County Commons · Minnesota
Minnesota: state government and every county
The state's own money — what it collects and what it spends on — its official offices, how to vote, and a page for each of its 87 counties. Every number from official public records, with sources.
5,793,151 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.4% since 2020) · 87 counties
The state's money — Minnesota state government, fiscal 2023
The state government took in $60.1 billion and spent $56.5 billion · $9,747 per resident. It owed $17.1 billion in debt at year's end.
Of every $100 it spends
Public welfare$41.01 · $23 billion
Education$33.18 · $18.6 billion
Other and unallocable$7.39 · $4.1 billion
Highways$6.27 · $3.5 billion
Governmental administration$4.12 · $2.3 billion
Health$2.00 · $1.1 billion
Natural resources$1.45 · $811.9 million
Police protection$1.28 · $716.1 million
Correction$1.20 · $673.1 million
Interest on general debt$0.77 · $429.2 million
Parks and recreation$0.70 · $390.4 million
Hospitals$0.64 · $358 million
✓ These 12 functions add to the state's general expenditure, $56 billion, exactly. “Public welfare” is mostly Medicaid. Money the state passes to counties, cities and school districts is counted in the function it pays for.
Where its money comes from
Taxes$34.5 billion
Individual income tax$14 billion
General sales tax$8 billion
Selective sales taxes (fuel, tobacco, alcohol and others)$4.9 billion
Corporate income tax$4.7 billion
License taxes (vehicles, businesses, hunting and others)$1.5 billion
Property tax (state share)$774.8 million
Other taxes (severance, transfer and others)$628.3 million
From other governments (mostly federal aid)$19.5 billion
Charges and fees (tuition, tolls, hospital charges)$3.1 billion
Other general revenue (interest, rents, settlements)$3 billion
Pension and insurance trust earnings and contributions$4.3 billion
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances (State Totals), last revised Sept. 16, 2025. These are the state government's own books — counties, cities and school districts are separate.