Sales tax in Cook County, Minnesota

What is the sales tax rate in Cook County?

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

At 8.375%, a $100 purchase carries $8.38 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $83.75. That is general merchandise; Minnesota taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Minnesota's 87 counties, Cook County's rate ranks 2nd highest, level with 4 other counties. See every Minnesota county.

Sales tax in counties next to Cook County

Cook County borders 4 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 5.5% in Ashland County, WI, which is $28.75 less on a $1,000 purchase than Cook County's rate.

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. Cook County itself levies a 1 percent Cook County sales tax and a 0.5 percent Cook Transit sales tax, both of which reach every address in the county. No city in the county levies a tax of its own today, so the combined rate is a uniform 8.375 percent, and that uniformity is a fact about today rather than a rule. 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 Cook County?

Use Minnesota's own address lookup.

Who has to collect sales tax in Cook 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 Cook 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.