.9 %Wadena County36.9Red Lake County: 36.8 %Red Lake County36.8Swift County: 36.8 %Swift County36.8Freeborn County: 36.7 %Freeborn County36.7Todd County: 36.4 %Todd County36.4Murray County: 36.2 %Murray County36.2Chippewa County: 35.9 %Chippewa County35.9Cottonwood County: 35.9 %Cottonwood County35.9Lac qui Parle County: 35.9 %Lac qui Parle County35.9Pope County: 35.8 %Pope County35.8Crow Wing County: 35.7 %Crow Wing County35.7Becker County: 35.6 %Becker County35.6Houston County: 35.6 %Houston County35.6Martin County: 35.5 %Martin County35.5Clearwater County: 35.4 %Clearwater County35.4Kanabec County: 35.4 %Kanabec County35.4Pipestone County: 35.4 %Pipestone County35.4Marshall County: 35.3 %Marshall County35.3Kittson County: 35.2 %Kittson County35.2Yellow Medicine County: 35.2 %Yellow Medicine County35.2Otter Tail County: 35.1 %Otter Tail County35.1Fillmore County: 35 %Fillmore County35Douglas County: 34.9 %Douglas County34.9Morrison County: 34.9 %Morrison County34.9Carlton County: 34.8 %Carlton County34.8Goodhue County: 34.6 %Goodhue County34.6Aitkin County: 41.7 %Aitkin County41.7Koochiching County: 39.4 %Koochiching County39.4Cass County: 39 %Cass County39Big Stone County: 38.8 %Big Stone County38.8Mahnomen County: 38.4 %Mahnomen County38.4Pine County: 38.1 %Pine County38.1Traverse County: 37.9 %Traverse County37.9Lake of the Woods County: 37.7 %Lake of the Woods County37.7Lincoln County: 37.6 %Lincoln County37.6Itasca County: 37.2 %Itasca County37.2Cook County: 37.1 %Cook County37.1Faribault County: 37.1 %Faribault County37.1Hubbard County: 36.9 %Hubbard County36.9Lake County: 36.9 %Lake County36.9Wadena County: 36.9 %Wadena County36.9Red Lake County: 36.8 %Red Lake County36.8Swift County: 36.8 %Swift County36.8Freeborn County: 36.7 %Freeborn County36.7Todd County: 36.4 %Todd County36.4Murray County: 36.2 %Murray County36.2Chippewa County: 35.9 %Chippewa County35.9Cottonwood County: 35.9 %Cottonwood County35.9Lac qui Parle County: 35.9 %Lac qui Parle County35.9Pope County: 35.8 %Pope County35.8Crow Wing County: 35.7 %Crow Wing County35.7Becker County: 35.6 %Becker County35.6Houston County: 35.6 %Houston County35.6Martin County: 35.5 %Martin County35.5Clearwater County: 35.4 %Clearwater County35.4Kanabec County: 35.4 %Kanabec County35.4Pipestone County: 35.4 %Pipestone County35.4Marshall County: 35.3 %Marshall County35.3Kittson County: 35.2 %Kittson County35.2Yellow Medicine County: 35.2 %Yellow Medicine County35.2Otter Tail County: 35.1 %Otter Tail County35.1Fillmore County: 35 %Fillmore County35Douglas County: 34.9 %Douglas County34.9Morrison County: 34.9 %Morrison County34.9Carlton County: 34.8 %Carlton County34.8Goodhue County: 34.6 %Goodhue County34.6
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Aitkin County41.7
2Koochiching County39.4
3Cass County39
4Big Stone County38.8
5Mahnomen County38.4
6Pine County38.1
7Traverse County37.9
8Lake of the Woods County37.7
9Lincoln County37.6
10Itasca County37.2
11Cook County37.1
11Faribault County37.1
13Hubbard County36.9
13Lake County36.9
13Wadena County36.9
16Red Lake County36.8
16Swift County36.8
18Freeborn County36.7
19Todd County36.4
20Murray County36.2
21Chippewa County35.9
21Cottonwood County35.9
21Lac qui Parle County35.9
24Pope County35.8
25Crow Wing County35.7
26Becker County35.6
26Houston County35.6
28Martin County35.5
29Clearwater County35.4
29Kanabec County35.4
29Pipestone County35.4
32Marshall County35.3
33Kittson County35.2
33Yellow Medicine County35.2
35Otter Tail County35.1
36Fillmore County35
37Douglas County34.9
37Morrison County34.9
39Carlton County34.8
40Goodhue County34.6
40Grant County34.6
42Jackson County34.5
42Nobles County34.5
42Wilkin County34.5
45Kandiyohi County34.2
45Norman County34.2
45Renville County34.2
45Watonwan County34.2
49Polk County34
50Roseau County33.9
51Meeker County33.8
51Redwood County33.8
51Wabasha County33.8
54Le Sueur County33.6
55Mower County33.4
56Mille Lacs County33.2
57Lyon County33.1
57Steele County33.1
59Pennington County33
60McLeod County32.9
61Brown County32.5
62Sibley County32.4
63Rock County32.1
64St. Louis County31.7
65Isanti County31.6
66Chisago County31.3
66Waseca County31.3
68Beltrami County31.1
68Dodge County31.1
70Stearns County31
71Anoka County30.1
71Nicollet County30.1
73Rice County29.3
74Ramsey County29.2
75Benton County29
75Winona County29
77Clay County28.9
77Stevens County28.9
79Olmsted County28.6
80Washington County28
81Dakota County27.6
82Carver County27.4
83Scott County27.1
84Sherburne County26.8
85Hennepin County26.5
85Wright County26.5
87Blue Earth County26.3

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they have high blood pressure. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Minnesota by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high blood pressure in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Minnesota by high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-blood-pressure-rate-county-estimate/minnesota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate?

Aitkin County, with 41.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high blood pressure in adults, local model estimate?

Blue Earth County, with 26.3% in 2021.

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