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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

Ramsey County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 63.44% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 71.5%
Republican: 26.14%
Other: 1.03%
Libertarian: 0.97%
Green: 0.36%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 55101, 55102, 55103, 55104, 55105, 55106, 55107, 55108, 55109, 55110, 55112, 55113, 55114, 55115, 55116, 55117, 55118, 55119, 55120, 55121, 55122, 55123, 55124, 55125, 55126, 55127, 55128, 55129, 55130, 55150
Latitude : 44.910826
Longitude : -93.170264
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 968 ft.
Area Code(s) : 651, 952

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.44
Male Population Estimate : 44.71%
Female Population Estimate : 47.47%
Median Age : 35.8
Male Median Age : 35.7
Female Median Age : 37.1

White Population Estimate : 71.03%
Black Population Estimate : 9.91%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 6.02%
Asian Population Estimate : 10.07%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.14%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.34%
Other Population Estimate : 2.88%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Saint Paul specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Ramsey County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Ramsey County: About 423 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Ramsey County is about 1% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 32% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.