Every county in Minnesota
87 countiesRanked by units under contract. 81 of 87 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 26,908 | 24,582 | 19 | 43% |
| Ramsey County | 15,914 | 14,369 | 23 | 47.6% |
| St. Louis County | 6,125 | 5,627 | 25 | 58% |
| Dakota County | 4,326 | 4,167 | 25 | 33.6% |
| Anoka County | 2,878 | 2,714 | 20 | 40.8% |
| Olmsted County | 2,032 | 1,808 | 12 | 31.9% |
| Stearns County | 1,768 | 1,576 | 20 | 24.3% |
| Washington County | 1,466 | 1,224 | 21 | 27.4% |
| Clay County | 1,444 | 1,107 | 11 | 31.7% |
| Blue Earth County | 1,339 | 1,039 | 47 | 34.9% |
| Polk County | 1,105 | 881 | 32 | 50.6% |
| Rice County | 980 | 704 | 14 | 30.5% |
| Otter Tail County | 923 | 721 | 18 | 40.4% |
| Crow Wing County | 892 | 853 | 7 | 40.6% |
| Scott County | 885 | 798 | 27 | 31.3% |
| Goodhue County | 820 | 687 | 30 | 36.6% |
| Winona County | 800 | 704 | 9 | 31.2% |
| Mower County | 797 | 719 | 35 | 52.5% |
| Kandiyohi County | 772 | 533 | 8 | 32% |
| Itasca County | 769 | 630 | 30 | 47.1% |
| Sherburne County | 714 | 662 | 18 | 35.3% |
| Beltrami County | 692 | 554 | 9 | 23.1% |
| Carver County | 657 | 622 | 38 | 37.3% |
| Nicollet County | 643 | 478 | 10 | 49.7% |
| Morrison County | 641 | 485 | 2 | 52.2% |
| Freeborn County | 628 | 552 | 3 | 63% |
| Douglas County | 615 | 515 | 16 | 44.1% |
| Lyon County | 552 | 484 | 8 | 42.5% |
| Benton County | 550 | 522 | 12 | 34% |
| Becker County | 548 | 469 | 12 | 38.2% |
| Wright County | 507 | 458 | 31 | 19.1% |
| McLeod County | 483 | 413 | no data | 34.6% |
| Brown County | 476 | 353 | 53 | 52.7% |
| Steele County | 455 | 361 | no data | 27.9% |
| Carlton County | 452 | 351 | 24 | 36.9% |
| Le Sueur County | 451 | 280 | 7 | 41.5% |
| Todd County | 450 | 333 | 3 | 59.5% |
| Koochiching County | 383 | 314 | 10 | 57.2% |
| Nobles County | 356 | 303 | 36 | 46.7% |
| Wadena County | 356 | 277 | 11 | 43.6% |
| Hubbard County | 348 | 270 | 72 | 43% |
| Martin County | 335 | 275 | 14 | 39.6% |
| Mille Lacs County | 327 | 283 | 3 | 27.1% |
| Waseca County | 307 | 248 | 6 | 38.4% |
| Pennington County | 302 | 274 | 30 | 76.5% |
| Faribault County | 277 | 218 | no data | 46.8% |
| Cass County | 274 | 230 | 51 | 31.8% |
| Chippewa County | 269 | 209 | 6 | 36.5% |
| Chisago County | 267 | 241 | 174 | 22% |
| Swift County | 257 | 213 | 8 | 40.3% |
| Isanti County | 256 | 227 | 53 | 29.2% |
| Cottonwood County | 243 | 215 | 6 | 57.7% |
| Meeker County | 237 | 200 | 3 | 33.6% |
| Wabasha County | 236 | 214 | 14 | 39.3% |
| Aitkin County | 234 | 222 | 5 | 41.1% |
| Renville County | 231 | 176 | 1 | 33.5% |
| Roseau County | 230 | 201 | 36 | 32.8% |
| Pine County | 226 | 200 | 212 | 25.8% |
| Stevens County | 219 | 152 | 21 | 23.6% |
| Houston County | 208 | 169 | 22 | 38.6% |
| Dodge County | 196 | 170 | 57 | 46.9% |
| Fillmore County | 187 | 153 | no data | 27.5% |
| Pipestone County | 175 | 159 | 15 | 54.1% |
| Kanabec County | 171 | 159 | 9 | 47% |
| Redwood County | 170 | 133 | 7 | 27.4% |
| Wilkin County | 169 | 123 | 8 | 45.7% |
| Yellow Medicine County | 158 | 121 | 8 | 50.6% |
| Jackson County | 157 | 136 | 5 | 39.2% |
| Rock County | 149 | 141 | 2 | 39.2% |
| Pope County | 144 | 123 | 8 | 32.3% |
| Lake County | 143 | 129 | no data | 38.6% |
| Sibley County | 142 | 122 | 3 | 36.3% |
| Watonwan County | 135 | 124 | 5 | 30.5% |
| Grant County | 134 | 99 | 99 | 33.5% |
| Lac qui Parle County | 134 | 94 | 10 | 71.1% |
| Marshall County | 134 | 122 | 16 | 35.6% |
| Clearwater County | 117 | 96 | 3 | 31.2% |
| Big Stone County | 106 | 82 | 9 | 35.7% |
| Norman County | 106 | 76 | 34 | 32.2% |
| Kittson County | 101 | 71 | 2 | 66.3% |
| Murray County | 92 | 61 | 16 | 29.1% |
| Red Lake County | 84 | 72 | 81 | 55.2% |
| Lincoln County | 83 | 69 | 16 | 38.4% |
| Traverse County | 73 | 43 | 2 | 43.8% |
| Lake of the Woods County | 56 | 40 | 14 | 60% |
| Cook County | 49 | 47 | 10 | 24.4% |
| Mahnomen County | 44 | 30 | no data | 11.8% |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator