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Minnesota's poverty rate from 2005 to 2016

Graph of Minnesota’s poverty rate data from the U.S. Census Bureau America Community Survey. Poverty rates started at around 9 percent, and rose quickly from 2008 to 2011 during the recession and stayed around 11%. Rates decreased in 2014 to 2016 and returned to near 9.5 and 10 percent.