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Housing

Black households that own their home in Minnesota

Minnesota ranks 37th of 39 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Minnesota, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Black households that own their home
Minnesota30.1%
plus or minus 1.1 points
United States44%
plus or minus 0.3 points
All households in Minnesota: 72.2% (plus or minus 0.3 points). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Washington County 65.2%, plus or minus 3.6 points. Ranked 1st of 9 counties. What is Washington County doing that works? Furthest to go: Blue Earth County, 9.3%. See Washington County ›

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Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Minnesota

9 ranked of 87
Margin of error
1 Washington County 65.2% plus or minus 3.6 points 81.3%
2 Anoka County 46.9% plus or minus 3.5 points 80.2%
3 Dakota County 38.8% plus or minus 4.3 points 74.9%
4 Hennepin County 27.8% plus or minus 1.6 points 62.7%
5 Olmsted County 24.1% plus or minus 5.9 points 70.6%
6 Stearns County 21.9% plus or minus 6.4 points 67.9%
7 St. Louis County 21.6% plus or minus 7.7 points 71.2%
8 Ramsey County 21.2% plus or minus 2.1 points 60.6%
9 Blue Earth County 9.3% plus or minus 6.7 points 61.4%
Not ranked Aitkin County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 85.3%
Not ranked Becker County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.2%
Not ranked Beltrami County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 70.1%
Not ranked Benton County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 66.7%
Not ranked Big Stone County Not published: too few people in the survey 79.7%
Not ranked Brown County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.9%
Not ranked Carlton County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80%
Not ranked Carver County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 81.5%
Not ranked Cass County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 86.2%
Not ranked Chippewa County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.3%
Not ranked Chisago County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 85.9%
Not ranked Clay County 22.2% Wide margin of error plus or minus 12.7 points 65.9%
Not ranked Clearwater County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.1%
Not ranked Cook County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.7%
Not ranked Cottonwood County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 74.4%
Not ranked Crow Wing County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77%
Not ranked Dodge County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 86.6%
Not ranked Douglas County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 76.5%
Not ranked Faribault County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.2%
Not ranked Fillmore County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.6%
Not ranked Freeborn County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.5%
Not ranked Goodhue County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.8%
Not ranked Grant County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.2%
Not ranked Houston County Not published: too few people in the survey 83.4%
Not ranked Hubbard County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83.1%
Not ranked Isanti County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83.7%
Not ranked Itasca County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83%
Not ranked Jackson County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.1%
Not ranked Kanabec County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 84.5%
Not ranked Kandiyohi County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.5%
Not ranked Kittson County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.9%
Not ranked Koochiching County Not published: too few people in the survey 80.4%
Not ranked Lac qui Parle County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.5%
Not ranked Lake County Not published: too few people in the survey 83.5%
Not ranked Lake of the Woods County Not published: too few people in the survey 81.8%
Not ranked Le Sueur County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 81%
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey 81.4%
Not ranked Lyon County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.5%
Not ranked Mahnomen County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 73.3%
Not ranked Marshall County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83%
Not ranked Martin County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 68.9%
Not ranked McLeod County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.4%
Not ranked Meeker County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.3%
Not ranked Mille Lacs County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.9%
Not ranked Morrison County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.6%
Not ranked Mower County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 77.6%
Not ranked Murray County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 82.2%
Not ranked Nicollet County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.2%
Not ranked Nobles County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 74.2%
Not ranked Norman County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.4%
Not ranked Otter Tail County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.5%
Not ranked Pennington County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.2%
Not ranked Pine County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 81.6%
Not ranked Pipestone County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.8%
Not ranked Polk County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 71.3%
Not ranked Pope County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83.5%
Not ranked Red Lake County Not published: too few people in the survey 83.4%
Not ranked Redwood County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 78.4%
Not ranked Renville County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.2%
Not ranked Rice County 17.6% Wide margin of error plus or minus 21.7 points 76.3%
Not ranked Rock County Not published: too few people in the survey 76.6%
Not ranked Roseau County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.2%
Not ranked Scott County 51.7% Wide margin of error plus or minus 10.3 points 83.8%
Not ranked Sherburne County 28% Wide margin of error plus or minus 14.6 points 83.2%
Not ranked Sibley County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.8%
Not ranked Steele County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.4%
Not ranked Stevens County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 63.4%
Not ranked Swift County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 72.4%
Not ranked Todd County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83%
Not ranked Traverse County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 81.8%
Not ranked Wabasha County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 83.3%
Not ranked Wadena County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 73.6%
Not ranked Waseca County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 80.7%
Not ranked Watonwan County Not published: too few people in the survey 77.8%
Not ranked Wilkin County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 79.7%
Not ranked Winona County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 69.5%
Not ranked Wright County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 84.1%
Not ranked Yellow Medicine County Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households 84%

Ranked: the 9 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 1,000 Black households and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Know your rights as a renter or owner, check your property tax assessment, and show up when zoning is decided.

    Ask: Is my assessment right, and when is the deadline to appeal it?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Decide zoning, property taxes, code enforcement and how local housing money is spent.

    Ask: What is being built here, who can afford it, and who decided?

  3. Your state legislators Write landlord and tenant law and decide where the housing tax credit goes.

    Ask: Where did our state place its housing tax credits last year?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund rent help, public housing and the housing tax credit.

    Ask: How long is the wait for rent help in our county?

What you can do

  1. This weekLook up your property assessment or reread your lease, and write down any deadline.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next zoning hearing or property tax appeal deadline in your county.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Black households that own their home. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.