Signature · 5 LILA tracts (50% of tracts)
Beltrami County, MN
Beltrami County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 5 LILA tracts (50% of the book) alongside 32.3% low-access.
- 32.3%
- low-access pop.
- 5
- food-desert tracts
- 13.5%
- on SNAP
- 47K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Beltrami County, MN
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 32.3% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +10.2 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 5 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.5% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 50% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Yellow Medicine County (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Beltrami County sits in the upper national band (32.3%, #786 of 3,079) with 5 LILA tracts.
- #786
- national by low-access %
- #27
- in MN
- 7
- low-access tracts
- 7K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 5 LILA tracts (50% of tracts) .
How Beltrami County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Beltrami County's 32.3% low-access share is elevated, higher than 75% of them and ranked #795 most-affected nationwide.
Beltrami County's elevated USDA tier split
10 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 5 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Beltrami County has 3 urban and 7 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Beltrami County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Minnesota, not a full county-board reprint
- Red Lake
Red Lake 99.2%
99.2 % low-access
- Todd 32.4
Todd 32.4%
32.4 % low-access
- Beltrami 32.3
Beltrami 32.3%
32.3 % low-access
- Yellow Medici… 32.3
Yellow Medici… 32.3%
32.3 % low-access
- Renville 31.8
Renville 31.8%
31.8 % low-access
- Cook 31.4
Cook 31.4%
31.4 % low-access
- Fillmore 2.7
Fillmore 2.7%
2.7 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 10 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 44,442 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 7 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 5 |
| Low-Access Population | 14,360 |
| Low-Access Share | 32.3%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 6,991 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 46,512 |
| Median Household Income | $68,975 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,447 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.5%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.9%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 4.2% |
Thick SNAP store book in Beltrami County
Beltrami County has 39 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 17 locations (44% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 17
- 4th street tesoro, bemidji
- 71 mart, bemidji
- cenex north, bemidji
- circle k 2746565, bemidji
- holiday stationstore 2746104, bemidji
- lakes market n/a, bemidji
- lueken's food & fuel, bemidji
- northdale oil, bemidji
- northdale oil, bemidji
- ortons bemidji cenex 225, bemidji
- petes place south, bemidji
- petro serve usa #57, bemidji
- scenic store, pennington
- simonson station - bemidji 11, bemidji
- the other store, redby
- village one stop, kelliher
- wilton petroleum inc, bemidji
Combination Grocery/Other · 8
- cvs 10756, bemidji
- dollar general 18381, blackduck
- dollar general 21383, bemidji
- dollar general 23153, bemidji
- dollar general 23743, bemidji
- dollar tree 2435, bemidji
- stittsworth meats, bemidji
- walgreens 09633, bemidji
Super Store · 4
- lueken's village foods south, bemidji
- luekens food store, bemidji
- target store 657, bemidji
- walmart supercenter 3233, bemidji
Supermarket · 4
- aldi 72117, bemidji
- blackduck leevers foods, blackduck
- harmony natural food cooperative, bemidji
- red lake trading post, red lake
Farmers' Market · 3
- ashange farmer's market, redlake
- bemidji area farmers market, bemidji
- bemidji's natural choice farmers market, bemidji
Bakery Specialty · 1
- papa murphys take n bake pizza mn 052, bemidji
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- bemidji downtown meats, bemidji
Small Grocery Store · 1
- ponemah market, ponemah
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Minnesota
One of 86 counties in Minnesota, 6 are shown here.
Compare Beltrami County vs Aitkin County → · All Minnesota counties →
Counties near Beltrami County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Beltrami County, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside MN (32.3% here).
- Hillsborough County, NH · 32.3% low-access
- Hillsborough County, NH · 32.3% low-access
- Webster County, IA · 32.3% low-access
- Webster County, IA · 32.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside MN (13.5% here).
- Calhoun County, MI · 13.5% SNAP
- Calhoun County, MI · 13.5% SNAP
- Texas County, MO · 13.5% SNAP
- Texas County, MO · 13.5% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Beltrami County inside a higher low-access state context
Beltrami County sits inside Minnesota (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Beltrami County, MN are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 27007. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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