Overview

Minnesota is one of the top states when it comes to health. The first open-heart operation was performed here and the first portable, battery-powered pacemaker invented in the state. The state tops medical device patents per capita and is home to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. See why Minnesota is the destination for health:

• The state ranks third in the U.S. for health patents per 1 million people (U.S. Patents and Trademark Office, 2019).
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• There’s an international appetite for medical products made in Minnesota. Optics/medical goods – including medical devices – were the state’s top export in 2019. Sales in this category were $4.6 billion, up 2% from the previous year.
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• Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Medtronic and other large medical device companies have major operations in the state (ReferenceUSA).
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• Medical device manufacturing employs nearly 32,700 workers in Minnesota, ranking second nationwide (EMSI, 2020).
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• The Mayo Clinic in Rochester has ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the country for three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019) (U.S. News and World Report, 2019).
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• With more than 43,000 employees, the Mayo Clinic is the largest employer in the state (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, 2019).
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• Health care and social assistance employ 509,260 people, making it the largest sector in Minnesota (EMSI, 2020).
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• Minnesota is second among all states for nurses (WalletHub, 2019).
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• Minnesota is home to Medical Alley, the world's #1 health technology innovation cluster. Members of Medical Alley include more than 1,000 health care companies, employing more than 500,000 Minnesotans and millions worldwide.
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• We’re boldly pursuing new avenues of medical technology and treatments in areas that include personalized medicine, microbiome, regenerative medicine, pharmacogenomics, digital health, stem cell research, bioinformatics, telemedicine, proteomics, 3-D printed devices.