Hennepin County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 827,112 65.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 99,318 7.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 168,864 13.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 89,468 7.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 69,641 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4,938 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 187 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9,968 0.8%

• Under 18 274,248 21.6%
• 18–24 106,827 8.4%
• 25–44 388,601 30.6%
• 45–64 301,769 23.8%
• 65 and over 198,051 15.6%

Median household income

$95,372

90% interval $92,089–$98,655

+$8,252 vs MN · 11th of 87

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 8.7%–10.3%

+0.2 pp vs MN · 54th of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$193.6B

38.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$92,294

Establishments

43,883

• Education & health services 232,421 25.3%
• Professional & business services 185,908 20.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 149,935 16.3%
• Financial activities 85,528 9.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 82,766 9.0%
• Manufacturing 74,086 8.1%
• Construction 35,605 3.9%
• Public administration 29,992 3.3%
• Other services 26,001 2.8%
• Information 15,654 1.7%
• Natural resources & mining 1,168 0.1%

Home ownership

62.7%

−9.5 pp vs MN · 85th of 87

Median gross rent

$1,487

+$207 vs MN · 5th of 87

Owner-occupied

338,263

Renter-occupied

201,230

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $150,655/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $39,015/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 21 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 502,710 70.2%
• Republican 197,244 27.5%
• Other / third-party 16,637 2.3%

• Spanish 67,432 5.6%
• Chinese 9,811 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8,461 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7,750 0.6%
• Vietnamese 6,567 0.5%
• Arabic 3,794 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 3,666 0.3%
• Tagalog 2,180 0.2%
• Korean 1,802 0.2%

Households

539,493

Family households

297,949

55.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

96,037

32.2% of families

Single-mother families

26,287

8.8% of families

Veterans

44,652

4.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 231,029 18.0%
• Mainline Protestant 152,743 11.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 142,567 11.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 109,976 8.6%
• Black Protestant 13,038 1.0%
• Orthodox 6,300 0.5%

Health insured

95.5%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±0.2 pp

53rd of 87

With a disability

10.5%

±0.3 pp

77th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

54.1%

±0.6 pp

+14.7 pp vs MN · 1st of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.8%

90% interval 5.4%–6.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial District Court

Judges

62 (District Court judges per judicial district; counts vintage 2026 mncourts.gov and may shift modestly as the Legislature reallocates seats between districts (Minn. Stat. § 2.724).)

Court seats

Minneapolis

Traffic fatalities

55

5.53 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

53