New & Noteworthy

INSIGHTS Ellen Wolter September 2019

Three questions about internet access in greater Minnesota answered

We surveyed the broadband landscape in Minnesota to answer three questions: Who owns a device? Who has an internet subscription? And what quality high-speed service is available to them?

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NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Minnesota is growing. How are we growing and by how much?

Minnesota is home to 5.6 million people and growing. As we head into next year’s decennial census, Compass project director Allison Liuzzi takes a look at what’s fueling our state’s growth.

Insights and Analysis

Recent articles highlighting key trends and issues:

Four things to know about housing in greater Minnesota

Minnesota’s workforce shortage

Advocating for indicators of community assets and well-being

It's been a decade since the Great Recession ended. How has Minnesota recovered?

Featured trend

FEATURED TREND | August 8, 2019

Age trends are transforming Minnesota

Minnesota’s ratio of working-age adults to older adults will continue to shrink over the coming decade, with potential implications for housing, transportation, and our workforce.

Learn more about the retirement- to working-age ratio.

Data Update

Minnesota is home to 267,000 children of immigrants. In other words, more than 1 in 6 kids statewide is the child of an immigrant.

Statewide, our school-aged population still outnumbers our older adult population. But this is not the case in all regions of the state. Older adults already outnumber school-aged kids in the Northland, Northwest, Southern, Southwest, and West Central regions.

Statewide, there are four working-age adults for every one older adult, down from five-to-one in 2010. The ratio is even smaller in some Minnesota regions. There are three working-age adults for every older adult in the Northland, Northwest, Southwest, and West Central regions of the state.

Minnesota’s economic output, or gross domestic product (GDP), stands at $331.4 billion. 2018 marks the ninth straight year of year-over-year increases in Minnesota’s GDP.

WORKSHOPS

Minnesota Compass is holding a series of FREE workshops in Northeast Minnesota where you can learn how to use the Minnesota Compass Build Your Own data tool to access data by city, county, region, school district, Economic Development Region, Minnesota House or Senate District, US Congressional District, zip code, census tract, and more. Space is limited, so register soon!

International Falls Thursday, Oct. 17, 12-1 p.m. Register. 
Chisholm Wednesday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Register.
Grand Marais Thursday, Oct. 24, 12-1 p.m. Register.
Ely Wednesday, Oct. 30, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Register.

Racial Equity Resource Directory

View a statewide listing of racial equity programs and training providers serving faith communities, civic organizations, educational institutions, and anyone working to combat racism and increase cultural competence.