Mahnomen County, Minnesota

County Distress Index: Elevated · 59.7 | 5,280 people · 1st most distressed in Minnesota

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Mahnomen County, MN registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 59.7 — 853rd nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Minnesota, it ranks 1st of 87 counties. It scores higher than all 4 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Mahnomen County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 87.7 — worse than roughly 88% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 87.7
Poverty Rate 83
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 85
Community Vulnerability 68.5
Uninsured Rate 78
Disability Rate 59
Employment & Wages 66.0
Unemployment Rate 93
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 10
Business Formation Rate 95
Housing Cost Burden 44.0
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 26
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 37
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 43
Homeownership Rate 60
Rent-to-Income Ratio 54
Debt & Delinquency 32.3
Debt in Collections 60
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 16
Auto Loan Delinquency 53
Credit Card Delinquency 35
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 23

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Mahnomen County compares to its 4 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Mahnomen County
Mahnomen County, MN 59.7 Elevated
Clearwater County, MN 46.0 Normal -13.7
Polk County, MN 39.5 Normal -20.3
Becker County, MN 39.4 Normal -20.3
Norman County, MN 37.8 Normal -21.9

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Mahnomen County
San Saba County, TX 59.7 Elevated +0.0
Leslie County, KY 59.7 Elevated +0.0
Graham County, NC 59.6 Elevated -0.1
Pickett County, TN 60.0 Elevated +0.2
Corson County, SD 60.0 Elevated +0.3

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