Counties in Minnesota by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)

Hennepin County had the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census) of 78 counties in 2017, at $23.6 billion. Big Stone County had the lowest, at $897,000. The median was $664.89 million and the figure for Minnesota was $122.01 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest23,595.6Hennepin County
Median664.978 counties
Minnesota122,013.5History

Map of counties, 2017

Aitkin County: 83.5 USD millionAnoka County: 7,087.7 USD millionBecker County: 492.4 USD millionBeltrami County: 346.6 USD millionBenton County: 824 USD millionBig Stone County: 0.9 USD millionBlue Earth County: 3,284.1 USD millionBrown County: 1,633.8 USD millionCarlton County: 813.7 USD millionCarver County: 3,173.2 USD millionCass County: 50.8 USD millionChippewa County: 301.2 USD millionChisago County: 575 USD millionClay County: 368.5 USD millionCook County: 14.1 USD millionCottonwood County: 455.4 USD millionCrow Wing County: 463.9 USD millionDakota County: 12,835.4 USD millionDodge County: 1,023 USD millionDouglas County: 1,103.6 USD millionFaribault County: 279.4 USD millionFillmore County: 248 USD millionFreeborn County: 962.3 USD millionGoodhue County: 1,589.3 USD millionGrant County: 20.4 USD millionHennepin County: 23,595.6 USD millionHouston County: 83.9 USD millionHubbard County: 369.4 USD millionIsanti County: 350 USD millionItasca County: 564.6 USD millionJackson County: 447 USD millionKanabec County: 112.4 USD millionKandiyohi County: 1,034.4 USD millionKittson County: 356.6 USD millionLac qui Parle County: 338.3 USD millionLake County: 227.4 USD millionLe Sueur County: 992.3 USD millionLincoln County: 6.6 USD millionLyon County: 1,082 USD millionMcLeod County: 2,309.4 USD millionMarshall County: 82.8 USD millionMartin County: 1,389 USD millionMeeker County: 933.2 USD millionMille Lacs County: 155 USD millionMorrison County: 420.7 USD millionMower County: 1,441.1 USD millionNicollet County: 864.7 USD millionNobles County: 2,082 USD millionOlmsted County: 2,082.4 USD millionOtter Tail County: 1,726.8 USD millionPennington County: 918.2 USD millionPine County: 57.7 USD millionPipestone County: 120.6 USD millionPolk County: 1,207.3 USD millionPope County: 195.3 USD millionRamsey County: 6,540.7 USD millionRedwood County: 341.3 USD millionRenville County: 521.3 USD millionRice County: 1,629.3 USD millionRock County: 118.9 USD millionSt. Louis County: 1,340.3 USD millionScott County: 3,252 USD millionSherburne County: 1,106.4 USD millionSibley County: 913 USD millionStearns County: 4,314.8 USD millionSteele County: 1,526.4 USD millionStevens County: 325.7 USD millionSwift County: 754.8 USD millionTodd County: 1,001.1 USD millionTraverse County: 5.6 USD millionWabasha County: 511.8 USD millionWadena County: 44.8 USD millionWaseca County: 914.9 USD millionWashington County: 6,677.1 USD millionWatonwan County: 502.1 USD millionWinona County: 1,565.7 USD millionWright County: 1,650.5 USD millionYellow Medicine County: 128.7 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Hennepin County: 23,595.6 USD millionHennepin County23,595.6Dakota County: 12,835.4 USD millionDakota County12,835.4Anoka County: 7,087.7 USD millionAnoka County7,087.7Washington County: 6,677.1 USD millionWashington County6,677.1Ramsey County: 6,540.7 USD millionRamsey County6,540.7Stearns County: 4,314.8 USD millionStearns County4,314.8Blue Earth County: 3,284.1 USD millionBlue Earth County3,284.1Scott County: 3,252 USD millionScott County3,252Carver County: 3,173.2 USD millionCarver County3,173.2McLeod County: 2,309.4 USD millionMcLeod County2,309.4Olmsted County: 2,082.4 USD millionOlmsted County2,082.4Nobles County: 2,082 USD millionNobles County2,082Otter Tail County: 1,726.8 USD millionOtter Tail County1,726.8Wright County: 1,650.5 USD millionWright County1,650.5Brown County: 1,633.8 USD millionBrown County1,633.8Rice County: 1,629.3 USD millionRice County1,629.3Goodhue County: 1,589.3 USD millionGoodhue County1,589.3Winona County: 1,565.7 USD millionWinona County1,565.7Steele County: 1,526.4 USD millionSteele County1,526.4Mower County: 1,441.1 USD millionMower County1,441.1Martin County: 1,389 USD millionMartin County1,389St. Louis County: 1,340.3 USD millionSt. Louis County1,340.3Polk County: 1,207.3 USD millionPolk County1,207.3Sherburne County: 1,106.4 USD millionSherburne County1,106.4Douglas County: 1,103.6 USD millionDouglas County1,103.6Lyon County: 1,082 USD millionLyon County1,082Kandiyohi County: 1,034.4 USD millionKandiyohi County1,034.4Dodge County: 1,023 USD millionDodge County1,023Todd County: 1,001.1 USD millionTodd County1,001.1Le Sueur County: 992.3 USD millionLe Sueur County992.3Freeborn County: 962.3 USD millionFreeborn County962.3Meeker County: 933.2 USD millionMeeker County933.2Pennington County: 918.2 USD millionPennington County918.2Waseca County: 914.9 USD millionWaseca County914.9Sibley County: 913 USD millionSibley County913Nicollet County: 864.7 USD millionNicollet County864.7Benton County: 824 USD millionBenton County824Carlton County: 813.7 USD millionCarlton County813.7Swift County: 754.8 USD millionSwift County754.8Chisago County: 575 USD millionChisago County575Hennepin County: 23,595.6 USD millionHennepin County23,595.6Dakota County: 12,835.4 USD millionDakota County12,835.4Anoka County: 7,087.7 USD millionAnoka County7,087.7Washington County: 6,677.1 USD millionWashington County6,677.1Ramsey County: 6,540.7 USD millionRamsey County6,540.7Stearns County: 4,314.8 USD millionStearns County4,314.8Blue Earth County: 3,284.1 USD millionBlue Earth County3,284.1Scott County: 3,252 USD millionScott County3,252Carver County: 3,173.2 USD millionCarver County3,173.2McLeod County: 2,309.4 USD millionMcLeod County2,309.4Olmsted County: 2,082.4 USD millionOlmsted County2,082.4Nobles County: 2,082 USD millionNobles County2,082Otter Tail County: 1,726.8 USD millionOtter Tail County1,726.8Wright County: 1,650.5 USD millionWright County1,650.5Brown County: 1,633.8 USD millionBrown County1,633.8Rice County: 1,629.3 USD millionRice County1,629.3Goodhue County: 1,589.3 USD millionGoodhue County1,589.3Winona County: 1,565.7 USD millionWinona County1,565.7Steele County: 1,526.4 USD millionSteele County1,526.4Mower County: 1,441.1 USD millionMower County1,441.1Martin County: 1,389 USD millionMartin County1,389St. Louis County: 1,340.3 USD millionSt. Louis County1,340.3Polk County: 1,207.3 USD millionPolk County1,207.3Sherburne County: 1,106.4 USD millionSherburne County1,106.4Douglas County: 1,103.6 USD millionDouglas County1,103.6Lyon County: 1,082 USD millionLyon County1,082Kandiyohi County: 1,034.4 USD millionKandiyohi County1,034.4Dodge County: 1,023 USD millionDodge County1,023Todd County: 1,001.1 USD millionTodd County1,001.1Le Sueur County: 992.3 USD millionLe Sueur County992.3Freeborn County: 962.3 USD millionFreeborn County962.3Meeker County: 933.2 USD millionMeeker County933.2Pennington County: 918.2 USD millionPennington County918.2Waseca County: 914.9 USD millionWaseca County914.9Sibley County: 913 USD millionSibley County913Nicollet County: 864.7 USD millionNicollet County864.7Benton County: 824 USD millionBenton County824Carlton County: 813.7 USD millionCarlton County813.7Swift County: 754.8 USD millionSwift County754.8Chisago County: 575 USD millionChisago County575
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017
USD million
1Hennepin County23,595.6
2Dakota County12,835.4
3Anoka County7,087.7
4Washington County6,677.1
5Ramsey County6,540.7
6Stearns County4,314.8
7Blue Earth County3,284.1
8Scott County3,252
9Carver County3,173.2
10McLeod County2,309.4
11Olmsted County2,082.4
12Nobles County2,082
13Otter Tail County1,726.8
14Wright County1,650.5
15Brown County1,633.8
16Rice County1,629.3
17Goodhue County1,589.3
18Winona County1,565.7
19Steele County1,526.4
20Mower County1,441.1
21Martin County1,389
22St. Louis County1,340.3
23Polk County1,207.3
24Sherburne County1,106.4
25Douglas County1,103.6
26Lyon County1,082
27Kandiyohi County1,034.4
28Dodge County1,023
29Todd County1,001.1
30Le Sueur County992.3
31Freeborn County962.3
32Meeker County933.2
33Pennington County918.2
34Waseca County914.9
35Sibley County913
36Nicollet County864.7
37Benton County824
38Carlton County813.7
39Swift County754.8
40Chisago County575
41Itasca County564.6
42Renville County521.3
43Wabasha County511.8
44Watonwan County502.1
45Becker County492.4
46Crow Wing County463.9
47Cottonwood County455.4
48Jackson County447
49Morrison County420.7
50Hubbard County369.4
51Clay County368.5
52Kittson County356.6
53Isanti County350
54Beltrami County346.6
55Redwood County341.3
56Lac qui Parle County338.3
57Stevens County325.7
58Chippewa County301.2
59Faribault County279.4
60Fillmore County248
61Lake County227.4
62Pope County195.3
63Mille Lacs County155
64Yellow Medicine County128.7
65Pipestone County120.6
66Rock County118.9
67Kanabec County112.4
68Houston County83.9
69Aitkin County83.5
70Marshall County82.8
71Pine County57.7
72Cass County50.8
73Wadena County44.8
74Grant County20.4
75Cook County14.1
76Lincoln County6.6
77Traverse County5.6
78Big Stone County0.9

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, Counties in Minnesota by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/minnesota-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

Hennepin County, with $23.6 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

Big Stone County, with $897,000 in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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