Minnesota Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 225,360 (225.36K) loans totaling $16,578,707,995 ($16.58B) to small businesses in Minnesota. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 1,774,781 (1.78M).

As at April 2025, 215.07K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (95.44% of the total number of loans), and a total of $16.34B has been forgiven (98.54% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Hennepin received the highest ($5,571,706,879), followed by Ramsey ($1,776,826,649), and Dakota ($1,065,252,953).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Hennepin received the highest (50,719), followed by Ramsey (16,449), and Dakota (12,444).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Minnesota counties.

Minnesota Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Minnesota Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Hennepin 50719 5571706879
Ramsey 16449 1776826649
Dakota 12444 1065252953
Anoka 8612 804153244
Washington 6986 569015172
Stearns 6943 472212368
Saint Louis 4875 454476052
Olmsted 5252 355797892
Scott 4558 346426969
Wright 4265 318459219
Carver 3524 311005952
Blue Earth 3077 231104244
Sherburne 2611 194118248
Crow Wing 2498 171947325
Kandiyohi 2429 167782021
Rice 2450 154832792
Otter Tail 3439 144655495
Douglas 2301 124428902
Clay 2389 120626778
Mcleod 1758 119428487
Brown 2197 107940712
Goodhue 2450 107931640
Winona 1681 105019177
Chisago 1452 99853597
Benton 1513 94779983
Itasca 1377 90538545
Beltrami 1699 89022326
Polk 2149 85935869
Becker 1838 84551479
Lyon 2325 79803869
Steele 1419 74667279
Nicollet 1648 74595627
Mower 1830 72717468
Freeborn 1573 69424715
Morrison 2026 69371922
Meeker 1317 64984728
Martin 1761 63829588
Redwood 1962 60933107
Fillmore 1967 59292836
Renville 1616 58784593
Isanti 1026 56344750
Nobles 1704 54416449
Carlton 755 53868255
Mille Lacs 989 51513365
Cass 1068 50970885
Wabasha 1459 47391026
Le Sueur 1312 46577590
Dodge 1047 43624809
Waseca 1349 42377857
Chippewa 1027 39946919
Jackson 1241 39889417
Houston 1094 38914696
Sibley 1222 38459490
Pine 839 37624197
Faribault 1441 37275259
Marshall 1210 36773315
Yellow Medicine 1454 36657471
Pope 805 36492084
Cottonwood 1259 35526550
Roseau 1120 34445942
Swift 965 34400112
Wadena 756 34047498
Pipestone 972 33692441
Murray 1324 33242179
Lac Qui Parle 1164 33173242
Stevens 660 32522676
Hubbard 907 32224698
Todd 1394 32139116
Pennington 802 31556311
Aitkin 437 27716384
Kanabec 478 27025386
Rock 1047 26815208
Watonwan 720 25138405
Koochiching 405 24147466
Clearwater 580 22119873
Cook 331 19919018
Lincoln 936 19845303
Norman 656 18210991
Big Stone 703 17867499
Grant 637 17857667
Wilkin 536 16687771
Lake 261 15394480
Kittson 573 15262609
Traverse 475 14914639
Red Lake 402 9402870
Lake Of The Woods 203 8865577
Mahnomen 233 7103676
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Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Hennepin had the highest ($5,447,184,493), followed by Ramsey ($1,730,102,446), and Dakota ($1,049,986,183).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Hennepin had the highest (46,641), followed by Ramsey (14,833), and Dakota (11,747).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Minnesota counties.

Minnesota Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Minnesota Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Hennepin 46641 5447184493
Ramsey 14833 1730102446
Dakota 11747 1049986183
Anoka 7978 792717782
Washington 6599 557335229
Stearns 6710 470667936
Saint Louis 4664 449962097
Olmsted 5022 346083795
Scott 4363 345563282
Wright 4160 318848633
Carver 3392 304051054
Blue Earth 2974 230922955
Sherburne 2517 193969015
Crow Wing 2443 172183130
Kandiyohi 2380 168072305
Rice 2388 155045514
Otter Tail 3387 144674634
Douglas 2274 124963453
Clay 2326 120586983
Mcleod 1729 119037184
Brown 2183 108251542
Goodhue 2415 107770802
Winona 1636 104998697
Chisago 1405 99093341
Benton 1445 94180877
Itasca 1353 90183772
Beltrami 1671 88111532
Polk 2126 85482961
Becker 1811 84801858
Lyon 2290 79948284
Steele 1386 74132214
Nicollet 1618 74532617
Mower 1798 71980659
Freeborn 1540 68573467
Morrison 1991 67695893
Meeker 1301 65210295
Martin 1752 64172591
Redwood 1940 61243748
Fillmore 1948 59440803
Renville 1599 58971933
Isanti 994 56107083
Nobles 1673 54279733
Carlton 732 51147758
Mille Lacs 968 51173400
Cass 1033 50745542
Wabasha 1432 47310606
Le Sueur 1284 46486597
Dodge 1018 43370055
Waseca 1323 42311987
Chippewa 1020 39468264
Jackson 1228 40113262
Houston 1078 38960933
Sibley 1197 38396901
Pine 821 37683763
Faribault 1429 37299449
Marshall 1200 36464428
Yellow Medicine 1445 36784050
Pope 799 36773688
Cottonwood 1242 35610454
Roseau 1111 34553670
Swift 955 34469811
Wadena 741 34180819
Pipestone 959 33828601
Murray 1315 33353448
Lac Qui Parle 1159 33402065
Stevens 652 32705482
Hubbard 883 31580754
Todd 1378 32159174
Pennington 789 31258995
Aitkin 427 27842264
Kanabec 469 27151023
Rock 1033 26685106
Watonwan 712 25263519
Koochiching 398 24230803
Clearwater 570 22188895
Cook 327 19927189
Lincoln 929 19421988
Norman 649 17949201
Big Stone 695 17883610
Grant 631 17924006
Wilkin 528 16704378
Lake 252 15401882
Kittson 567 15332453
Traverse 469 14712116
Red Lake 394 9408150
Lake Of The Woods 201 8902763
Mahnomen 229 7092671
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Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Hennepin had the highest (542,123), followed by Ramsey (181,507), and Dakota (111,694).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Minnesota counties.

Minnesota Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Minnesota Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Hennepin 542123
Ramsey 181507
Dakota 111694
Anoka 85296
Washington 67390
Stearns 54726
Saint Louis 59458
Olmsted 42148
Scott 34875
Wright 33783
Carver 31677
Blue Earth 26837
Sherburne 21659
Crow Wing 22564
Kandiyohi 20488
Rice 18402
Otter Tail 17868
Douglas 13938
Clay 13746
Mcleod 12195
Brown 11011
Goodhue 12151
Winona 12796
Chisago 11945
Benton 10431
Itasca 11946
Beltrami 11129
Polk 9981
Becker 10917
Lyon 9261
Steele 8883
Nicollet 8031
Mower 8460
Freeborn 8149
Morrison 8530
Meeker 7058
Martin 6969
Redwood 6314
Fillmore 7063
Renville 5984
Isanti 7380
Nobles 6099
Carlton 6963
Mille Lacs 6111
Cass 7438
Wabasha 5783
Le Sueur 5928
Dodge 4374
Waseca 4919
Chippewa 4668
Jackson 4031
Houston 4597
Sibley 4205
Pine 4616
Faribault 4093
Marshall 3581
Yellow Medicine 3904
Pope 4036
Cottonwood 4045
Roseau 4112
Swift 4173
Wadena 4060
Pipestone 4142
Murray 3690
Lac Qui Parle 3040
Stevens 3566
Hubbard 4578
Todd 4286
Pennington 4074
Aitkin 3542
Kanabec 2813
Rock 2903
Watonwan 2726
Koochiching 3124
Clearwater 2037
Cook 2803
Lincoln 2314
Norman 1926
Big Stone 2053
Grant 1981
Wilkin 2020
Lake 2056
Kittson 1845
Traverse 1562
Red Lake 1137
Lake Of The Woods 1309
Mahnomen 748
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Data Source: SBA.