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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Minnesota

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$390

per week · Minnesota · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Minnesota median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$390$177
Toddler$348$150
Preschool$309$153
School-age$237$143

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Stearns County

$431 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Kittson County

$167 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Minnesota counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Aitkin County$175 †12.5%
Anoka County$390 †18.3%
Becker County$211 †12.7%
Beltrami County$255 †16.4%
Benton County$247 †14.2%
Big Stone County$178 †11.3%
Blue Earth County$211 †12.1%
Brown County$175 †10.4%
Carlton County$211 †12.1%
Carver County$390 †14.3%
Cass County$175 †11.9%
Chippewa County$175 †11.1%
Chisago County$235 †10.8%
Clay County$211 †10.6%
Clearwater County$219 †14.4%
Cook County$247 †14.1%
Cottonwood County$175 †11.0%
Crow Wing County$211 †13.2%
Dakota County$390 †16.3%
Dodge County$211 †10.1%
Douglas County$211 †12.0%
Faribault County$175 †10.7%
Fillmore County$175 †10.1%
Freeborn County$211 †13.5%
Goodhue County$247 †12.8%
Grant County$211 †13.4%
Hennepin County$390 †16.0%
Houston County$219 †11.9%
Hubbard County$247 †16.0%
Isanti County$235 †13.0%
Itasca County$219 †13.8%
Jackson County$175 †10.7%
Kanabec County$219 †13.9%
Kandiyohi County$211 †12.3%
Kittson County$167 †9.5%
Koochiching County$219 †14.8%
Lac qui Parle County$175 †10.8%
Lake County$247 †14.2%
Lake of the Woods County$255 †17.2%
Le Sueur County$175 †8.8%
Lincoln County$219 †14.3%
Lyon County$219 †13.5%
Mahnomen County$178 †14.6%
Marshall County$219 †12.3%
Martin County$255 †16.0%
McLeod County$211 †11.4%
Meeker County$211 †11.8%
Mille Lacs County$247 †15.7%
Morrison County$175 †11.1%
Mower County$211 †12.6%
Murray County$167 †9.4%
Nicollet County$219 †11.0%
Nobles County$219 †15.0%
Norman County$219 †12.4%
Olmsted County$390 †17.7%
Otter Tail County$219 †13.0%
Pennington County$219 †12.4%
Pine County$211 †13.8%
Pipestone County$175 †11.4%
Polk County$219 †12.5%
Pope County$211 †11.6%
Ramsey County$390 †19.6%
Red Lake County$175 †9.7%
Redwood County$175 †11.0%
Renville County$175 †10.6%
Rice County$247 †13.0%
Rock County$175 †9.6%
Roseau County$211 †12.9%
Scott County$390 †15.1%
Sherburne County$235 †10.6%
Sibley County$175 †9.9%
St. Louis County$211 †12.2%
Stearns County$431 †24.6%
Steele County$235 †11.9%
Stevens County$175 †9.6%
Swift County$175 †12.0%
Todd County$175 †11.9%
Traverse County$175 †10.2%
Wabasha County$211 †11.8%
Wadena County$175 †12.1%
Waseca County$219 †12.7%
Washington County$390 †15.3%
Watonwan County$175 †10.8%
Wilkin County$175 †10.3%
Winona County$211 †11.9%
Wright County$247 †10.9%
Yellow Medicine County$199 †12.0%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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