Counties in Minnesota by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

Mahnomen County had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 87 counties in 2023, at 24.5%. Washington County had the lowest, at 10.9%. The median was 15.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest24.5Mahnomen County
Median15.387 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Aitkin County: 16.4 %Anoka County: 13.6 %Becker County: 15.4 %Beltrami County: 17.5 %Benton County: 16 %Big Stone County: 15.5 %Blue Earth County: 13.5 %Brown County: 14.6 %Carlton County: 16.2 %Carver County: 11.3 %Cass County: 16.9 %Chippewa County: 16.3 %Chisago County: 14.8 %Clay County: 13.7 %Clearwater County: 18.8 %Cook County: 13 %Cottonwood County: 15.8 %Crow Wing County: 14.8 %Dakota County: 11.3 %Dodge County: 13.5 %Douglas County: 13.7 %Faribault County: 16.4 %Fillmore County: 15.5 %Freeborn County: 16.1 %Goodhue County: 14.7 %Grant County: 16.6 %Hennepin County: 11.1 %Houston County: 13.8 %Hubbard County: 14.2 %Isanti County: 16.2 %Itasca County: 16 %Jackson County: 14.1 %Kanabec County: 17.8 %Kandiyohi County: 14.4 %Kittson County: 14.3 %Koochiching County: 15.9 %Lac qui Parle County: 14 %Lake County: 15.1 %Lake of the Woods County: 15.3 %Le Sueur County: 14.3 %Lincoln County: 15 %Lyon County: 14.7 %McLeod County: 14.9 %Mahnomen County: 24.5 %Marshall County: 15.3 %Martin County: 15.6 %Meeker County: 15.6 %Mille Lacs County: 17.5 %Morrison County: 16.4 %Mower County: 15.8 %Murray County: 14.6 %Nicollet County: 13.7 %Nobles County: 16.7 %Norman County: 15.9 %Olmsted County: 11.2 %Otter Tail County: 15.3 %Pennington County: 15.4 %Pine County: 18.1 %Pipestone County: 16.5 %Polk County: 15.3 %Pope County: 14.6 %Ramsey County: 12.5 %Red Lake County: 15.5 %Redwood County: 16.3 %Renville County: 16.6 %Rice County: 13.9 %Rock County: 15.4 %Roseau County: 15.6 %St. Louis County: 15.2 %Scott County: 12.2 %Sherburne County: 14.2 %Sibley County: 15.7 %Stearns County: 14 %Steele County: 14.2 %Stevens County: 13.1 %Swift County: 16.6 %Todd County: 17.8 %Traverse County: 15.9 %Wabasha County: 13.9 %Wadena County: 17.2 %Waseca County: 15.4 %Washington County: 10.9 %Watonwan County: 14.9 %Wilkin County: 16.6 %Winona County: 13 %Wright County: 12.8 %Yellow Medicine County: 16 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Mahnomen County: 24.5 %Mahnomen County24.5Clearwater County: 18.8 %Clearwater County18.8Pine County: 18.1 %Pine County18.1Kanabec County: 17.8 %Kanabec County17.8Todd County: 17.8 %Todd County17.8Beltrami County: 17.5 %Beltrami County17.5Mille Lacs County: 17.5 %Mille Lacs County17.5Wadena County: 17.2 %Wadena County17.2Cass County: 16.9 %Cass County16.9Nobles County: 16.7 %Nobles County16.7Grant County: 16.6 %Grant County16.6Renville County: 16.6 %Renville County16.6Swift County: 16.6 %Swift County16.6Wilkin County: 16.6 %Wilkin County16.6Pipestone County: 16.5 %Pipestone County16.5Aitkin County: 16.4 %Aitkin County16.4Faribault County: 16.4 %Faribault County16.4Morrison County: 16.4 %Morrison County16.4Chippewa County: 16.3 %Chippewa County16.3Redwood County: 16.3 %Redwood County16.3Carlton County: 16.2 %Carlton County16.2Isanti County: 16.2 %Isanti County16.2Freeborn County: 16.1 %Freeborn County16.1Benton County: 16 %Benton County16Itasca County: 16 %Itasca County16Yellow Medicine County: 16 %Yellow Medicine County16Koochiching County: 15.9 %Koochiching County15.9Norman County: 15.9 %Norman County15.9Traverse County: 15.9 %Traverse County15.9Cottonwood County: 15.8 %Cottonwood County15.8Mower County: 15.8 %Mower County15.8Sibley County: 15.7 %Sibley County15.7Martin County: 15.6 %Martin County15.6Meeker County: 15.6 %Meeker County15.6Roseau County: 15.6 %Roseau County15.6Big Stone County: 15.5 %Big Stone County15.5Fillmore County: 15.5 %Fillmore County15.5Red Lake County: 15.5 %Red Lake County15.5Becker County: 15.4 %Becker County15.4Pennington County: 15.4 %Pennington County15.4Mahnomen County: 24.5 %Mahnomen County24.5Clearwater County: 18.8 %Clearwater County18.8Pine County: 18.1 %Pine County18.1Kanabec County: 17.8 %Kanabec County17.8Todd County: 17.8 %Todd County17.8Beltrami County: 17.5 %Beltrami County17.5Mille Lacs County: 17.5 %Mille Lacs County17.5Wadena County: 17.2 %Wadena County17.2Cass County: 16.9 %Cass County16.9Nobles County: 16.7 %Nobles County16.7Grant County: 16.6 %Grant County16.6Renville County: 16.6 %Renville County16.6Swift County: 16.6 %Swift County16.6Wilkin County: 16.6 %Wilkin County16.6Pipestone County: 16.5 %Pipestone County16.5Aitkin County: 16.4 %Aitkin County16.4Faribault County: 16.4 %Faribault County16.4Morrison County: 16.4 %Morrison County16.4Chippewa County: 16.3 %Chippewa County16.3Redwood County: 16.3 %Redwood County16.3Carlton County: 16.2 %Carlton County16.2Isanti County: 16.2 %Isanti County16.2Freeborn County: 16.1 %Freeborn County16.1Benton County: 16 %Benton County16Itasca County: 16 %Itasca County16Yellow Medicine County: 16 %Yellow Medicine County16Koochiching County: 15.9 %Koochiching County15.9Norman County: 15.9 %Norman County15.9Traverse County: 15.9 %Traverse County15.9Cottonwood County: 15.8 %Cottonwood County15.8Mower County: 15.8 %Mower County15.8Sibley County: 15.7 %Sibley County15.7Martin County: 15.6 %Martin County15.6Meeker County: 15.6 %Meeker County15.6Roseau County: 15.6 %Roseau County15.6Big Stone County: 15.5 %Big Stone County15.5Fillmore County: 15.5 %Fillmore County15.5Red Lake County: 15.5 %Red Lake County15.5Becker County: 15.4 %Becker County15.4Pennington County: 15.4 %Pennington County15.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Mahnomen County24.5+0.1 pts
2Clearwater County18.8+2.6 pts
3Pine County18.1+1.4 pts
4Kanabec County17.8-0.5 pts
4Todd County17.8+1.6 pts
6Beltrami County17.5+1 pts
6Mille Lacs County17.5-1.9 pts
8Wadena County17.2-0.5 pts
9Cass County16.9+0.3 pts
10Nobles County16.7-0.6 pts
11Grant County16.60 pts
11Renville County16.6-0.9 pts
11Swift County16.6+1.8 pts
11Wilkin County16.6-0.7 pts
15Pipestone County16.50 pts
16Aitkin County16.40 pts
16Faribault County16.4+2.2 pts
16Morrison County16.4+0.6 pts
19Chippewa County16.3+3.3 pts
19Redwood County16.3+1.2 pts
21Carlton County16.2+1 pts
21Isanti County16.2+0.2 pts
23Freeborn County16.1-1.1 pts
24Benton County16+2 pts
24Itasca County16+1 pts
24Yellow Medicine County16-0.2 pts
27Koochiching County15.9-0.9 pts
27Norman County15.9+1 pts
27Traverse County15.9+1.1 pts
30Cottonwood County15.8-0.7 pts
30Mower County15.8-0.6 pts
32Sibley County15.7-0.4 pts
33Martin County15.6+1 pts
33Meeker County15.6+1.3 pts
33Roseau County15.6+0.9 pts
36Big Stone County15.5-0.9 pts
36Fillmore County15.5-0.5 pts
36Red Lake County15.5-0.8 pts
39Becker County15.4+1.2 pts
39Pennington County15.4+0.7 pts
39Rock County15.4-0.9 pts
39Waseca County15.4+0.1 pts
43Lake of the Woods County15.3-0.4 pts
43Marshall County15.3-0.8 pts
43Otter Tail County15.3-3 pts
43Polk County15.3+0.7 pts
47St. Louis County15.2-0.7 pts
48Lake County15.1-0.4 pts
49Lincoln County15-1 pts
50McLeod County14.9+0.4 pts
50Watonwan County14.9-1 pts
52Chisago County14.8-1.7 pts
52Crow Wing County14.8-0.1 pts
54Goodhue County14.7+1 pts
54Lyon County14.7-0.4 pts
56Brown County14.6-1.6 pts
56Murray County14.6-2.4 pts
56Pope County14.6-1.7 pts
59Kandiyohi County14.4+0.3 pts
60Kittson County14.3-2.1 pts
60Le Sueur County14.3-4.9 pts
62Hubbard County14.2-0.9 pts
62Sherburne County14.2-0.8 pts
62Steele County14.2+1.3 pts
65Jackson County14.1+1.1 pts
66Lac qui Parle County14-0.5 pts
66Stearns County14-0.7 pts
68Rice County13.9+0.1 pts
68Wabasha County13.9+1.2 pts
70Houston County13.8-2.5 pts
71Clay County13.7+0.3 pts
71Douglas County13.7-2.3 pts
71Nicollet County13.7-0.7 pts
74Anoka County13.6+1.5 pts
75Blue Earth County13.5-3.2 pts
75Dodge County13.5+0.9 pts
77Stevens County13.1-0.5 pts
78Cook County13+0.8 pts
78Winona County13-0.7 pts
80Wright County12.8-1.7 pts
81Ramsey County12.5-2.9 pts
82Scott County12.2-2.1 pts
83Carver County11.30 pts
83Dakota County11.3-0.2 pts
85Olmsted County11.2-1.2 pts
86Hennepin County11.1-0.8 pts
87Washington County10.9+2.1 pts

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Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. 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 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, 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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Minnesota by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023) [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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Minnesota by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/minnesota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Minnesota by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/minnesota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Mahnomen County, with 24.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Washington County, with 10.9% in 2023.

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