Counties in Minnesota by personal income

Hennepin County had the highest personal income of 87 counties in 2018, at $92.98 billion. Traverse County had the lowest, at $171.67 million. The median was $1.02 billion and the figure for Minnesota was $317.48 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest92,981Hennepin County

Lowest171.7Traverse County

Median1,018.687 counties

Minnesota317,480.7History

Map of counties, 2018

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600 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,700
1,700 to 2,800
2,800 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	Hennepin County	92,981	+6.6%
2	Ramsey County	29,289.6	+4.4%
3	Dakota County	25,598.9	+4.8%
4	Anoka County	18,035.6	+4.4%
5	Washington County	17,330.1	+4.5%
6	St. Louis County	9,321.8	+6.5%
7	Scott County	9,039	+6.9%
8	Olmsted County	9,032.2	+6%
9	Carver County	7,383.5	+5.6%
10	Stearns County	7,341.3	+4.7%
11	Wright County	6,886	+6.3%
12	Sherburne County	4,480.6	+3.4%
13	Blue Earth County	2,999.8	+6%
14	Rice County	2,896.2	+4.6%
15	Crow Wing County	2,861.1	+3.9%
16	Otter Tail County	2,735.5	+3.3%
17	Chisago County	2,714.1	+5.1%
18	Clay County	2,707.1	+4.6%
19	Goodhue County	2,454.3	+4.7%
20	Winona County	2,379.5	+1.2%
21	Kandiyohi County	2,216	+0.3%
22	Itasca County	1,970.1	+7.3%
23	Douglas County	1,933.2	+3.3%
24	Beltrami County	1,922.1	+6%
25	Mower County	1,819.8	+2.5%
26	Benton County	1,776.9	+3%
27	Isanti County	1,768.3	+6.3%
28	McLeod County	1,719.9	+5.4%
29	Steele County	1,685.8	+2.3%
30	Nicollet County	1,652.1	+3.7%
31	Becker County	1,596.7	+4.6%
32	Carlton County	1,524.5	+5.2%
33	Polk County	1,438.1	+3.5%
34	Morrison County	1,396.2	+4%
35	Le Sueur County	1,390.4	+6.4%
36	Cass County	1,367.5	+4.2%
37	Freeborn County	1,347.4	+2.7%
38	Brown County	1,299.8	+4.4%
39	Lyon County	1,231.6	+0.8%
40	Mille Lacs County	1,089.6	+5.1%
41	Pine County	1,088.9	+4.3%
42	Todd County	1,030.7	+3.9%
43	Wabasha County	1,022.8	+3.3%
44	Hubbard County	1,018.6	+9.9%
45	Meeker County	1,013.3	+4.3%
46	Martin County	1,002.4	+5.8%
47	Dodge County	947.9	+5%
48	Nobles County	945.5	+2.8%
49	Houston County	935.8	+3.2%
50	Fillmore County	918.7	+2%
51	Pennington County	783.1	+8.8%
52	Waseca County	779.3	-1.1%
53	Roseau County	740.5	+7.4%
54	Redwood County	734.7	+5.6%
55	Renville County	719.4	+2.4%
56	Sibley County	688.2	+4%
57	Kanabec County	676.5	+3.5%
58	Aitkin County	633.9	+6.6%
59	Faribault County	558.8	+3.5%
60	Chippewa County	552.1	+2.6%
61	Pope County	547.8	+4.9%
62	Wadena County	539	+4.5%
63	Koochiching County	521.5	+9.5%
64	Cottonwood County	521.3	+5.3%
65	Lake County	509.7	+8.3%
66	Jackson County	499.5	+3.1%
67	Yellow Medicine County	491.2	+4.9%
68	Pipestone County	486.7	+2.8%
69	Marshall County	486.5	+7.7%
70	Watonwan County	473.3	+4.5%
71	Rock County	471.4	+1.4%
72	Swift County	446.5	+1%
73	Stevens County	441.9	+0.3%
74	Murray County	415	+5%
75	Clearwater County	381.9	+6.9%
76	Wilkin County	326.2	+1.5%
77	Lac qui Parle County	322.2	+1.5%
78	Cook County	288.1	+6.4%
79	Grant County	274.5	+2.5%
80	Big Stone County	256.6	+1.3%
81	Lincoln County	247.6	-1.4%
82	Norman County	241.4	+2.6%
83	Kittson County	209	+2.8%
84	Lake of the Woods County	203.2	+3.8%
85	Red Lake County	196.5	+4.6%
86	Mahnomen County	190.8	+4.5%
87	Traverse County	171.7	-0.1%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/minnesota-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Hennepin County, with $92.98 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Traverse County, with $171.67 million in 2018.

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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.