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Minnesota

Midwest State Power #18/51Per-capita #18
State Power
50.3
of 100 · #18
SPI
50.3
SCC
55.2
SDI
57.6

Pillar profile

Talent52.6
Capital43.3
Research58.3
Infrastructure64.0
Agentic57.6

Nearest peers (per-capita)

Report · generated from Minnesota's indicators

Minnesota — standing in full

Minnesota is the #20 state by economic size ($460bn GSP) and ranks #18/51 on absolute State Power and #18/51 on per-capita intensity. Its strongest pillar is Research (58.3, Strong); no single pillar is a binding weakness.

Economic & scale context

GDP
$460bn
#20 of 51
GDP / capita
$80k
Population
5.7M
AI investment
$5.0bn
#20 of 51
Notable AI orgs
26

Index & pillar read

Index / pillarValueStandingWhat a high vs low value means — and where Minnesota sits
SPI State Power50.3Moderate · #18/51Mid-pack. High would mean a heavyweight that anchors national AI capacity and pulls in capital and talent; low would mean limited absolute weight — a smaller node leaning on capacity built in larger states.
▲ high: a heavyweight that anchors national AI capacity and pulls in capital and talent  ·  ▼ low: limited absolute weight — a smaller node leaning on capacity built in larger states
SCC State Coefficient55.2Moderate · #18/51Mid-pack. High would mean deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity AI economy; low would mean thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to population.
▲ high: deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity AI economy  ·  ▼ low: thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to population
SDI State Agentic57.6Moderate · #18/51Mid-pack. High would mean agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier; low would mean agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used.
▲ high: agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier  ·  ▼ low: agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used
Talent Talent52.6Moderate · #16/51Mid-pack. High would mean a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI; low would mean a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally.
▲ high: a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI  ·  ▼ low: a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally
Capital Capital43.3Moderate · #19/51Mid-pack. High would mean abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure; low would mean thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally.
▲ high: abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure  ·  ▼ low: thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally
Research Research58.3Strong · #13/51High here — a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people.
▲ high: a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people  ·  ▼ low: a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts
Infrastructure Infrastructure64.0Moderate · #18/51Mid-pack. High would mean the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place; low would mean infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally.
▲ high: the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place  ·  ▼ low: infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally
Agentic Agentic57.6Moderate · #18/51Mid-pack. High would mean agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge; low would mean little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused.
▲ high: agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge  ·  ▼ low: little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused

Strengths to build on

  • Research (58.3, Strong) — a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people.

Risk factors

  • No acute structural gaps stand out across the state pillars.
State values are curated v1 estimates on a consistent scale — not yet measured sub-national data.