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INSIGHTS Megan Chmielewski February 2020

Seven things to know about 2018 voter turnout in Minnesota

Seven things to know about the 2018 voter turnout in Minnesota

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NEW INSIGHTS

Telling Stories by the Numbers

When you see Minnesota Compass data as representing the things in life you value, you can use these numbers to tell meaningful stories.

Insights and Analysis

Recent articles highlighting key trends and issues:

Three questions about internet access in greater Minnesota answered

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

Four things to know about housing in greater Minnesota

Minnesota’s workforce shortage

NEW INSIGHTS

The detail in the data: Introducing profiles of 26 of Minnesota’s largest cultural communities

Minnesota Compass launches a new section that provides in-depth data by cultural group to help all of us better understand the composition and quality of life of diverse Minnesotans throughout the state.

Data Update

Minnesota continues to outperform the country in terms of health insurance coverage. The uninsured rate is 10% nationally and 5% in our state.

Minnesota has one of the highest proportions of adults working in the United States, at nearly 79%. That percentage has been climbing incrementally since the Great Recession and finally surpassed pre-recession numbers in 2018.

There are 20 counties in Minnesota in which at least one in five young children (age 0-5) lives in poverty. 

Foreign-born populations continue to grow as a proportion of the overall population, making up 9% of Minnesota’s population, up from 7% in 2010.

Approximately 38% of householders of color pay too much for housing.

The ratio of retirement-age adults (65+) to working-age adults (16-64) increased in 60 Minnesota cities, signaling disproportionate growth in the number of older adults compared to the working-age population.

Between 2016 and 2019, the share of Minnesota students who report being highly engaged in enrichment activities fell from 65% to nearly 60%.

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