State Aids

The following write-ups are produced and maintained by Minnesota House Research Department, with some links provided to other sources.

Aid Programs

• The City LGA Program
• County Program Aid
• The Local Government Aid (LGA) Program: A History
  A report documenting the history of the local government aid program in Minnesota from 1967 to 2020, with a focus on aid to cities. October 2020.
• Township LGA
• Grouping Minnesota Cities: Using Cluster Analysis
  A 56-page technical report that describes a method used for public finance analysis by House Research to group Minnesota cities into classes with similar characteristics. September 2015.

2025 Session Printouts

• Certified 2025 LGA and estimated 2026 City LGA under current law
  (Run: lga26baseV2, 3/11/25)
• Preliminary 2026 County Program Aid
  (2/14/25)

2024 Session Printouts

• Certified 2024 City LGA and estimated 2025 City LGA under current law
  (Run: lga25base, 2/27/24)
• Preliminary 2025 County Program Aid
  (3/22/24)

2023 Session Printouts

• 2023 and 2024 LGA vs. 2024 LGA under the omnibus tax bill
  (Run: lga23/24/CCR, 5/23/23)
• 2023 and 2024 CPA vs. 2024 CPA under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• County Local Homeless Prevention Aid Distributions uner the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• County Local Affordable Housing Aid Distributions under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• City Local Affordable Housing Aid Distributions under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• Certified 2023 LGA and estimated 2024 City LGA under current law
  (Run: lga24base, 1/17/23)
• Preliminary 2024 County Program Aid
  (2/6/23)

Historical Information

• Share of LGA by Region Over Time
  Graph showing annual share of LGA from 1990 to the present
• Data on state aids and credits
  A link to historical data on state aids and credits by county and city on the Minnesota Department of Revenue website.

Major State Aids & Taxes

• Major State Aids and Taxes
  Analyses of the major state aids and taxes in Minnesota, showing state, regional, and county breakdowns of major state taxes and different types of aid.