New & Noteworthy

INSIGHTS Allison Liuzzi July 2019

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.

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NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Four Things to Know About Housing in Greater Minnesota

Greater Minnesota faces unique challenges that affect the quality and availability of housing. But just as different regions of Minnesota vary greatly by industry and demographics, housing markets across the state differ too. We explore this complexity in greater detail with our first-ever story map.

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.

WE’RE HIRING!

Minnesota Compass has opened a new position for a website coordinator. The person in this role will manage and implement new and updated content and features on our website. See the full job posting for more details and to apply.

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.