The data shows a clear and consistent increase in the number of registered medical marijuana patients in Minnesota from 2015 to 2023. Starting with only 837 patients in 2015, the number grew substantially each year, reaching more than 41 thousand by 2023.
Year | Patients |
2023 | 41,140 |
2022 | 39,577 |
2021 | 29,402 |
2020 | 28522 |
2019 | 18249 |
2018 | 14481 |
2017 | 8075 |
2016 | 4017 |
2015 | 837 |
The table below segregates the medical marijuana patients by county in Minnesota highlights a significant concentration of patients in urban and populous counties, with Hennepin County having the highest number at over 8 thousand patients, followed by Ramsey and Dakota Counties. This table is updated quarterly.
County | Total Patients |
Aitkin | 170 |
Anoka | 2,378 |
Becker | 260 |
Beltrami | 360 |
Benton | 250 |
Big Stone | 44 |
Blue Earth | 566 |
Brown | 193 |
Carlton | 284 |
Carver | 588 |
Cass | 254 |
Chippewa | 105 |
Chisago | 473 |
Clay | 624 |
Clearwater | 60 |
Cook | 28 |
Cottonwood | 41 |
Crow Wing | 710 |
Dakota | 3,234 |
Dodge | 199 |
Douglas | 339 |
Faribault | 107 |
Fillmore | 147 |
Freeborn | 173 |
Goodhue | 387 |
Grant | 42 |
Hennepin | 8,341 |
Houston | 60 |
Hubbard | 155 |
Isanti | 308 |
Itasca | 626 |
Jackson | 23 |
Kanabec | 99 |
Kandiyohi | 364 |
Kittson | 0 |
Koochiching | 127 |
Lac qui Parle | 31 |
Lake | 62 |
Lake of the Woods | 55 |
Le Sueur | 167 |
Lincoln | 0 |
Lyon | 75 |
Mahnomen | 39 |
Marshall | 40 |
Martin | 165 |
McLeod | 234 |
Meeker | 145 |
Mille Lacs | 293 |
Morrison | 262 |
Mower | 294 |
Murray | 17 |
Nicollet | 226 |
Nobles | 43 |
Norman | 58 |
Olmsted | 1,473 |
Otter Tail | 436 |
Pennington | 99 |
Pine | 231 |
Pipestone | 32 |
Polk | 199 |
Pope | 101 |
Ramsey | 3,639 |
Red Lake | 22 |
Redwood | 81 |
Renville | 135 |
Rice | 447 |
Rock | 44 |
Roseau | 110 |
Scott | 2,033 |
Sherburne | 949 |
Sibley | 921 |
St. Louis | 82 |
Stearns | 1,140 |
Steele | 284 |
Stevens | 64 |
Swift | 101 |
Todd | 87 |
Traverse | 0 |
Wabasha | 283 |
Wadena | 154 |
Waseca | 126 |
Washington | 2,012 |
Watonwan | 56 |
Wilkin | 48 |
Winona | 273 |
Wright | 977 |
Yellow Medicine | 63 |
Source: Minnesota Department of Health