What are the SNAP/EBT participation rates in Minnesota by county and race for 2024-2025?

1. What the public data do provide: statewide totals and demographics

National and state analyses report Minnesota had about 440,000–453,900 SNAP participants in 2024 (USAFacts: about 453,900 in FY2024; Minnesota DCYF often cites roughly 440,000 monthly recipients) ^{[1] [2]}. Policy briefs and state fact sheets note demographic breakdowns are available in some sources—CBPP’s Minnesota fact sheet relies on FY2022 SNAP Quality Control data for demographic shares—meaning race/ethnicity shares are reported at the state level in those materials rather than as county-by-race cross-tabs ^[4].

2. County-level participation exists, but not race-by-county in these sources

An interactive county map of SNAP household participation maintained by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) provides household SNAP participation rates by county (based on ACS 5-year data) and an interactive table for Minnesota counties, but the material cited in search results is a county-level map, not a county-by-race breakdown ^[3]. The Federal Reserve / Census-derived FRED series tracks SNAP recipients by county over time, but that series reports counts by county, not race-by-county in the results shown ^[5].

3. Why a county-by-race matrix is hard to find in public reporting

Sources show demographic shares in SNAP are often compiled from different datasets and years—USDA administrative counts for participant totals, SNAP Quality Control or ACS for demographics—so direct cross-tabulations (race × county × year) require combining datasets that the summarized fact sheets do not publish directly ^{[4] [5]}. The CBPP fact sheet explicitly notes demographic shares were taken from FY2022 SNAP Quality Control data, underscoring that race-by-county cross-tabs are not standard in their statewide products ^[4].

4. What is available and where to look next (and the caveats)

For county rates: FRAC’s SNAP participation map and associated interactive tables are the practical public entry point for household SNAP participation rates by county ^[3]. For statewide race/ethnicity shares: CBPP’s state fact sheets and Minnesota agency summaries contain demographic breakdowns (CBPP uses FY2022 QC data) ^[4]. For counts by county (not race): the FRED (St. Louis Fed) series and underlying Census SAIPE/SNAP administrative feeds provide county-level participant counts ^[5]. None of the provided sources publishes a ready-made county-by-race 2024–2025 table ^{[3] [4] [5]}.

5. Competing perspectives and policy context in the reporting

Advocacy groups and state agencies emphasize SNAP’s scale and geography—DCYF notes about 45% of recipients live outside the metro area, and anti-hunger groups point to record-high food-shelf visits and rising need ^{[2] [6]}. Policy briefs warn of funding or administrative changes that could reduce benefits and raise hunger; other reporting stresses that payment error-rate rules could shift costs to states ^[7]. These perspectives agree on high demand but differ on the urgency and policy remedies ^{[7] [6]}.

6. Recommended next steps to get the exact table you want

To produce a county-by-race participation matrix for 2024–2025 you would need to combine: (a) county-level SNAP counts (Census/USDA administrative data, e.g., FRED/SAIPE) and (b) race/ethnicity shares from SNAP Quality Control or ACS microdata. FRAC can deliver county participation rates; CBPP or USDA QC can supply race shares, but the cross-tab requires a data pull/merge that no single source in the search results provides ready-made ^{[3] [4] [5]}. Available sources do not mention a pre-built county-by-race 2024–2025 SNAP participation table.

Limitations: my synthesis uses only the provided sources; I do not assert facts beyond them. If you’d like, I can (a) give links and exact datasets to request (FRAC county map, USDA QC files, FRED county series) or (b) outline the merge steps to construct county × race rates from those datasets.