County health data
Health data for Minnesota counties
CDC PLACES estimates for 87 counties in Minnesota. Statewide, 10.5% of adults have diagnosed diabetes (CDC BRFSS). The highest county rate is Mahnomen County at 16.8%. HRSA lists a shortage area designation in 79 of 87.
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Counties in Minnesota
- Aitkin Countydiabetes 15.2%, 4 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Anoka Countydiabetes 10.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Becker Countydiabetes 11.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Beltrami Countydiabetes 11.3%, 4 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Benton Countydiabetes 10.2%, 3 shortage areas
- Big Stone Countydiabetes 13.2%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Blue Earth Countydiabetes 9.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Brown Countydiabetes 11.5%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Carlton Countydiabetes 11.7%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Carver Countydiabetes 8.5%, 1 hospital
- Cass Countydiabetes 14.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Chippewa Countydiabetes 12.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Chisago Countydiabetes 10.3%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Clay Countydiabetes 9.3%, 4 shortage areas
- Clearwater Countydiabetes 12.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Cook Countydiabetes 12.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Cottonwood Countydiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Crow Wing Countydiabetes 11.8%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Dakota Countydiabetes 9.7%, 1 hospital
- Dodge Countydiabetes 9.6%
- Douglas Countydiabetes 11.4%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Faribault Countydiabetes 12.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Fillmore Countydiabetes 11.8%, 1 shortage area
- Freeborn Countydiabetes 12.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Goodhue Countydiabetes 10.9%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Grant Countydiabetes 12.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Hennepin Countydiabetes 8.1%, 15 shortage areas, 8 hospitals
- Houston Countydiabetes 11.3%
- Hubbard Countydiabetes 13.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Isanti Countydiabetes 10.5%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Itasca Countydiabetes 13.7%, 4 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Jackson Countydiabetes 11.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Kanabec Countydiabetes 12.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Kandiyohi Countydiabetes 12.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Kittson Countydiabetes 12.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Koochiching Countydiabetes 13.4%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Lac qui Parle Countydiabetes 12.2%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Lake Countydiabetes 12.5%, 4 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Lake of the Woods Countydiabetes 12.9%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Le Sueur Countydiabetes 10.9%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Lincoln Countydiabetes 12.0%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Lyon Countydiabetes 11.0%, 4 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Mahnomen Countydiabetes 16.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Marshall Countydiabetes 12.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Martin Countydiabetes 13.0%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- McLeod Countydiabetes 11.4%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Meeker Countydiabetes 12.2%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Mille Lacs Countydiabetes 12.0%, 4 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Morrison Countydiabetes 12.0%, 4 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Mower Countydiabetes 11.8%, 3 shortage areas
- Murray Countydiabetes 12.6%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Nicollet Countydiabetes 9.8%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Nobles Countydiabetes 13.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Norman Countydiabetes 12.5%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Olmsted Countydiabetes 9.5%, 2 hospitals
- Otter Tail Countydiabetes 12.1%, 6 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Pennington Countydiabetes 11.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Pine Countydiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Pipestone Countydiabetes 12.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Polk Countydiabetes 11.3%, 6 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Pope Countydiabetes 12.2%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Ramsey Countydiabetes 10.5%, 6 shortage areas, 3 hospitals
- Red Lake Countydiabetes 12.0%, 3 shortage areas
- Redwood Countydiabetes 12.8%, 4 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Renville Countydiabetes 13.1%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Rice Countydiabetes 10.1%, 2 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Rock Countydiabetes 11.4%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Roseau Countydiabetes 11.8%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Scott Countydiabetes 9.4%, 2 hospitals
- Sherburne Countydiabetes 9.0%, 1 shortage area
- Sibley Countydiabetes 11.5%, 2 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- St. Louis Countydiabetes 11.2%, 7 shortage areas, 8 hospitals
- Stearns Countydiabetes 10.1%, 4 shortage areas, 5 hospitals
- Steele Countydiabetes 10.9%, 1 hospital
- Stevens Countydiabetes 9.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Swift Countydiabetes 13.2%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Todd Countydiabetes 13.3%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Traverse Countydiabetes 13.2%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Wabasha Countydiabetes 11.6%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Wadena Countydiabetes 12.7%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Waseca Countydiabetes 11.4%, 1 shortage area, 1 hospital
- Washington Countydiabetes 10.3%, 2 hospitals
- Watonwan Countydiabetes 12.9%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
- Wilkin Countydiabetes 12.3%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Winona Countydiabetes 9.8%, 3 shortage areas, 1 hospital
- Wright Countydiabetes 9.2%, 1 shortage area, 2 hospitals
- Yellow Medicine Countydiabetes 12.4%, 3 shortage areas, 2 hospitals
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page
Minnesota rural health plan
Minnesota Rural Health Transformation Program
Initiatives, as the state's abstract names them (page 35):
- Community-Based Preventive Care and Chronic Disease Management
- Recruit and Retain Talent in Rural Communities
- Sustain Access to Services to Keep Care Closer to Home
- Create Regional Care Models to Improve Whole Person Health
- Invest in Technology, Infrastructure, and Collaboration for Financial Viability
CMS says the abstract budgets are illustrative and are not award amounts, so none are shown.
Source: CMS Rural Health Transformation Program state project abstracts, as of December 2025. Publisher page
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About this data
County rates are CDC PLACES model-based estimates of adults, built from the CDC BRFSS survey and Census population data. State and US figures are BRFSS survey results for the same year. They are not averages of counties, and small differences may not be meaningful.
Shortage rows are HRSA designations with status Designated. Scores run from 0 to 25 (0 to 26 for dental); a higher score means greater need. Hospitals are acute care and critical access hospitals CMS lists in the county, with 30-day rates of unplanned readmission. Health centers are active HRSA-funded and look-alike sites.
Rural health plan initiatives are copied as the state wrote them. Nothing here is medical advice.
Source: CDC PLACES county data, as of December 4, 2025. Publisher page
Source: CDC BRFSS prevalence data, as of September 15, 2026. Publisher page
Source: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas, as of October 14, 2026. Publisher page