Ramsey County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 314,435 57.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45,588 8.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 65,894 12.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 81,334 15.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 30,960 5.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,862 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 154 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,718 0.5%

• Under 18 125,157 23.1%
• 18–24 50,931 9.4%
• 25–44 160,929 29.6%
• 45–64 120,332 22.2%
• 65 and over 85,596 15.8%

Median household income

$78,562

90% interval $75,379–$81,745

−$8,558 vs MN · 27th of 87

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 12.0%–14.6%

+4.0 pp vs MN · 10th of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$56.3B

11.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$81,311

Establishments

15,186

• Education & health services 106,266 32.1%
• Professional & business services 44,002 13.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 43,688 13.2%
• Public administration 31,970 9.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 28,348 8.6%
• Manufacturing 26,906 8.1%
• Financial activities 19,683 5.9%
• Construction 13,078 4.0%
• Other services 11,936 3.6%
• Information 4,971 1.5%
• Natural resources & mining 60 0.0%

Home ownership

60.6%

−11.6 pp vs MN · 87th of 87

Median gross rent

$1,329

+$49 vs MN · 8th of 87

Owner-occupied

134,142

Renter-occupied

87,185

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Information, $128,434/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $34,956/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 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 195,168 70.5%
• Republican 75,284 27.2%
• Other / third-party 6,284 2.3%

• Spanish 28,690 5.6%
• Chinese 3,547 0.7%
• Vietnamese 2,914 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,858 0.6%
• Arabic 1,605 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,516 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,422 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,358 0.3%
• Korean 776 0.2%

Households

221,327

Family households

123,302

55.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

34,794

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

14,931

12.1% of families

Veterans

18,897

4.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 103,955 18.8%
• Mainline Protestant 47,848 8.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 40,539 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 32,078 5.8%
• Black Protestant 6,460 1.2%
• Orthodox 3,680 0.7%

Health insured

94.5%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±0.4 pp

29th of 87

With a disability

12.3%

±0.4 pp

53rd of 87

Bachelor's or higher

45.6%

±0.8 pp

+6.2 pp vs MN · 6th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.2%

90% interval 6.6%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Court

Judges

29 (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

Saint Paul

Traffic fatalities

28

6.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

27