Minnesota: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

80 counties

Minnesota public school districts ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
1	Mahnomen County	MN	7	1,284	927	72.2%
2	Cass County	MN	18	4,570	2,773	60.7%
3	Nobles County	MN	17	5,284	3,207	60.7%
4	Ramsey County	MN	247	94,437	54,073	57.3%
5	Clearwater County	MN	4	1,330	743	55.9%
6	Watonwan County	MN	8	2,002	1,117	55.8%
7	Todd County	MN	9	2,957	1,644	55.6%
8	Mower County	MN	31	7,434	4,080	55.0%
9	Freeborn County	MN	18	4,061	2,206	54.5%
10	Kandiyohi County	MN	20	6,213	3,378	54.4%
11	Beltrami County	MN	35	8,088	4,330	53.8%
12	Cottonwood County	MN	9	1,966	1,042	53.2%
13	Chippewa County	MN	9	2,194	1,144	52.1%
14	Martin County	MN	15	3,110	1,575	50.7%
15	Wadena County	MN	14	3,201	1,578	49.3%
16	Faribault County	MN	6	1,827	885	48.7%
17	Hubbard County	MN	12	2,415	1,172	48.6%
18	Itasca County	MN	22	6,407	3,074	48.0%
19	Aitkin County	MN	9	1,670	786	47.2%
20	Lyon County	MN	17	4,803	2,249	46.8%
21	Rice County	MN	30	8,301	3,846	46.3%
22	Pine County	MN	15	3,657	1,667	45.6%
23	Renville County	MN	9	1,806	819	45.3%
24	Koochiching County	MN	7	1,545	696	45.0%
25	Yellow Medicine County	MN	6	1,274	564	44.3%
26	Mille Lacs County	MN	26	6,100	2,692	44.2%
27	Pipestone County	MN	8	1,640	724	44.1%
28	Stearns County	MN	64	24,160	10,560	43.7%
29	Polk County	MN	19	5,075	2,197	43.3%
30	Hennepin County	MN	402	177,509	76,334	43.0%
31	Redwood County	MN	10	2,468	1,062	43.0%
32	Anoka County	MN	127	59,656	25,047	42.0%
33	Becker County	MN	16	4,637	1,924	41.5%
34	Swift County	MN	7	1,767	732	41.4%
35	Lac qui Parle County	MN	5	1,226	504	41.1%
36	Sibley County	MN	11	2,034	832	40.9%
37	Waseca County	MN	13	2,915	1,186	40.8%
38	Steele County	MN	20	6,997	2,839	40.6%
39	Kanabec County	MN	7	2,128	861	40.5%
40	Clay County	MN	26	11,470	4,608	40.2%
41	Otter Tail County	MN	31	8,503	3,414	40.2%
42	Jackson County	MN	6	1,353	540	39.9%
43	Crow Wing County	MN	22	9,399	3,744	39.8%
44	St. Louis County	MN	84	23,921	9,501	39.7%
45	Winona County	MN	19	4,580	1,801	39.7%
46	Murray County	MN	5	1,057	419	39.6%
47	Pennington County	MN	6	2,000	789	39.5%
48	Marshall County	MN	10	1,469	565	38.5%
49	Wilkin County	MN	7	1,114	425	38.2%
50	Houston County	MN	18	4,089	1,544	37.8%

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