PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
Minnesota
Minnesota had an overall SNAP participation rate of 7.6% across 87 counties, with a coverage gap of 55.4% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
7.6%
SNAP participation
55.4%
Poverty coverage gap
174K
SNAP households
$87,556
Median income
Minnesota by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Minnesota. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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Minnesota at a glance
SNAP households
174K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
7.6%
All households
Poverty coverage
44.6%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
35.3%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
49.1%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
55.4%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 87 counties in Minnesota.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Lake of the Woods 80.3%
- 2 Scott 77.6%
- 3 Carver 76.0%
- 4 Wright 75.9%
- 5 Todd 75.8%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Mahnomen 52.8%
- 2 Benton 49.4%
- 3 Polk 48.4%
- 4 Hubbard 47.3%
- 5 Pipestone 47.0%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Mahnomen 21.6%
- 2 Wadena 15.9%
- 3 Traverse 14.0%
- 4 Beltrami 13.8%
- 5 Clearwater 12.9%
Every county in Minnesota
All 87 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin | 8.0% | 26.4% | 73.6% | 49.3% | 62.8% | 57.2% | $59,498 |
| Anoka | 6.7% | 33.5% | 66.5% | 38.7% | 48.2% | 66.2% | $98,764 |
| Becker | 9.9% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 35.0% | 51.1% | 50.8% | $71,117 |
| Beltrami | 13.8% | 45.9% | 54.1% | 28.7% | 45.6% | 53.4% | $67,257 |
| Benton | 8.7% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 35.6% | 44.9% | 40.1% | $71,480 |
| Big Stone | 8.8% | 41.6% | 58.4% | 45.8% | 43.2% | 45.8% | $65,475 |
| Blue Earth | 7.9% | 26.5% | 73.5% | 19.6% | 57.4% | 44.9% | $72,623 |
| Brown | 5.9% | 25.9% | 74.2% | 44.9% | 55.7% | 59.8% | $68,690 |
| Carlton | 7.2% | 39.5% | 60.5% | 34.3% | 53.4% | 51.2% | $80,042 |
| Carver | 3.1% | 24.0% | 76.0% | 36.9% | 51.6% | 64.2% | $123,144 |
| Cass | 10.6% | 33.1% | 66.9% | 43.2% | 53.9% | 60.8% | $64,937 |
| Chippewa | 7.6% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 37.7% | 39.2% | 40.0% | $69,192 |
| Chisago | 5.1% | 33.5% | 66.5% | 36.6% | 49.4% | 57.2% | $98,260 |
| Clay | 8.8% | 31.5% | 68.5% | 25.6% | 64.9% | 46.7% | $77,664 |
| Clearwater | 12.9% | 36.4% | 63.6% | 53.2% | 60.0% | 59.7% | $64,934 |
| Cook | 6.4% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 20.2% | 37.6% | 57.2% | $71,643 |
| Cottonwood | 8.3% | 38.1% | 61.9% | 50.9% | 35.6% | 36.9% | $68,239 |
| Crow Wing | 8.1% | 37.1% | 62.9% | 31.9% | 63.0% | 51.8% | $71,343 |
| Dakota | 4.8% | 30.4% | 69.6% | 34.1% | 46.6% | 61.8% | $105,212 |
| Dodge | 3.7% | 32.2% | 67.8% | 32.7% | 54.2% | 50.5% | $92,943 |
| Douglas | 5.4% | 29.6% | 70.4% | 43.1% | 51.2% | 46.5% | $77,264 |
| Faribault | 9.7% | 34.8% | 65.2% | 24.3% | 38.2% | 52.3% | $64,391 |
| Fillmore | 7.3% | 32.7% | 67.3% | 41.8% | 51.6% | 61.1% | $75,225 |
| Freeborn | 9.4% | 33.8% | 66.2% | 40.5% | 53.8% | 63.9% | $69,012 |
| Goodhue | 7.1% | 36.4% | 63.6% | 36.8% | 49.5% | 44.3% | $82,749 |
| Grant | 7.1% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 24.7% | 58.4% | 56.2% | $72,957 |
| Hennepin | 7.9% | 36.9% | 63.1% | 35.2% | 48.7% | 54.1% | $96,339 |
| Houston | 4.0% | 24.4% | 75.6% | 47.5% | 44.8% | 48.5% | $77,087 |
| Hubbard | 9.1% | 47.3% | 52.7% | 42.8% | 54.9% | 38.5% | $70,622 |
| Isanti | 6.7% | 38.0% | 62.1% | 38.9% | 57.0% | 55.9% | $86,573 |
| Itasca | 10.6% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 35.2% | 57.2% | 47.5% | $66,380 |
| Jackson | 5.7% | 32.5% | 67.5% | 43.1% | 55.3% | 44.3% | $69,955 |
| Kanabec | 9.3% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 41.5% | 44.3% | 61.0% | $71,915 |
| Kandiyohi | 10.7% | 38.5% | 61.6% | 33.1% | 52.9% | 62.1% | $75,097 |
| Kittson | 4.8% | 25.4% | 74.6% | 51.2% | 44.0% | 46.4% | $69,615 |
| Koochiching | 9.2% | 43.3% | 56.7% | 42.4% | 56.1% | 54.9% | $69,115 |
| Lac qui Parle | 8.5% | 40.5% | 59.5% | 38.8% | 56.3% | 53.9% | $71,639 |
| Lake | 8.4% | 37.5% | 62.5% | 24.1% | 59.3% | 54.9% | $75,621 |
| Lake of the Woods | 4.9% | 19.7% | 80.3% | 56.1% | 69.5% | 63.4% | $70,091 |
| Le Sueur | 6.3% | 32.6% | 67.4% | 34.2% | 49.2% | 59.5% | $90,218 |
| Lincoln | 6.7% | 26.6% | 73.4% | 52.5% | 62.3% | 54.9% | $67,715 |
| Lyon | 9.4% | 36.6% | 63.4% | 40.8% | 64.7% | 46.7% | $72,761 |
| Mahnomen | 21.6% | 52.8% | 47.2% | 35.1% | 48.8% | 53.0% | $53,925 |
| Marshall | 4.7% | 32.5% | 67.5% | 47.5% | 63.3% | 49.1% | $71,701 |
| Martin | 9.7% | 44.2% | 55.8% | 48.7% | 51.0% | 48.1% | $62,969 |
| McLeod | 6.5% | 29.1% | 70.9% | 22.8% | 39.9% | 61.4% | $78,468 |
| Meeker | 7.0% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 39.9% | 47.6% | 64.3% | $75,037 |
| Mille Lacs | 9.9% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 39.9% | 58.6% | 51.5% | $71,455 |
| Morrison | 7.2% | 25.5% | 74.5% | 33.3% | 42.7% | 61.5% | $68,640 |
| Mower | 11.5% | 40.6% | 59.4% | 24.9% | 38.9% | 60.9% | $71,495 |
| Murray | 6.6% | 28.4% | 71.6% | 64.4% | 63.6% | 60.3% | $74,475 |
| Nicollet | 7.5% | 38.9% | 61.1% | 25.9% | 32.0% | 50.5% | $80,362 |
| Nobles | 7.3% | 27.8% | 72.2% | 32.1% | 55.4% | 50.3% | $65,509 |
| Norman | 9.8% | 36.8% | 63.2% | 27.8% | 48.7% | 59.7% | $69,833 |
| Olmsted | 7.0% | 41.3% | 58.8% | 35.3% | 42.1% | 50.6% | $93,494 |
| Otter Tail | 7.0% | 34.5% | 65.5% | 38.6% | 58.5% | 48.2% | $70,912 |
| Pennington | 8.3% | 30.9% | 69.1% | 28.1% | 31.4% | 63.5% | $72,561 |
| Pine | 10.4% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 46.5% | 53.5% | 59.2% | $69,666 |
| Pipestone | 9.9% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 16.2% | 51.4% | 44.0% | $66,073 |
| Polk | 11.5% | 48.4% | 51.6% | 30.0% | 41.2% | 46.1% | $69,136 |
| Pope | 8.0% | 35.4% | 64.6% | 57.2% | 47.1% | 49.1% | $72,205 |
| Ramsey | 11.1% | 43.6% | 56.4% | 35.8% | 49.1% | 56.1% | $81,004 |
| Red Lake | 6.5% | 28.7% | 71.3% | 45.4% | 69.4% | 57.4% | $77,500 |
| Redwood | 8.3% | 30.9% | 69.1% | 30.7% | 46.0% | 50.3% | $67,024 |
| Renville | 8.9% | 43.9% | 56.1% | 31.9% | 61.0% | 45.2% | $69,086 |
| Rice | 7.3% | 28.7% | 71.3% | 30.2% | 37.0% | 63.1% | $82,792 |
| Rock | 7.2% | 36.7% | 63.3% | 42.1% | 43.9% | 47.0% | $70,698 |
| Roseau | 5.2% | 30.1% | 69.8% | 28.0% | 33.6% | 31.4% | $73,611 |
| Scott | 4.6% | 22.4% | 77.6% | 46.0% | 38.5% | 78.8% | $120,247 |
| Sherburne | 4.5% | 28.4% | 71.6% | 32.2% | 42.8% | 61.6% | $102,965 |
| Sibley | 7.2% | 43.7% | 56.3% | 34.4% | 63.4% | 37.5% | $76,082 |
| St. Louis | 9.7% | 37.4% | 62.6% | 32.5% | 54.0% | 45.3% | $69,455 |
| Stearns | 9.1% | 34.4% | 65.6% | 28.5% | 44.6% | 52.3% | $76,447 |
| Steele | 6.4% | 40.0% | 60.1% | 36.3% | 30.4% | 50.4% | $83,448 |
| Stevens | 10.7% | 37.1% | 62.9% | 19.8% | 66.0% | 55.0% | $71,060 |
| Swift | 11.1% | 42.6% | 57.4% | 30.3% | 57.3% | 56.4% | $62,601 |
| Todd | 7.5% | 24.2% | 75.8% | 38.3% | 53.4% | 62.6% | $63,039 |
| Traverse | 14.0% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 20.2% | 55.6% | 63.1% | $65,931 |
| Wabasha | 5.3% | 27.7% | 72.3% | 34.5% | 54.6% | 51.5% | $80,133 |
| Wadena | 15.9% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 36.8% | 51.3% | 66.1% | $56,882 |
| Waseca | 7.9% | 24.3% | 75.7% | 49.0% | 57.3% | 73.8% | $75,052 |
| Washington | 4.4% | 27.1% | 72.9% | 39.7% | 51.8% | 66.1% | $114,457 |
| Watonwan | 9.3% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 42.0% | 56.0% | 60.5% | $70,593 |
| Wilkin | 10.7% | 41.0% | 59.0% | 37.0% | 46.0% | 44.3% | $69,635 |
| Winona | 6.4% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 28.4% | 31.6% | 41.1% | $70,198 |
| Wright | 4.1% | 24.1% | 75.9% | 41.7% | 42.4% | 67.6% | $106,666 |
| Yellow Medicine | 6.0% | 26.0% | 74.0% | 33.6% | 37.4% | 63.9% | $71,573 |
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