Poverty Rate in Stearns County, MN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.9%
Rank #1,500/3,222 · #71 in MN
53th
Stearns 12.9%
MN 9.3% +38.6%
US 12.6% +2.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Stearns County's poverty rate of 12.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Stearns County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,497 | Plaquemines Parish, LA | 12.9% |
| #1,498 | Whatcom County, WA | 12.9% |
| #1,499 | Clay County, NC | 12.9% |
| #1,500 | Stearns County, MN | 12.9% |
| #1,501 | Benewah County, ID | 12.9% |
| #1,502 | Cleveland County, OK | 12.9% |
| #1,503 | Becker County, MN | 12.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Stearns County, Minnesota has a poverty rate of 12.9%, ranking #1,500 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Minnesota, it ranks #71 of 87. This places it in the 53th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.