Counties in Minnesota by personal income

Hennepin County had the highest personal income of 87 counties in 2016, at $83.67 billion. Traverse County had the lowest, at $167.79 million. The median was $902.37 million and the figure for Minnesota was $288.78 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest83,670.2Hennepin County

Lowest167.8Traverse County

Median902.487 counties

Minnesota288,778.3History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 400
400 to 600
600 to 900
900 to 1,500
1,500 to 2,600
2,600 and over

USD million, 2016. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 USD million	Change on 2015
1	Hennepin County	83,670.2	+2.7%
2	Ramsey County	27,149.7	+3%
3	Dakota County	23,300.1	+3.5%
4	Anoka County	16,466.1	+2.7%
5	Washington County	15,650.4	+3.1%
6	St. Louis County	8,467.8	-0.8%
7	Olmsted County	8,116.5	+4%
8	Scott County	8,015.5	+5.4%
9	Stearns County	6,663.5	+0.4%
10	Carver County	6,539.4	+2.6%
11	Wright County	6,182.7	+3.8%
12	Sherburne County	4,076.3	+4.4%
13	Blue Earth County	2,749.3	-0.7%
14	Crow Wing County	2,647.9	+3.2%
15	Rice County	2,639	+1.3%
16	Clay County	2,526.6	+0.3%
17	Otter Tail County	2,517.5	+0.6%
18	Chisago County	2,442	+3.1%
19	Winona County	2,313.6	+2.4%
20	Goodhue County	2,261.2	-0.5%
21	Kandiyohi County	2,080.6	+0.1%
22	Douglas County	1,884	+3.2%
23	Itasca County	1,788.4	-1%
24	Beltrami County	1,754.2	+3.5%
25	Mower County	1,718.9	-1.7%
26	Benton County	1,627.4	+3.2%
27	Isanti County	1,597.8	+5.1%
28	McLeod County	1,592.1	+1.2%
29	Steele County	1,542.9	+0.5%
30	Nicollet County	1,494.4	-0.4%
31	Becker County	1,469.5	+2.6%
32	Carlton County	1,396	+2.4%
33	Polk County	1,363	+1.2%
34	Morrison County	1,273.4	-0.1%
35	Le Sueur County	1,258.2	+3.5%
36	Cass County	1,252	+4.7%
37	Freeborn County	1,234.1	-1.9%
38	Brown County	1,212.3	+0.8%
39	Lyon County	1,143.5	-2.4%
40	Pine County	1,002.9	+3.1%
41	Mille Lacs County	996.9	+2.5%
42	Wabasha County	938.9	+0.9%
43	Meeker County	916.4	-1.2%
44	Martin County	902.4	-4.6%
45	Todd County	894.5	-1.4%
46	Fillmore County	889.7	-2.3%
47	Houston County	882.6	+3.1%
48	Nobles County	871.8	-8%
49	Hubbard County	859.9	+7.9%
50	Dodge County	855.5	-0.4%
51	Waseca County	788.1	-7.8%
52	Redwood County	715.1	-10.2%
53	Pennington County	692.1	+2%
54	Roseau County	673.7	-1.8%
55	Renville County	672.6	-7.7%
56	Kanabec County	634.6	+4.3%
57	Sibley County	628.5	-2.7%
58	Aitkin County	568.9	+3%
59	Chippewa County	520.3	-1.1%
60	Faribault County	515.7	-8.2%
61	Wadena County	497.8	+0.4%
62	Pope County	496	-1.9%
63	Koochiching County	467.5	+0.3%
64	Yellow Medicine County	462.7	-8.2%
65	Cottonwood County	460.2	-7.1%
66	Jackson County	456.8	-5.2%
67	Marshall County	453.3	+1.2%
68	Lake County	449.8	-2.8%
69	Swift County	449.2	-9.7%
70	Watonwan County	434.3	+1.7%
71	Stevens County	432.9	-7.1%
72	Rock County	426.7	-8.5%
73	Pipestone County	425	-7.2%
74	Murray County	372.4	-10.5%
75	Clearwater County	341.3	+1.9%
76	Wilkin County	312.2	-1.2%
77	Lac qui Parle County	311	-3.7%
78	Grant County	260	-6.4%
79	Cook County	259.9	+3.4%
80	Big Stone County	242.3	-4.3%
81	Lincoln County	230.4	-4.1%
82	Norman County	223.7	-3.1%
83	Kittson County	199.6	-3.5%
84	Lake of the Woods County	181.7	-2.6%
85	Mahnomen County	178.8	+0.8%
86	Red Lake County	174.2	-0.7%
87	Traverse County	167.8	-10%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

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.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Minnesota by personal income, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Minnesota by personal income, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/minnesota-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Minnesota by personal income, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/minnesota-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Minnesota by personal income, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/minnesota-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Hennepin County, with $83.67 billion in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Traverse County, with $167.79 million in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.