# Counties in Minnesota by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 87 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mahnomen County | 18.3 |
| 2 | Beltrami County | 16.1 |
| 3 | Blue Earth County | 15.7 |
| 4 | Cottonwood County | 15 |
| 5 | Winona County | 14.8 |
| 6 | Chippewa County | 14.5 |
| 7 | Wilkin County | 14.1 |
| 8 | Nobles County | 14 |
| 9 | Redwood County | 13.3 |
| 10 | Clay County | 13.3 |
| 11 | St. Louis County | 13.2 |
| 12 | Watonwan County | 13.2 |
| 13 | Martin County | 13.1 |
| 14 | Aitkin County | 13.1 |
| 15 | Big Stone County | 12.9 |
| 16 | Becker County | 12.9 |
| 17 | Stearns County | 12.9 |
| 18 | Cass County | 12.8 |
| 19 | Clearwater County | 12.6 |
| 20 | Wadena County | 12.5 |
| 21 | Ramsey County | 12.3 |
| 22 | Itasca County | 12.2 |
| 23 | Lyon County | 12.2 |
| 24 | Roseau County | 12.2 |
| 25 | Swift County | 12 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 12 |
| 27 | Carlton County | 11.9 |
| 28 | Polk County | 11.9 |
| 29 | Grant County | 11.6 |
| 30 | Todd County | 11.5 |
| 31 | Traverse County | 11.3 |
| 32 | Pine County | 11.1 |
| 32 | Stevens County | 11.1 |
| 34 | Renville County | 11 |
| 35 | Morrison County | 11 |
| 36 | Koochiching County | 10.9 |
| 37 | Hubbard County | 10.8 |
| 38 | Freeborn County | 10.6 |
| 39 | Rock County | 10.6 |
| 40 | Pipestone County | 10.5 |
| 41 | Pennington County | 10.5 |
| 42 | Mower County | 10.4 |
| 43 | Mille Lacs County | 10.4 |
| 44 | Faribault County | 10.4 |
| 45 | Rice County | 10.2 |
| 46 | Cook County | 10.2 |
| 47 | Norman County | 10.1 |
| 48 | Kanabec County | 10 |
| 49 | Hennepin County | 10 |
| 50 | Benton County | 9.9 |
| 50 | Crow Wing County | 9.9 |
| 52 | Pope County | 9.4 |
| 53 | Murray County | 9.3 |
| 54 | Goodhue County | 9.3 |
| 55 | Kittson County | 9.1 |
| 56 | Kandiyohi County | 9.1 |
| 57 | Meeker County | 9.1 |
| 58 | Sibley County | 9 |
| 59 | Douglas County | 9 |
| 60 | Otter Tail County | 8.7 |
| 61 | McLeod County | 8.7 |
| 62 | Jackson County | 8.6 |
| 63 | Lake County | 8.6 |
| 63 | Yellow Medicine County | 8.6 |
| 65 | Brown County | 8.5 |
| 66 | Fillmore County | 8.4 |
| 67 | Steele County | 8.3 |
| 68 | Marshall County | 8.3 |
| 69 | Lac qui Parle County | 8.1 |
| 70 | Nicollet County | 8 |
| 71 | Olmsted County | 7.5 |
| 71 | Waseca County | 7.5 |
| 73 | Isanti County | 7.5 |
| 74 | Red Lake County | 7.2 |
| 75 | Wabasha County | 7.1 |
| 76 | Dodge County | 7 |
| 77 | Anoka County | 7 |
| 78 | Houston County | 6.6 |
| 79 | Le Sueur County | 6.4 |
| 80 | Lake of the Woods County | 6.4 |
| 81 | Chisago County | 6 |
| 82 | Dakota County | 5.9 |
| 83 | Wright County | 5.2 |
| 84 | Washington County | 5.1 |
| 85 | Sherburne County | 5.1 |
| 86 | Scott County | 4.6 |
| 87 | Carver County | 4.4 |