2019 Minnesota news, by the numbers
A selective look back at some of the stories that defined the past year.
Data & Maps
A collection of MinnPost’s maps, datasets and other interactive projects. We believe in showing our work, contributing to the open source community, and building useful, beautiful news apps.
Pass the pie and shut your piehole: Almost a third of Minnesotans have stopped talking to someone due to politics
That’s according to a recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Just in time for Thanksgiving.
Indigent burials are putting a strain on county budgets across Minnesota
Minnesota counties are required to cover arrangements for those who expire without enough assets to pay for the costs associated with death. And many of those counties are seeing those expenses rise substantially.
Winslowe Ladybird Neetenbeek has the coolest cat name in Minneapolis — and other revelations from the city’s pet registry
Vying for the best cat names in Minneapolis? Ted Meowsby, Jazzpurr and Winslowe Ladybird Neetenbeek.
The ultimate Minnesota cities population-size bracket quiz
How well do you know your Minnesota city sizes?
Minnesota’s eastern border: A river runs through it, except this one part
Borderline madness.
Where the Twin Cities metro’s true bedroom communities are
Looking for places where people live, but don’t work.
A deeper look at the ranked choices for mayor of Minneapolis
The first-choice preferences of voters whose ballots counted for Jacob Frey and Raymond Dehn; geographic distribution of exhausted ballots; and more!
This year’s city elections sort of lived up to Minnesota’s reputation for high voter turnout
More than 100,000 Minneapolitans and 61,000 St. Paulites cast first-choice votes for mayor.
Where Minneapolis mayoral candidates won their first-choice votes
We mapped first-choice votes for the top mayoral candidates in Minneapolis by ward.
Where St. Paul mayoral candidates won their first-choice votes
We mapped first-choice votes for the top mayoral candidates in St. Paul by ward.
What public records can tell you about the history of your house
If houses could talk…
2016’s awfulness notwithstanding, here are 5 trends that improved in Minnesota this year
If the trends continue, 2017 could be a good year for the state.
Where do Minnesota’s most charitable citizens live (at least according to the IRS)?
’Tis the season of giving. And sneaking in last-minute charitable contributions.
What are the Twin Cities’ most popular dog breeds? And what are the dogs’ names?
Plus, some cute dog photos.
How successful was MinnPost’s ‘Legislative Races to Watch’ feature?
We hoped to identify the most important districts in the race to control the Minnesota Legislature. In some cases, we did.
Where Trump did better than Mitt Romney in Minnesota, and where he did worse
Romney and Trump got a similar number of votes in Minnesota, but from very different parts of the state.
Where the GOP made its gains in the Minnesota Legislature
With a gain of six seats in the Senate and four in the House, Tuesday was indisputably a good night for the Minnesota GOP.
The RV capital of Minnesota, and other fun facts that can be gleaned from Minnesota vehicle registration data
How many — and what kinds of — vehicles people have vary by which part of Minnesota they live in.
Bombs bursting in hair: The cost — in injuries and property damage — of fireworks in Minnesota
Fireworks can be dangerous.
