Sales tax in Lake County, Minnesota

What is the sales tax rate in Lake County?

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

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

At 7.375%, a $100 purchase carries $7.38 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $73.75, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 8.375%, the same purchases carry $8.38 and $83.75. That is general merchandise; Minnesota taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Minnesota's 87 counties, Lake County's lowest rate ranks 15th highest, level with 48 other counties. See every Minnesota county.

Sales tax in counties next to Lake County

Lake County borders 5 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 5.5% in Ashland County, WI, which is $18.75 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Lake 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. Lake County itself levies a 0.5 percent Lake Transit sales tax, which reaches every address in the county. Two Harbors adds a city tax of its own on top, which is why the rate reaches 8.375 percent there and sits at 7.375 percent elsewhere in the county. 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 Lake County?

Use Minnesota's own address lookup. In Lake County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 7.375% to 8.375%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Lake 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 Lake 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.