

Minnesota
Data Resources
Child Care Need Summary

Southeast Minnesota
Southeast Minnesota Counties Include:
Blue Earth, Brown
Dodge
Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Martin, Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Rice
Sibley, Steele
Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona

Southwest Minnesota
Southwest Minnesota Counties Include:
Big Stone
Chippewa, Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon
McLeod, Meeker, Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood, Renville, Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine

Central Minnesota
Central Minnesota Counties Include:
Benton
Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs, Morrison
Pine
Stearns, Sherburne
Todd
Wadena, Wright

West Central Minnesota
West Central MN Counties Include:
Becker
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Pope
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin

Northwest Minnesota
Northwest Minnesota Counties Include:
Beltrami
Clearwater
Hubbard
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen, Marshall
Norman
Pennington, Polk
Red Lake
Roseau

Northeast Minnesota
Northeast Minnesota Counties Include:
Aitkin
Carlton, Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis

Greater Minnesota
Greater MN Counties Include:
Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Cass,
Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Houston, Hubbard,
Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac Qui Parle, Lake Murray, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower,
Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope , Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, Sherburne , Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, St. Louis, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine

Metro Minnesota
Metro Minnesota Counties Include:
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
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A program of First Children's Finance sponsored by Minnesota Department of Human Services