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Primary care and pediatric clinics in St. Louis County, MN
How St. Louis County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #183 of 1,656 scored counties
#16 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 30
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,373 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 200,518
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in St. Louis County spend about $119.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,373 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
St. Louis County has 30 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in St. Louis County was 80 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,089 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 79 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Louis County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Louis County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #183 of 1,656 scored counties and #16 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How St. Louis County compares
The same measures for Minnesota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | St. Louis County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.7M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,089 | 1,396 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.0% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,373 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,069 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 88 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80 → 800.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,630
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $313.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 302 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in St. Louis County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 200,518+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 87,115
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,248 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $70,069+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,368
- Median home value
- $221,400
- Jobs located here
- 98,963
- Daytime population
- 212,532Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with St. Louis County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wright County, MN | 98 | 9 | 1.7 | $9.9M | +11.1% | #1 of 1,656 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 95 | 6 | 1.7 | $9.7M | +6.8% | #4 of 1,656 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 94 | 17 | 3.1 | $5.8M | +5.1% | #6 of 1,656 |
| 4Anoka County, MN | 90 | 26 | 1.9 | $8.5M | +4.7% | #11 of 1,656 |
| 5Olmsted County, MN | 89 | 14 | 2.1 | $7.7M | +2.3% | #12 of 1,656 |
| 6Carver County, MN | 89 | 10 | 2.4 | $7.6M | +6.6% | #13 of 1,656 |
| 7Dakota County, MN | 89 | 55 | 3.2 | $5.3M | +3.9% | #15 of 1,656 |
| 8Washington County, MN | 86 | 39 | 3.7 | $4.8M | +6.9% | #29 of 1,656 |
| 9Cass County, MN | 86 | 5 | 3.9 | $3.5M | +4.2% | #31 of 1,656 |
| 10Goodhue County, MN | 85 | 5 | 2.5 | $5.7M | +1.3% | #33 of 1,656 |
| 16St. Louis County, MN | 73 | 30 | 3.4 | $4M | +0.2% | #183 of 1,656 |
Other business types in St. Louis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics47
- Dentists and orthodontists56
- Primary care and pediatrics73
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors55
- Physical therapy59
- Optometrists and eye care55
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in St. Louis County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 primary care and pediatric clinics in St. Louis County. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 79 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $119.6M a year, or $1,373 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $4M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,115 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MN compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
St. Louis County has 3.4 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $4M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 67, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,089 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MN growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 200,518 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,115 households. Median household income in St. Louis County is $70,069, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. St. Louis County scores 73 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #183 of 1,656 scored counties.
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