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Minnesota — Config Review

US-MN · packages/shared/src/conf/mn.yaml

Profile config
Judicial Regions10
Athletic Sections8
School Districts9
Concepts (12)
Minnesota
Local NameMinnesota
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameLegislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesMinneapolis, Saint Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Bloomington
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCounty Board
Executive RequiredNo
SubdivisionsCities, Townships
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor, council-manager
Governance Exceptions
Strong-MayorMinneapolis, Saint Paul
SubdivisionsNo
Township
Local NameTownship
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameTown Board
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameSchool Board
Service Cooperative
Local NameService Cooperative
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCooperative Board
Section
Local NameSection
Parent Org NameMSHSL
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (2)
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (6)
State
Kindstatic
Conceptstate
NameMinnesota
Identifiers
  • Schemeusps_state
    ValueMN
Fips27
Counties
Kindarcgis
Urlhttps://feat.gisdata.mn.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MnGeo/mn_counties/FeatureServer/0
ProviderMnGeo (Minnesota Geospatial Information Office)
TypeArcGIS REST FeatureServer
Conceptcounty
Namecounty_name
Identifiers
  • Schemefips
    Field
    Fieldcounty_fips55_code
    Prefix27
Attributes
County Fips
Fieldcounty_fips55_code
Prefix27
Mn County Codecounty_code
Relations
  • Relationwithin
    Tostate
Expected Count87
Noteverified 87 counties, exact match. Layer fields are county_name, county_code, county_fips55_code (3-digit, county part only), county_gnis_feature_id, atp_code.
Municipalities
Kindarcgis
Urlhttps://feat.gisdata.mn.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MnGeo/CTU/FeatureServer/0
Providersame MnGeo host, "City, Township, Unorganized Territory" (CTU) layer
TypeArcGIS REST FeatureServer
Concept From
Fieldctu_class
Map
CITYcity
TOWNSHIPtown
Namefeature_name
Identifiers
  • Schemegnis
    Fieldgnis_feature_id
Attributes
Mn County Codecounty_code
Population Estimatepopulation
Dedupe Ongnis_feature_id
Relations
  • Relationwithin
    Tocounty
    Viaattributes.mn_county_code
Notethe layer has more than 2000 rows, so it is paged. The source has no county FIPS, only MN's own county_code, hence the mn_county_code join. The earlier "906 cities" figure counted features; re-check the unique city count after the first load.
School Districts
Kindarcgis
Urlhttps://enterprise.gisdata.mn.gov/aghost/rest/services/us_mn_state_mde/bdry_school_district_boundaries/FeatureServer/0
ProviderMinnesota Dept of Education (MDE)
TypeArcGIS REST FeatureServer
Conceptschool_district
Name
Fieldprefname
Transformas_is
Identifiers
  • Schememn_sdorgid
    Fieldsdorgid
Attributes
Mn Sdnumbersdnumber
Mn Formidformid
Sdtypesdtype
Websiteweb_url
Expected Count329
Noteverified 329 districts (matches the ~330 expected).
Educational Region
Statusno API or GIS source — directory only
Note9 Service Cooperatives confirmed live via mnservcoop.org (BrightWorks, Lakes Country, Northeast, Northwest, Resource Training & Solutions, Sourcewell, South Central, Southeast, SWWC), each with name/city/website, but no machine-readable boundary/list source exists for the regions themselves.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.