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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Minnesota

Minnesota's senior poverty rate is 8.4%, and 28.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 87 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

8.4%

Senior poverty (65+)

28.7%

Seniors living alone

35.3%

Senior SNAP take-up

$59,382

Senior median income

Minnesota by county

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Minnesota at a glance

Seniors in poverty

78K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

8.4%

Ages 65+

Living alone

28.7%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

35.3%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$59,382

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.37

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 87 counties in Minnesota.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Kittson 17.1%
  2. 2 Cottonwood 14.8%
  3. 3 Clearwater 14.2%
  4. 4 Wilkin 14.0%
  5. 5 Lincoln 13.7%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Clay 34.2%
  2. 2 Ramsey 33.9%
  3. 3 Pipestone 33.5%
  4. 4 Hennepin 32.7%
  5. 5 Pennington 32.5%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Hennepin 186K
  2. 2 Ramsey 80K
  3. 3 Dakota 66K
  4. 4 Anoka 54K
  5. 5 Washington 43K

Every county in Minnesota

All 87 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Aitkin 10.5% 26.0% 49.3% $46,908 5,264 0.35
Anoka 7.5% 25.6% 38.7% $63,071 54,207 0.28
Becker 8.6% 27.6% 35.0% $57,238 7,473 0.35
Beltrami 10.0% 26.5% 28.7% $53,982 7,503 0.35
Benton 9.9% 27.8% 35.6% $48,533 5,285 0.38
Big Stone 8.4% 27.6% 45.8% $46,507 1,244 0.34
Blue Earth 7.0% 23.4% 19.6% $63,573 9,686 0.21
Brown 9.9% 30.0% 44.9% $51,268 5,292 0.43
Carlton 12.5% 26.6% 34.3% $51,103 6,268 0.41
Carver 5.9% 23.0% 36.9% $67,675 14,750 0.18
Cass 9.8% 23.0% 43.2% $56,174 8,045 0.27
Chippewa 8.5% 31.1% 37.7% $51,976 2,435 0.42
Chisago 6.7% 24.7% 36.6% $57,337 9,232 0.24
Clay 8.7% 34.2% 25.6% $54,084 8,716 0.50
Clearwater 14.2% 28.0% 53.2% $43,875 1,696 0.48
Cook 4.9% 25.2% 20.2% $71,913 1,668 0.21
Cottonwood 14.8% 25.9% 50.9% $48,092 2,423 0.45
Crow Wing 8.5% 25.7% 31.9% $58,677 15,485 0.30
Dakota 6.0% 27.7% 34.1% $68,515 66,420 0.29
Dodge 4.5% 24.0% 32.7% $56,886 3,109 0.17
Douglas 6.9% 24.4% 43.1% $58,040 9,054 0.23
Faribault 10.8% 28.5% 24.3% $48,750 3,058 0.42
Fillmore 8.3% 25.0% 41.8% $51,458 4,285 0.28
Freeborn 6.9% 30.0% 40.5% $46,526 6,710 0.36
Goodhue 9.1% 27.0% 36.8% $59,708 8,979 0.34
Grant 9.7% 26.5% 24.7% $54,457 1,376 0.35
Hennepin 8.6% 32.7% 35.2% $67,362 185,697 0.46
Houston 8.8% 26.1% 47.5% $54,556 4,178 0.32
Hubbard 10.1% 25.5% 42.8% $57,237 5,554 0.33
Isanti 8.2% 28.7% 38.9% $51,015 6,941 0.36
Itasca 9.0% 24.3% 35.2% $51,224 10,922 0.28
Jackson 9.4% 30.6% 43.1% $47,067 2,186 0.43
Kanabec 9.5% 25.2% 41.5% $46,964 3,346 0.31
Kandiyohi 7.9% 25.7% 33.1% $62,592 8,236 0.29
Kittson 17.1% 28.1% 51.2% $48,333 971 0.55
Koochiching 7.1% 28.9% 42.4% $51,584 3,135 0.34
Lac qui Parle 7.2% 26.1% 38.8% $55,045 1,713 0.28
Lake 7.0% 27.0% 24.1% $58,713 2,827 0.30
Lake of the Woods 9.3% 28.1% 56.1% $49,000 931 0.37
Le Sueur 6.1% 24.1% 34.2% $60,657 5,165 0.21
Lincoln 13.7% 32.3% 52.5% $46,923 1,212 0.57
Lyon 12.2% 31.3% 40.8% $44,985 4,172 0.51
Mahnomen 13.0% 28.9% 35.1% $40,809 905 0.48
Marshall 7.3% 27.4% 47.5% $54,758 1,944 0.31
Martin 11.0% 31.1% 48.7% $44,844 4,581 0.48
McLeod 9.6% 29.4% 22.8% $52,360 6,851 0.41
Meeker 9.9% 25.9% 39.9% $49,117 4,628 0.34
Mille Lacs 9.6% 27.7% 39.9% $48,655 4,672 0.37
Morrison 11.2% 27.0% 33.3% $40,891 6,738 0.39
Mower 8.5% 24.6% 24.9% $55,487 7,101 0.27
Murray 9.5% 26.9% 64.4% $50,441 2,035 0.35
Nicollet 8.0% 32.3% 25.9% $55,898 5,669 0.44
Nobles 13.5% 25.3% 32.1% $51,211 3,567 0.40
Norman 7.8% 28.0% 27.8% $51,607 1,274 0.34
Olmsted 7.0% 24.5% 35.3% $64,164 25,604 0.24
Otter Tail 9.1% 25.8% 38.6% $51,865 14,313 0.32
Pennington 6.8% 32.5% 28.1% $51,362 2,503 0.42
Pine 9.5% 28.5% 46.5% $48,090 6,341 0.39
Pipestone 9.2% 33.5% 16.2% $46,642 1,778 0.49
Polk 9.8% 27.2% 30.0% $48,084 5,373 0.36
Pope 11.3% 30.9% 57.2% $52,696 2,686 0.48
Ramsey 9.1% 33.9% 35.8% $61,775 80,493 0.50
Red Lake 12.7% 31.4% 45.4% $41,167 866 0.53
Redwood 12.5% 27.2% 30.7% $47,158 3,199 0.42
Renville 9.4% 28.5% 31.9% $50,300 2,883 0.38
Rice 7.5% 28.2% 30.2% $58,710 10,533 0.33
Rock 8.4% 26.9% 42.1% $52,125 1,753 0.33
Roseau 10.5% 28.4% 28.0% $47,785 2,677 0.41
Scott 5.9% 23.9% 46.0% $69,099 18,192 0.20
Sherburne 8.6% 26.9% 32.2% $53,659 11,517 0.33
Sibley 11.2% 28.5% 34.4% $51,031 2,765 0.43
St. Louis 9.7% 30.6% 32.5% $53,378 40,029 0.44
Stearns 10.0% 27.8% 28.5% $53,139 24,239 0.38
Steele 7.5% 30.9% 36.3% $54,384 6,727 0.40
Stevens 5.7% 28.2% 19.8% $59,271 1,541 0.29
Swift 8.7% 31.9% 30.3% $42,731 2,184 0.45
Todd 9.4% 22.8% 38.3% $47,464 5,494 0.25
Traverse 8.2% 31.2% 20.2% $54,868 759 0.42
Wabasha 8.5% 25.8% 34.5% $56,142 4,738 0.30
Wadena 9.6% 27.5% 36.8% $38,828 2,559 0.37
Waseca 6.8% 25.0% 49.0% $49,805 3,350 0.25
Washington 6.4% 25.6% 39.7% $75,013 43,236 0.25
Watonwan 6.9% 30.6% 42.0% $50,909 2,154 0.38
Wilkin 14.0% 32.5% 37.0% $43,958 1,146 0.58
Winona 11.8% 29.3% 28.4% $53,933 8,651 0.46
Wright 7.7% 26.1% 41.7% $55,642 18,872 0.29
Yellow Medicine 9.6% 25.6% 33.6% $51,667 1,927 0.32

Senior food help in Minnesota

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Minnesota senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Minnesota, and benefit amounts.

Minnesota SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Minnesota's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Minnesota food pantries