Red Lake County, Minnesota

County Distress Index: Healthy · 31.2 | 3,911 people · 65th most distressed in Minnesota

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Red Lake County, MN ranks among the least distressed counties in the country at 31.2 — 2845th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Employment & Wages, where unemployment is elevated, wages are low relative to housing costs, and business formation lags. Within Minnesota, it ranks 65th of 87 counties. It scores lower than all 2 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Red Lake County's primary driver is Employment & Wages at 82.6 — worse than roughly 83% of U.S. counties.

Employment & Wages Primary driver 82.6
Unemployment Rate 93
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 60
Business Formation Rate 95
Income & Poverty 30.6
Poverty Rate 20
Income vs. State Median 56
Child Poverty Rate 16
Housing Cost Burden 16.3
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 10
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 18
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 39
Homeownership Rate 5
Rent-to-Income Ratio 9
Debt & Delinquency 13.4
Debt in Collections 5
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 16
Auto Loan Delinquency 10
Credit Card Delinquency 5
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 37
Community Vulnerability 13.2
Uninsured Rate 5
Disability Rate 21

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Red Lake County compares to its 2 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Red Lake County
Red Lake County, MN 31.2 Healthy
Pennington County, MN 41.4 Normal +10.2
Polk County, MN 39.5 Normal +8.3

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Red Lake County
Jasper County, IL 31.2 Healthy +0.0
Logan County, NE 31.2 Healthy -0.0
Yellow Medicine County, MN 31.1 Healthy -0.1
Greenlee County, AZ 31.1 Healthy -0.1
Adair County, IA 31.1 Healthy -0.2

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