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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 56.82
The average living wage for the state of Minnesota is $32.96/hr, while the states minimum wage is $10.08/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Minnesota a minimum wage score of 45.37 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $10.08/hr, which gives Minnesota a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Minnesota is $201.6, resulting in a UI benefit score of 34.22 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 45.24

✓ Minnesota does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Minnesota does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Minnesota does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Minnesota does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Minnesota does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Minnesota does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Minnesota does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Minnesota does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Minnesota does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Minnesota does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Minnesota does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Minnesota does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Minnesota does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Minnesota does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 90

✓ Minnesota does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Minnesota does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Minnesota does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Minnesota does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Minnesota does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Minnesota does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Hennepin County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 61.33% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 70.46%
Republican: 27.25%
Libertarian: 1%
Other: 0.98%
Green: 0.32%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55410, 55411, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55416, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55420, 55421, 55422, 55423, 55424, 55425, 55426, 55427, 55428, 55429, 55430, 55431, 55432, 55433, 55434, 55435, 55436, 55437, 55438, 55439, 55441, 55442, 55443, 55444, 55445, 55446, 55447, 55448, 55449, 55450, 55454, 55455
Latitude : 45.059712
Longitude : -93.300583
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 846 ft.
Area Code(s) : 612, 651, 763, 952

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.57
Male Population Estimate : 44.78%
Female Population Estimate : 46.40%
Median Age : 35.8
Male Median Age : 34.9
Female Median Age : 36.4

White Population Estimate : 68.05%
Black Population Estimate : 13.81%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 6.93%
Asian Population Estimate : 6.76%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.12%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.94%
Other Population Estimate : 4.06%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Minneapolis specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Hennepin County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Hennepin County: About 449 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Hennepin County is about 6% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 36% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.