How Minneapolis's 9.025% rate is built
Rose by a full point in October 2023 for Twin Cities metro transport and housing taxes, on top of Hennepin County and city layers. Minnesota fully exempts groceries and most clothing — one of only a handful of full clothing-exemption states.
What you pay in Minneapolis — worked examples
| Purchase | Tax at 9.025% | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $25 | $2.26 | $27.26 |
| $100 | $9.03 | $109.03 |
| $500 | $45.13 | $545.13 |
| $1,000 | $90.25 | $1090.25 |
| $10,000 | $902.50 | $10902.50 |
Minneapolis vs the Minnesota average
The average combined rate across Minnesota is about 8.04%, so Minneapolis at 9.025% is above the state norm by roughly 0.99 percentage points. On a $30,000 car (where vehicle tax rules allow the general rate), that gap alone is about $297 — one reason big purchases are planned around exact addresses, not state averages.
Minneapolis vs other major US cities
Minneapolis is the Minnesota city we track in detail. Against the extremes of the 30-city dataset:
| City | Combined rate | Tax on $1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis (this page) | 9.025% | $90.25 |
| Seattle — among the highest | 10.35% | $103.50 |
| Chicago — among the highest | 10.25% | $102.50 |
| Portland — among the lowest | 0% | $0.00 |
| Louisville — among the lowest | 6% | $60.00 |
| Average of the 30 tracked cities | 7.93% | $79.30 |
What this means in Minneapolis
The rate bites hardest on large, planned purchases. At 9.025%, a $10,000 purchase carries $902.50 of tax — $98.50 more than the same purchase at the Minnesota average rate of 8.04%, and $241.50 more than at the all-state average of 6.61%. On everyday spending the difference is cents; on vehicles, appliances and furniture it decides where people choose to buy.
Day-to-day, the grocery exemption keeps the weekly food shop outside this rate in Minnesota — the 9.025% applies to general merchandise, electronics and prepared food. Budget the rate into non-food spending, not the food bill.
Calculate with your exact rate
District boundaries inside Minneapolis can shift the rate street by street. For an exact figure — or to extract tax from a tax-inclusive total — use the full calculator with your precise local rate: