# Counties in Minnesota by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2025

All 23 values come from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable. 17 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `aqi_unhealthy_sensitive_or_worse_days_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Days with a daily Air Quality Index above 100 (unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy, very unhealthy or hazardous) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; the counts are stored with each value.
- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Louis County | 6.3 |
| 2 | Beltrami County | 4.7 |
| 3 | Lake County | 4.2 |
| 4 | Blue Earth County | 3.9 |
| 5 | Crow Wing County | 3.8 |
| 6 | Cass County | 3.6 |
| 7 | Becker County | 3.5 |
| 8 | Carlton County | 3.4 |
| 8 | Cook County | 3.4 |
| 10 | Stearns County | 3.1 |
| 11 | Wright County | 2.9 |
| 12 | Dakota County | 2.7 |
| 12 | Hennepin County | 2.7 |
| 14 | Anoka County | 2.5 |
| 14 | Ramsey County | 2.5 |
| 16 | Olmsted County | 2.3 |
| 17 | Scott County | 2.2 |
| 18 | Lyon County | 1.9 |
| 19 | Goodhue County | 0 |
| 19 | Mille Lacs County | 0 |
| 19 | Pine County | 0 |
| 19 | Washington County | 0 |
| 19 | Winona County | 0 |