Sales tax in Carlton County, Minnesota

What is the sales tax rate in Carlton County?

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Carlton County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Carlton County?

Minnesota publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Minnesota's own rate file.

Source: Minnesota rate file for October 1 to December 31, 2026, from Minnesota's official rate page.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Carlton County?

At 7.875%, a $100 purchase carries $7.88 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $78.75, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.875%, the same purchases carry $8.88 and $88.75. That is general merchandise; Minnesota taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Minnesota's 87 counties, Carlton County's lowest rate ranks 10th highest, level with 2 other counties. See every Minnesota county.

Sales tax in counties next to Carlton County

Carlton County borders 4 counties, 1 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 5.5% in Douglas County, WI, which is $23.75 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Carlton County.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Minnesota's state rate is 6.875 percent and local sales taxes are not automatic. A city or a county has to get specific authority from the Legislature and then win a local referendum, so the local layer is assembled one jurisdiction at a time and the county line is frequently not the tax boundary. Carlton County itself levies a 0.5 percent Carlton County sales tax and a 0.5 percent Carlton Transit sales tax, both of which reach every address in the county. Cloquet and Moose Lake each add a city tax of their own on top, and the highest combined rate in the county is 8.875 percent in Cloquet. Clothing is exempt from Minnesota sales tax at every rate shown here, which is unusual among states and changes none of the rates. Use the department's Sales Tax Rate Calculator for a specific address rather than a single county figure.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Carlton County?

Use Minnesota's own address lookup. In Carlton County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 7.875% to 8.875%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Carlton County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Minnesota collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Minnesota's economic nexus threshold. Minnesota sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into Minnesota cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Carlton County

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how Minnesota compares with the rest of the country.