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Minnesota Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Minnesota. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 87 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Minnesota counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Hennepin County22,561+6.2%30.6%
2Ramsey County7,534+11.8%10.2%
3Dakota County5,697+4.7%7.7%
4Anoka County5,033+8.3%6.8%
5Washington County3,494+6.6%4.7%
6St. Louis County1,954+19.5%2.6%
7Scott County1,922+3.3%2.6%
8Wright County1,750+11.3%2.4%
9Stearns County1,719+11.8%2.3%
10Steele County1,675+34.4%2.3%
11Olmsted County1,608+9.7%2.2%
12Carver County1,334+7.9%1.8%
13Sherburne County1,189+10.2%1.6%
14Crow Wing County807+11.9%1.1%
15Blue Earth County678+20.0%0.9%
16Chisago County664+12.5%0.9%
17Clay County656+14.1%0.9%
18Rice County618+7.1%0.8%
19Otter Tail County569+14.5%0.8%
20Isanti County511+16.9%0.7%
21Goodhue County448+14.0%0.6%
22Benton County445+17.1%0.6%
23Kandiyohi County431+6.4%0.6%
24Douglas County409-4.9%0.6%
25Itasca County409+10.2%0.6%
26Becker County394+14.9%0.5%
27Cass County359+13.6%0.5%
28Beltrami County358+5.0%0.5%
29Winona County347+14.1%0.5%
30McLeod County328+32.8%0.4%
31Pine County327+44.1%0.4%
32Mille Lacs County324+23.7%0.4%
33Mower County306+18.6%0.4%
34Morrison County299-1.3%0.4%
35Nicollet County287+22.6%0.4%
36Carlton County273-4.2%0.4%
37Freeborn County267+36.2%0.4%
38Le Sueur County262+12.4%0.4%
39Polk County255+5.4%0.3%
40Fillmore County233+24.6%0.3%
41Meeker County228+11.2%0.3%
42Lyon County210+28.0%0.3%
43Hubbard County208-1.4%0.3%
44Todd County208+7.2%0.3%
45Brown County196+8.9%0.3%
46Wabasha County176-17.8%0.2%
47Dodge County169-4.5%0.2%
48Nobles County163-8.4%0.2%
49Martin County155+21.1%0.2%
50Waseca County155+8.4%0.2%
51Kanabec County154+15.8%0.2%
52Aitkin County149+1.4%0.2%
53Houston County144+12.5%0.2%
54Wadena County144+23.1%0.2%
55Sibley County143+8.3%0.2%
56Roseau County130+26.2%0.2%
57Faribault County129+3.2%0.2%
58Redwood County128+14.3%0.2%
59Renville County125-5.3%0.2%
60Lake County114+15.2%0.2%
61Pennington County110+27.9%0.1%
62Rock County107+15.1%0.1%
63Chippewa County103-11.2%0.1%
64Pope County103+15.7%0.1%
65Cottonwood County91+15.2%0.1%
66Jackson County89+15.6%0.1%
67Stevens County86-6.5%0.1%
68Watonwan County85+2.4%0.1%
69Koochiching County83+27.7%0.1%
70Yellow Medicine County83+10.7%0.1%
71Clearwater County81+14.1%0.1%
72Cook County80+2.6%0.1%
73Marshall County80-3.6%0.1%
74Lac qui Parle County76+55.1%0.1%
75Swift County74-5.1%0.1%
76Pipestone County72+2.9%0.1%
77Wilkin County60+36.4%0.1%
78Murray County56-1.8%0.1%
79Norman County56-20.0%0.1%
80Grant County51-7.3%0.1%
81Lincoln County43-24.6%0.1%
82Mahnomen County390.0%0.1%
83Lake of the Woods County36+24.1%0.0%
84Red Lake County35+337.5%0.0%
85Big Stone County32-27.3%0.0%
86Kittson County29-48.2%0.0%
87Traverse County180.0%0.0%