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Opportunity Zones in Minnesota

Minnesota has 128 Qualified Opportunity Zones, including 67 rural Opportunity Zones. These OZ 1.0 zones remain in effect through December 31, 2028. In the second half of 2026, Minnesota will nominate approximately 73 new Opportunity Zones under the OZ 2.0 framework, with those designations taking effect on January 1, 2027.

OZ 2.0 Nomination Status
Window Closed
Community deadline
Jun 30
Agency in charge
MN DEED

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128
Designated OZs (2018)
67
Rural OZs
289
OZ 2.0-eligible tracts
73
2.0 nomination cap

What Are Opportunity Zones?

Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities designated at the census-tract level. U.S. taxpayers who reinvest eligible capital gains into Qualified Opportunity Funds that invest in Opportunity Zone property may qualify for several federal tax benefits.

How To Invest in Opportunity Zones

To qualify for the Opportunity Zone tax incentive, investors must reinvest eligible capital gains into a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF). The QOF must then deploy capital into qualified Opportunity Zone property or businesses located within designated census tracts.

Minnesota Opportunity Zones Map

The interactive map below shows every designated Opportunity Zone in Minnesota. Use the layer panel to explore rural and surrounding tracts, or click any zone for tract-level detail.

Current Opportunity Zones in Minnesota (Designated 2018)

The census tracts below were designated in 2018 under IRS Notice 2018-48 and correspond to 2010 U.S. Census tract boundaries. These OZ 1.0 designations remain in effect through December 31, 2028.

CountyCensus TractType
Aitkin27001770300Rural
Aitkin27001770400Rural
Anoka27003050402Non-Rural
Anoka27003050606Non-Rural
Anoka27003051501Non-Rural
Becker27005450500Rural
Beltrami27007450702Rural
Beltrami27007940001Rural
Benton27009021200Non-Rural
Big Stone27011950300Rural
Blue Earth27013170300Rural
Blue Earth27013170700Rural
Carlton27017940000Rural
Cass27021940002Rural
Chippewa27023950600Rural
Chisago27025110301Rural
Clay27027020300Non-Rural
Clearwater27029000100Rural
Cook27031480100Rural
Cottonwood27033270400Rural
Crow Wing27035951100Rural
Crow Wing27035951200Rural
Dakota27037060104Non-Rural
Dakota27037060105Non-Rural
Dakota27037060301Non-Rural
Douglas27041450600Rural
Faribault27043460400Rural
Fillmore27045960500Rural
Freeborn27047180600Rural
Goodhue27049080200Rural
Hennepin27053005902Non-Rural
Hennepin27053007700Non-Rural
Hennepin27053009500Non-Rural
Hennepin27053020200Non-Rural
Hennepin27053020804Non-Rural
Hennepin27053021300Non-Rural
Hennepin27053023400Non-Rural
Hennepin27053025100Non-Rural
Hennepin27053026810Non-Rural
Hennepin27053100400Non-Rural
Hennepin27053100500Non-Rural
Hennepin27053100900Non-Rural
Hennepin27053102100Non-Rural
Hennepin27053102800Non-Rural
Hennepin27053102900Non-Rural
Hennepin27053103400Non-Rural
Hennepin27053104000Non-Rural
Hennepin27053104100Non-Rural
Hennepin27053104800Non-Rural
Hennepin27053106000Non-Rural
Hennepin27053106200Non-Rural
Hennepin27053107400Non-Rural
Hennepin27053125800Non-Rural
Hennepin27053125900Non-Rural
Hennepin27053126000Non-Rural
Hubbard27057070600Rural
Isanti27059130301Rural
Itasca27061480300Rural
Itasca27061480500Rural
Jackson27063480400Rural
Kanabec27065480300Rural
Kandiyohi27067780800Rural
Koochiching27071790100Rural
Lake27075370300Rural
Lake of the Woods27077460300Rural
Lyon27083360500Rural
Mahnomen27087940100Rural
Martin27091790600Rural
Meeker27093560300Rural
Mille Lacs27095170500Rural
Mille Lacs27095970100Rural
Mille Lacs27095970200Rural
Morrison27097780600Rural
Mower27099000410Rural
Nobles27105105400Rural
Olmsted27109000100Non-Rural
Olmsted27109000600Non-Rural
Otter Tail27111960300Rural
Pennington27113090200Rural
Pennington27113090400Rural
Pine27115950400Rural
Pine27115950500Rural
Pine27115950700Rural
Pipestone27117460200Rural
Polk27119021000Rural
Ramsey27123030400Non-Rural
Ramsey27123030500Non-Rural
Ramsey27123031500Non-Rural
Ramsey27123031600Non-Rural
Ramsey27123031701Non-Rural
Ramsey27123031702Non-Rural
Ramsey27123031900Non-Rural
Ramsey27123032100Non-Rural
Ramsey27123032500Non-Rural
Ramsey27123032700Non-Rural
Ramsey27123033100Non-Rural
Ramsey27123033400Non-Rural
Ramsey27123033500Non-Rural
Ramsey27123033700Non-Rural
Ramsey27123034201Non-Rural
Ramsey27123034701Non-Rural
Ramsey27123036000Non-Rural
Ramsey27123037100Non-Rural
Ramsey27123041602Non-Rural
Redwood27127750300Rural
Renville27129790500Rural
Rice27131070700Rural
Rock27133570300Rural
St. Louis27137001700Non-Rural
St. Louis27137001900Non-Rural
St. Louis27137002000Non-Rural
St. Louis27137012400Rural
St. Louis27137013100Rural
St. Louis27137015300Rural
St. Louis27137015500Rural
St. Louis27137015600Non-Rural
St. Louis27137015800Non-Rural
Sherburne27141031500Non-Rural
Stearns27145011600Non-Rural
Steele27147960400Rural
Stevens27149480200Rural
Swift27151960400Rural
Todd27153790600Rural
Wabasha27157490300Rural
Wadena27159480300Rural
Waseca27161790500Rural
Winona27169670500Rural
Yellow Medicine27173970100Rural

Future OZ 2.0 Designations in Minnesota

On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Census Bureau released its five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for the 2020–2024 period. These data determine which census tracts are eligible for Opportunity Zone designation under the OZ 2.0 framework.

Across Minnesota, 289 census tracts meet the statutory median-family-income and/or poverty-rate thresholds. Under the 25 percent statutory cap, Minnesota may nominate up to 73 of those tracts, with new designations taking effect on January 1, 2027. Every eligible tract is listed below.

17.8%
Median poverty rate (eligible tracts)
62.8%
Median family income vs. area (eligible tracts)
1,024,556
People in eligible tracts

Census profile of the OZ 2.0-eligible tracts, per OpportunityZones.com analysis of 2020–2024 ACS data.

CountyCensus TractMFI RatioPoverty
Aitkin2700177020064.5%15.6%
Aitkin2700177040254.3%15.7%
Aitkin2700179050168.7%11.1%
Anoka2700305040262.8%15.3%
Anoka2700305050166.4%9.2%
Anoka2700305050455.4%10.3%
Anoka2700305060268.5%9.2%
Anoka2700305060665.0%15.4%
Anoka2700305060760.4%11.5%
Anoka2700305060853.1%10.1%
Anoka2700305071056.4%19.6%
Anoka2700305080765.7%10.6%
Anoka2700305080865.2%10.0%
Anoka2700305081053.2%6.4%
Anoka2700305082863.4%11.9%
Anoka2700305090162.6%8.6%
Anoka2700305100167.0%12.7%
Anoka2700305120162.5%15.3%
Anoka2700305120265.7%19.7%
Anoka2700305120663.2%8.4%
Anoka2700305130468.7%16.1%
Anoka2700305130556.8%8.6%
Anoka2700305140073.4%20.3%
Anoka2700305150152.2%25.0%
Becker2700545050060.3%26.4%
Becker2700594000063.3%23.7%
Beltrami2700745060074.0%21.2%
Beltrami2700745070324.9%
Beltrami2700745070470.4%21.3%
Beltrami2700794000138.3%32.5%
Benton2700902120146.4%25.4%
Big Stone2701195030062.7%12.0%
Blue Earth2701317060073.5%34.2%
Blue Earth2701317070083.4%40.7%
Blue Earth2701317110189.7%29.9%
Blue Earth2701317120267.6%38.5%
Brown2701596010165.0%12.4%
Brown2701596010252.9%20.8%
Brown2701596060067.4%10.9%
Carlton2701707050195.5%36.2%
Cass2702194000253.0%26.0%
Cass2702196060062.4%15.8%
Cass2702196070066.7%11.6%
Cass2702196080368.1%13.2%
Chisago2702511020147.1%14.9%
Clay2702702040095.7%46.2%
Clay2702702060077.2%21.2%
Clay2702703010878.1%22.1%
Cook2703148010167.4%15.2%
Cottonwood2703327020073.2%21.0%
Cottonwood2703327040071.6%20.4%
Crow Wing2703595070166.9%14.5%
Crow Wing2703595110050.8%21.5%
Dakota2703706010153.4%8.3%
Dakota2703706010468.5%8.6%
Dakota2703706071066.3%19.5%
Dakota2703706073563.9%7.9%
Dakota2703706074868.0%9.3%
Dakota2703706080556.0%16.4%
Dakota2703706090463.8%12.5%
Douglas2704145070362.8%11.1%
Faribault2704346020067.5%11.4%
Faribault2704346060056.3%8.2%
Fillmore2704596050068.7%12.8%
Freeborn2704718080053.8%9.7%
Freeborn2704718090054.9%22.6%
Goodhue2704908010166.8%12.3%
Hennepin2705300010185.3%22.2%
Hennepin2705300220063.6%35.4%
Hennepin2705300270062.3%11.8%
Hennepin2705300320047.4%24.4%
Hennepin2705300330050.6%17.2%
Hennepin27053003801105.7%20.7%
Hennepin2705300380244.3%55.4%
Hennepin2705300590150.4%39.9%
Hennepin2705300590241.9%31.7%
Hennepin2705300680029.7%
Hennepin2705300780140.1%36.9%
Hennepin2705300820025.6%
Hennepin2705300830030.7%
Hennepin2705300850062.9%16.1%
Hennepin2705302020155.4%24.4%
Hennepin2705302020248.7%11.0%
Hennepin2705302030249.2%11.7%
Hennepin2705302030459.1%5.6%
Hennepin2705302040063.9%16.3%
Hennepin2705302050065.7%10.5%
Hennepin2705302150253.1%12.8%
Hennepin2705302230259.3%25.6%
Hennepin2705302320168.3%11.3%
Hennepin2705302340161.3%15.8%
Hennepin2705302400460.1%10.9%
Hennepin2705302430067.0%6.8%
Hennepin2705302480168.8%8.6%
Hennepin2705302520160.5%10.9%
Hennepin2705302530258.3%28.9%
Hennepin2705302540351.0%26.3%
Hennepin2705302601968.8%7.6%
Hennepin2705302610468.4%13.8%
Hennepin2705302680940.5%23.0%
Hennepin2705302681956.7%17.8%
Hennepin2705302682736.0%24.9%
Hennepin2705302682863.4%15.0%
Hennepin2705310040049.3%17.9%
Hennepin2705310050055.2%13.6%
Hennepin2705310070057.2%14.5%
Hennepin2705310090063.6%24.8%
Hennepin2705310130061.8%26.7%
Hennepin2705310160056.2%44.8%
Hennepin2705310180068.1%6.8%
Hennepin2705310200072.8%25.9%
Hennepin2705310210044.3%22.0%
Hennepin2705310250066.9%6.3%
Hennepin2705310260081.6%21.7%
Hennepin2705310280058.7%23.1%
Hennepin2705310340029.0%
Hennepin2705310390069.6%
Hennepin2705310400167.8%26.6%
Hennepin2705310400250.9%24.8%
Hennepin2705310410050.0%20.3%
Hennepin2705310440087.8%28.4%
Hennepin2705310480124.1%60.8%
Hennepin2705310480273.5%35.3%
Hennepin2705310490125.4%63.3%
Hennepin2705310490249.5%47.6%
Hennepin2705310520188.6%21.7%
Hennepin2705310600045.3%30.3%
Hennepin2705310620047.4%42.1%
Hennepin2705310670059.5%17.1%
Hennepin2705310690031.3%
Hennepin2705310700071.1%24.8%
Hennepin2705310740066.7%10.1%
Hennepin2705310860050.4%29.7%
Hennepin2705310880043.9%17.4%
Hennepin2705310940058.6%9.9%
Hennepin2705312570060.8%19.4%
Hennepin2705312580032.6%48.4%
Hennepin2705312590051.6%32.5%
Hennepin2705312600044.2%20.5%
Hennepin2705398010020.4%
Hubbard2705707040069.6%7.4%
Hubbard2705707060056.4%19.2%
Isanti2705913020069.1%14.7%
Isanti2705913030468.3%10.9%
Itasca2706148010160.1%20.3%
Itasca2706148010265.0%8.5%
Itasca2706148030262.1%20.0%
Itasca2706148050064.3%17.1%
Itasca2706148080361.1%14.8%
Itasca2706148080553.6%20.9%
Itasca2706148100165.1%13.2%
Itasca2706194000067.2%19.8%
Kanabec2706548010069.8%8.3%
Kanabec2706548030058.0%13.9%
Kandiyohi2706777090056.2%4.7%
Kandiyohi2706778080062.0%20.8%
Kandiyohi2706778100067.9%15.7%
Koochiching2707179010065.0%13.0%
Koochiching2707179020265.1%13.4%
Lac qui Parle2707318010069.4%8.0%
Mahnomen2708794010063.6%17.4%
Mahnomen2708794030063.5%19.4%
Martin2709179020066.5%13.1%
Martin2709179060048.1%23.8%
Meeker2709356030063.3%14.1%
Mille Lacs2709517050064.1%12.0%
Mille Lacs2709517070056.9%10.0%
Mille Lacs2709597010065.7%12.6%
Mille Lacs2709597020054.4%22.0%
Mille Lacs2709597030069.5%10.9%
Morrison2709778060050.8%21.5%
Morrison2709778070056.4%16.1%
Mower2709900030062.7%7.6%
Mower2709900041028.0%36.8%
Mower2709900080064.4%10.6%
Nicollet27103480400109.1%20.3%
Nobles2710510540052.5%27.3%
Nobles2710510550067.2%11.5%
Nobles2710510560064.7%12.2%
Olmsted2710900010059.3%25.5%
Olmsted2710900020065.7%13.4%
Olmsted2710900050068.1%11.0%
Olmsted2710900100060.6%20.0%
Olmsted2710900140154.9%25.1%
Olmsted2710900170161.0%14.8%
Otter Tail2711196050066.1%14.1%
Otter Tail2711196090063.5%10.1%
Pine2711595030069.6%10.8%
Pine2711595040262.3%18.2%
Pine2711595050068.9%12.2%
Pipestone2711746030069.6%11.3%
Polk2711902020067.2%28.0%
Ramsey2712303020269.9%9.8%
Ramsey2712303040050.9%14.4%
Ramsey2712303050030.4%35.6%
Ramsey2712303060161.3%40.7%
Ramsey2712303070458.7%24.3%
Ramsey2712303080067.8%14.4%
Ramsey2712303100054.5%25.5%
Ramsey2712303130054.7%22.9%
Ramsey2712303140043.8%19.8%
Ramsey2712303150046.4%21.7%
Ramsey2712303160047.6%29.2%
Ramsey2712303170160.6%10.0%
Ramsey2712303170232.1%31.8%
Ramsey2712303210063.3%14.4%
Ramsey2712303240052.6%23.9%
Ramsey2712303250049.9%30.1%
Ramsey2712303260065.2%19.7%
Ramsey2712303270046.4%28.3%
Ramsey2712303310043.4%33.3%
Ramsey2712303320069.6%16.5%
Ramsey27123033400120.4%29.0%
Ramsey2712303350045.1%11.3%
Ramsey2712303360032.0%40.5%
Ramsey2712303370041.5%42.9%
Ramsey2712303390067.5%12.4%
Ramsey2712303420163.5%24.2%
Ramsey2712303460164.7%16.0%
Ramsey2712303460269.3%7.2%
Ramsey27123036000105.0%20.2%
Ramsey2712303610058.9%35.3%
Ramsey2712303690061.1%7.9%
Ramsey2712303720062.9%11.7%
Ramsey2712303740254.7%1.4%
Ramsey2712303740368.3%25.2%
Ramsey2712303760351.8%17.8%
Ramsey2712303760451.1%9.8%
Ramsey2712304060664.9%9.3%
Ramsey2712304090260.5%12.3%
Ramsey2712304110362.8%13.5%
Ramsey2712304110769.2%9.5%
Ramsey2712304200166.9%12.6%
Ramsey2712304210160.2%16.9%
Ramsey2712304220159.6%10.6%
Ramsey2712304220275.1%20.8%
Ramsey2712304280039.4%15.8%
Redwood2712775050068.9%15.0%
Rice2713107070267.0%11.1%
Rice2713107090174.3%23.0%
Rice2713107090256.3%25.2%
St. Louis27137000301108.8%22.9%
St. Louis2713700120077.9%23.9%
St. Louis2713700130073.7%31.3%
St. Louis2713700140040.2%38.4%
St. Louis2713700160040.2%38.0%
St. Louis2713700170081.7%37.0%
St. Louis2713700180037.4%39.1%
St. Louis2713700190051.5%
St. Louis2713700240061.0%16.4%
St. Louis2713700330070.0%20.5%
St. Louis2713701220050.0%21.8%
St. Louis2713701250057.2%19.4%
St. Louis2713701310051.9%31.9%
St. Louis2713701380073.8%20.1%
St. Louis2713701560052.2%21.6%
St. Louis27137015700102.4%39.1%
Scott2713908020885.4%24.7%
Scott2713908030365.3%12.3%
Scott2713908040060.4%17.2%
Sherburne2714103150051.4%12.4%
Stearns2714500030193.1%29.7%
Stearns2714500030376.6%47.8%
Stearns2714500030449.5%38.1%
Stearns2714500050170.0%30.4%
Stearns2714500060169.4%30.1%
Stearns2714500060261.5%24.5%
Stearns2714500080195.2%22.0%
Stearns2714501130723.3%
Stearns2714501160091.6%27.4%
Steele2714796040066.1%11.9%
Swift2715196020052.0%9.6%
Swift2715196040069.6%19.9%
Todd2715379010064.4%14.7%
Todd2715379020065.0%10.5%
Todd2715379030068.8%17.2%
Todd2715379060054.3%11.0%
Traverse2715546020068.0%8.7%
Wadena2715948030061.2%15.4%
Waseca2716179050069.6%8.0%
Washington2716307010366.7%14.3%
Washington2716307010467.3%5.8%
Wilkin2716795020077.1%21.7%
Winona2716967030187.6%22.2%
Winona2716967050086.5%48.8%
Winona2716967060068.9%17.7%
Winona2716967070070.3%24.7%
Wright2717110020366.5%6.1%
Wright2717110040260.6%8.7%