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SNAPSHOT | Investing in Railroad Safety 2015 Budget for a Better Minnesota
If passed, Governor Dayton’s transportation plan would provide local governments with the
resources they need to respond to local infrastructure needs caused by increased railway traffic. By
modernizing property taxes paid by railroads, the proposal would provide $45 million every year for
cities, counties, and townships to fund their own local priority rail infrastructure improvements.
New Railroad Tax Revenues, by County
County New Revenue
Aitkin 108,648
Anoka 443,164
Becker 234,118
Beltrami 92,376
Benton 360,647
Big Stone 75,741
Blue Earth 104,106
Brown 43,850
Carlton 467,479
Carver 23,455
Cass 104,392
Chippewa 73,267
Chisago 752
Clay 478,269
Clearwater 45,532
Cottonwood 15,659
Crow Wing 134,649
Dakota 426,615
Dodge 28,439
Douglas 131,075
Faribault 66,953
Freeborn 141,752
Goodhue 90,420
Grant 84,294
Hennepin 2,596,767
Houston 64,127
Hubbard 22,728
Isanti 134,079
Itasca 398,917
Jackson 26,700
Kanabec 33,747
Kandiyohi 253,777
Kittson 119,153
Koochiching 171,902
Lac Qui Parle 47,867
Lake 386,331
Lake Of The Woods 24,755
Le Sueur 76,107
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Lincoln 17,288
Lyon 114,283
Mcleod 21,532
Mahnomen 81,566
Marshall 97,561
Martin 57,872
Meeker 108,851
Morrison 229,340
Mower 51,434
Nobles 27,121
Olmsted 81,665
Otter Tail 263,062
Pennington 73,081
Pine 226,192
Pipestone 48,778
Polk 305,471
Pope 125,377
Ramsey 2,246,405
Red Lake 27,213
Redwood 18,151
Renville 17,773
Rice 98,191
Rock 19,179
Roseau 16,463
St Louis 2,996,379
Scott 138,627
Sherburne 210,281
Stearns 279,036
Steele 176,614
Stevens 91,140
Swift 122,945
Todd 199,253
Traverse 9,858
Wabasha 106,076
Wadena 132,332
Waseca 52,166
Washington 224,117
Watonwan 45,205
Wilkin 132,626
Winona 147,141
Wright 248,337
Yellow Medicine 55,671
Totals 17,874,255
New Railroad Tax Revenues, by City
City New Revenue
Aitkin 8,198
Albert Lea 23,615
Alberta 7,275
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Albertville 14,465
Alden 2,771
Aldrich 1,925
Alexandria 45,303
Alpha 5,199
Alvarado 1,434
Andover 20,630
Annandale 10,105
Anoka 32,586
Appleton 35,472
Arden Hills 16,816
Argyle 5,563
Askov 14,232
Atwater 20,929
Audubon 4,796
Aurora 28,945
Austin 11,399
Babbitt 10,303
Badger 82
Bagley 26,109
Balaton 5,242
Barnesville 2,845
Barrett 8,574
Barry 1,339
Baudette 11,080
Baxter 40,743
Bayport 16,145
Beardsley 1,608
Becker 7,727
Bejou 1,227
Belgrade 6,113
Belle Plaine 30,598
Bellingham 1,707
Beltrami 27
Bemidji 24,007
Bena 400
Benson 27,352
Bethel 7,214
Big Lake 20,809
Bigelow 3,337
Bingham Lake 4,617
Bird Island 5,849
Biwabik 31,487
Blooming Prairie 5,103
Bloomington 147,536
Blue Earth 13,813
Bluffton 7,722
Bovey 13,666
Boyd 7,428
Braham 10,189
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Brainerd 123,399
Breckenridge 39,492
Brewster 4,137
Bricelyn 11,922
Brook Park 2,724
Brooklyn Center 16,406
Brooklyn Park 24,023
Brooks 1,578
Brookston 3,196
Brooten 11,052
Brownsville 1,550
Brownton 4,147
Buffalo 40,521
Buffalo Lake 2,188
Buhl 5,382
Burnsville 47,722
Butterfield 9,216
Byron 2,926
Callaway 1,683
Calumet 19,025
Cambridge 72,884
Campbell 6,355
Cannon Falls 7,809
Carlos 5,997
Carlton 15,885
Cass Lake 37,541
Chanhassen 3,417
Chaska 2,407
Chokio 3,417
Clara City 8,987
Claremont 7,778
Clarkfield 4,480
Clarks Grove 5,438
Clear Lake 11,764
Climax 24
Clontarf 3,949
Cloquet 58,521
Cobden 41
Cohasset 12,924
Cokato 11,625
Cold Spring 3,401
Coleraine 12,858
Cologne 5,212
Columbia Heights 65,112
Comstock 1,310
Cook 12,495
Coon Rapids 94,871
Correll 2,071
Cottage Grove 84,202
Cottonwood 5,117
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Cromwell 8,482
Crookston 23,933
Crystal 26,399
Dakota 4,153
Danube 2,531
Danvers 1,987
Darwin 3,887
Dassel 13,178
Dawson 7,221
Dayton 3,742
Deer River 20,260
Deerwood 12,137
Degraff 2,182
Delano 20,920
Delavan 2,762
Dellwood 2,630
Dent 3,475
Detroit Lakes 61,678
Dilworth 142,004
Dodge Center 6,477
Donaldson 7,737
Donnelly 4,962
Doran 4,289
Dover 607
Duluth 342,704
Dundas 4,200
Eagan 63,732
Eagle Lake 1,476
East Bethel 905
East Grand Forks 49,917
Easton 4,685
Eden Prairie 12,866
Eden Valley 10,470
Edina 37,387
Elbow Lake 15,708
Elk River 45,302
Ellendale 7,301
Erskine 10,497
Eveleth 9,163
Eyota 2,370
Fairmont 19,773
Faribault 30,477
Farmington 27,398
Farwell 1,766
Fergus Falls 12,369
Fisher 5,476
Floodwood 14,547
Florence 4,710
Forada 8,838
Fosston 4,150
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Frazee 13,080
Fridley 260,758
Frost 7,980
Garvin 3,437
Georgetown 1,567
Gilbert 51,847
Glencoe 12,214
Glenville 3,476
Glenwood 33,081
Glyndon 12,859
Golden Valley 132,068
Goodview 14,040
Graceville 4,419
Granada 2,862
Grand Rapids 159,284
Granite Falls 20,298
Grant 1,908
Grasston 2,160
Greenbush 83
Greenfield 7,415
Grove City 7,666
Gully 1,954
Hallock 12,147
Halma 3,243
Hancock 18,227
Hanley Falls 9,369
Harris 196
Hartland 4,019
Hastings 53,875
Hawley 16,751
Hayward 5,540
Hazel Run 612
Hector 2,222
Henning 7,540
Henriette 2,804
Herman 13,409
Hermantown 23,132
Heron Lake 7,617
Hibbing 125,645
Hills 2,666
Hinckley 12,816
Hitterdal 2,325
Hoffman 4,150
Holland 2,825
Holloway 5,505
Holt 9
Hopkins 51,692
Howard Lake 16,325
Hoyt Lakes 103,422
Hugo 7,680
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Humboldt 367
Ihlen 4,381
Independence 14,360
International Falls 131,105
Inver Grove Heights 102,666
Iron Junction 3,603
Isanti 10,032
Jackson 2,733
Janesville 4,903
Jasper 6,430
Johnson 1,803
Jordan 16,829
Kandiyohi 9,049
Karlstad 5,821
Kasota 2,110
Kasson 7,478
Keewatin 4,256
Kellogg 2,845
Kennedy 10,340
Kensington 3,790
Kent 2,299
Kerkhoven 11,891
Kerrick 3,543
Kiester 13,812
Kimball 8,038
Lacrescent 16,309
Lake Benton 3,406
Lake Bronson 9,071
Lake City 37,873
Lake Crystal 6,406
Lake Elmo 6,740
Lake Park 7,842
Lakeville 77,241
Lamberton 4,753
Lancaster 4,975
Laprairie 4,841
Lauderdale 1,482
Lengby 919
Leonidas 3,407
Lesueur 26,757
Lewiston 4,407
Litchfield 17,409
Little Canada 12,983
Little Falls 68,307
Long Lake 13,360
Loretto 5,346
Louisburg 2,704
Lowry 3,633
Lyle 2,587
Lynd 4,107
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Madelia 3,323
Mahnomen 3,049
Manchester 2,096
Mankato 49,770
Maple Grove 28,958
Maple Lake 4,961
Maple Plain 16,671
Maplewood 27,904
Marble 8,676
Marine On St Croix 17,556
Marshall 21,751
Maynard 6,555
Mcgregor 9,153
Mcintosh 13,756
Medford 16,798
Medicine Lake 2,722
Medina 10,594
Mendota 17,258
Mendota Heights 36,770
Mentor 4,417
Middle River 50
Milan 3,433
Miltona 3,098
Minneapolis 2,238,137
Minneiska 1,431
Minnesota City 1,600
Minnesota Lake 3,736
Minnetonka 58,348
Montevideo 18,428
Montgomery 24,338
Monticello 24,714
Montrose 10,731
Moorhead 75,798
Morris 16,049
Motley 11,687
Mountain Iron 108,867
Mountain Lake 9,218
Murdock 3,099
Myrtle 867
Nashua 826
Nashwauk 9,492
Nassau 1,730
New Brighton 19,986
New Hope 35,085
New Prague 16,385
New Richland 4,158
New Ulm 27,247
New York Mills 11,292
Newfolden 2,612
Newport 39,002
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Norcross 6,157
North Branch 194
Northfield 66,598
Norwood Young America 2,746
Oak Grove 10,156
Oak Park Heights 3,618
Oakdale 11,141
Odessa 2,712
Odin 1,849
Ogema 5,543
Oklee 3,654
Olivia 2,830
Orono 7,174
Orr 8,427
Ortonville 19,021
Oslo 3,017
Osseo 11,819
Otsego 2,387
Ottertail 4,741
Owatonna 50,521
Parkers Prairie 7,413
Paynesville 7,528
Pennock 6,777
Perham 10,971
Pillager 7,690
Pine City 289
Pipestone 16,792
Plato 967
Plummer 6,452
Plymouth 38,022
Proctor 110,408
Ramsey 29,265
Randall 12,442
Randolph 7,727
Raymond 9,243
Red Wing 64,441
Regal 1,130
Renville 4,629
Revere 2,315
Rice 13,687
Richfield 10,427
Richville 2,632
Robbinsdale 28,312
Rochester 31,502
Rock Creek 53
Rockford 6,252
Rockville 9,200
Rogers 40,371
Roosevelt 438
Roseau 122
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Rosemount 36,852
Roseville 55,696
Rothsay 5,388
Royalton 10,380
Rush City 157
Russell 6,503
Ruthton 7,663
Sabin 1,067
Sacred Heart 9,213
Saint Anthony 24,900
Saint Louis Park 173,437
Sanborn 2,432
Sandstone 16,857
Sartell 29,410
Sauk Rapids 39,769
Savage 42,238
Scandia 11,731
Scanlon 2,525
Sedan 2,079
Shakopee 39,240
Sherburn 13,537
Shevlin 2,974
Shoreview 34,590
Silver Bay 8,388
Sleepy Eye 4,911
Solway 2,224
South Haven 10,682
South St Paul 121,209
Springfield 8,076
St Charles 1,472
St Cloud 158,227
St Francis 2,362
St Hilaire 18
St James 16,259
St Michael 5,952
St Paul 1,329,265
St Paul Park 12,648
Staples 29,480
Stephen 8,399
Stewart 6,183
Stockton 837
Strandquist 1,135
Strathcona 9
Taconite 4,624
Tamarack 4,870
Thief River Falls 15,576
Tintah 3,818
Tracy 75,090
Trail 336
Trimont 13,607
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Two Harbors 54,743
Tyler 1,412
Ulen 213
Utica 628
Vadnais Heights 16,374
Vergas 4,754
Verndale 10,143
Viking 3,105
Virginia 39,953
Wabasha 34,414
Wadena 21,070
Waite Park 120,026
Walnut Grove 3,125
Warba 4,249
Warren 15,322
Warroad 3,364
Waseca 11,388
Watkins 8,434
Watson 2,445
Waubun 5,149
Waverly 6,787
Wayzata 34,996
Welcome 17,079
Wells 16,882
Wendell 4,185
White Bear Lake 26,760
Wilder 2,045
Williams 2,316
Willmar 64,657
Wilton 1,171
Windom 8,922
Winger 2,296
Winnebago 5,903
Winona 47,079
Wolverton 4,248
Worthington 14,421
Wrenshall 4,557
Wright 3,681
Totals 11,729,806
New Railroad Tax Revenues, by Township
Township New Revenue
Becker 4,919
Fox Lake 1,039
Franklin 7,319
Freeman 425
Friendship 867
Galena 911
Garden City 194
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Garnes 186
Gennessee 2,445
Georgetown 165
Glasgow 59
Glencoe 277
Glenwood 4,369
Glyndon 2,064
Goose Prairie 2,308
Gorman 8,776
Gorton 1,347
Graceville 1,223
Grand Lake 16,798
Granite Falls 4,247
Grant Valley 2,987
Granville 2,131
Grass Lake 3,696
Gray 302
Great Bend 271
Great Scott 5,154
Green Prairie 1,088
Greenfield 3,988
Greenvale 2,915
Greenway 8,326
Grey Cloud Island 1,071
Grove Park-Tilden 4,187
Gully 421
Hallock 2,459
Hamlin 419
Hammond 3
Hampden 3,485
Hantho 114
Hartland 775
Havana 1,407
Haven 9,716
Haverhill 879
Hawk Creek 511
Hawley 6,844
Hayward 1,250
Hazel Run 1,640
Hazelton 2,063
Hector 508
Helen 712
Helena 1,898
Helga 1,466
Henning 4,182
Hereim 28
Hersey 941
Highland Grove 11,490
Hillsdale 1,052
Hinckley 5,298
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Hobart 8,307
Hodges 1,672
Hoff 1,036
Hokah 2,341
Holt 38
Holy Cross 1,054
Holyoke 9,070
Home 656
Homer 7,792
Hope 754
Hubbard 7
Hudson 3,739
Huntly 23
Huntsville 2,641
Industrial 13,447
Inman 1,465
Iosco 49
Irondale 17,253
Isanti 4,968
Island Lake 2,652
Itasca County, Unorganized 7,715
Jackson 867
Jadis 22
Janesville 1,052
Jay 530
Jefferson 1,821
Jevne 6,077
Jo Daviess 1,161
Judson 1,538
Jupiter 120
Kalmar 2,279
Kandiyohi 5,969
Kasota 2,484
Kelsey 11,897
Kerrick 1,720
Kertsonville 2,766
Kiester 854
Kildare 1,308
Kimberly 13,811
King 3,931
Knute 3,658
Koochiching County, Unorganized 6,464
Kragero 495
Kragnes 945
Kurtz 2,178
Lacrescent 8,586
Lacrosse 444
Lake 1,998
Lake 1,117
Lake Benton 713
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Lake Henry 230
Lake Marshall 282
Lake Of The Woods 2,778
Lake Park 3,055
Lake Shore 1,148
Lake View 4,595
Lake County, Unorganized 38,824
Lakeside 793
Laketown 407
Lakeview 3,556
Lambert 128
Lamberton 829
Lammers 4,524
Land 936
Lanesburgh 1,913
Langhei 61
Langola 12,702
Lansing 2,784
Laona 962
Lavell 6,706
Lawrence 986
Leaf Lake 3,405
Leavenworth 56
Leenthrop 218
Leiding 5,056
Leray 2,608
Leven 3,015
Lien 286
Lime 3,554
Lincoln 493
Lincoln 2,861
Lisbon 109
Litchfield 5,869
Little Falls 6,988
Logan 892
London 1,721
Lone Tree 1,890
Long Lake 112
Lorain 768
Louisville 795
Lowell 2,421
Lucas 1,393
Lura 996
Luxemburg 860
Lyle 3,808
Lynd 792
Lyons 902
Macsville 815
Madelia 755
Madison 553
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Maine Prairie 6,100
Mamre 1,912
Manannah 1,368
Manchester 708
Mankato 1,110
Mantorville 1,665
Manyaska 1,117
Marion 1,100
Marsh Creek 1,805
Martin 3,607
Marysland 1,600
Marysville 2,506
May 6,935
May 12,952
Mccauleyville 682
Mccrea 1,441
Mcdavitt 7,966
Mcgregor 1,876
Meadowlands 12,702
Medford 1,652
Melville 510
Meriden 1,651
Merton 22
Middle River 1,717
Middleville 4,673
Midway 481
Midway 60,509
Milford 1,306
Miltona 2,966
Minden 212
Minn Falls 2,480
Minn Lake 2,051
Minneiska 1,558
Mission Creek 511
Monroe 698
Montgomery 1,179
Monticello 4,189
Moonshine 1,213
Moore 1,133
Moorhead 1,039
Moranville 775
Morris 1,363
Morse 3,826
Moscow 576
Moyer 896
Mt Lake 231
Mt Vernon 1,158
Nashwauk 4,568
Nesbit 96
New Folden 2,781
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New Hartford 764
New Maine 4,463
New Richland 702
New Solum 3,663
Newton 10,931
Nickerson 5,320
Nokay Lake 2,239
Nora 177
Nordick 292
Norman 3,756
North 1,978
North Hero 649
North Ottawa 236
North Star 575
Northfield 72
Norway 2,692
Oak Lawn 7,683
Oak Park 1,453
Oakland 1,055
Oakport 2,184
Odessa 1,170
Odin 484
Ortonville 542
Oscar 1,368
Otisco 1,261
Ottertail 444
Otto 2,856
Owatonna 1,766
Owens 1,218
Parke 55
Parker 556
Parkers Prairie 3,761
Parnell 225
Partridge 5,214
Paynesville 5,090
Pembina 2,054
Pepin 1,825
Percy 489
Perham 10,202
Perry 1,449
Pickerel Lake 907
Pike Bay 7,116
Pike Creek 2,721
Pillsbury 2,104
Pine City 28
Pine Lake 8,984
Pleasant Prairie 783
Pokegama 4,592
Poplar River 686
Popple 3,152
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Popple Grove 1,944
Poppleton 3,936
Prairie View 299
Prairieville 817
Preston Lake 180
Rabbit Lake 2,625
Randolph 820
Ransom 12
Ravenna 6,850
Redpath 18
Reis 8
Rendsville 152
Reno 2,382
Rheiderland 602
Rhinehart 475
Richardville 1,858
Richmond 6,775
Richwood 4,722
Ripley 1,147
River Falls 321
Riverdale 188
Riverside 1,251
Riverton 2,709
Roberts 945
Rock 316
Rock Lake 1,574
Rockford 5,960
Rocksbury 1,390
Rolling Green 1,426
Rollingstone 6,583
Rome 303
Roome 13
Rose Dell 1,229
Rosebud 3,264
Rosendale 667
Roseville 3,897
Ross 24
Royalton 2,073
Rush Lake 1,958
Rushseba 80
Russia 25
Rutland 687
Sacred Heart 372
Sago 804
Sand Creek 4,550
Sandnes 1,922
Sandstone 4,040
Sandy 5,861
Sanford 1,125
Sauk Rapids 2,085
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Scandia Valley 2,585
Sciota 1,191
Scott 571
Seely 1,532
Shelburne 3,877
Shell Rock 1,645
Shelly 3
Shevlin 2,306
Silver Brook 1,371
Silver Creek 10,363
Sinnott 2,223
Six Mile Grove 1,487
Skagen 29
Skane 1,606
Solem 2,226
Solway 21,151
Somerset 2,824
South Bend 4,512
Southside 3,262
Sparta 914
Spencer 5,934
Springdale 638
Spruce Valley 25
St Charles 1,750
St James 637
St Johns 2,746
St Joseph 4,169
St Lawrence 4,868
St Louis County, Unorganized 70,290
St Mary 547
St Vincent 4,892
Stanchfield 6,808
Stanton 15
Staples 37,234
Stillwater 2,164
Stockholm 104
Stokes 6
Stoneham 2,418
Stoney Brook 812
Stony Brook 639
Summit 330
Sumter 432
Sunnyside 448
Swede Grove 80
Sweet 936
Sylvan 15,494
Tamarac 1,590
Tanberg 229
Tansem 47
Tegner 360
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Ten Mile Lake 1,118
Thompson 1,580
Thomson 21,247
Tintah 841
Toqua 1,162
Torning 1,198
Troy 377
Tunsberg 887
Twin Lakes 16,647
Tyrone 1,031
Udolpho 1,867
Ulen 10
Utica 1,918
Vallers 344
Vega 1,358
Verdi 708
Verona 1,076
Victor 2,455
Viking 562
Villard 21,696
Vineland 7
Wacouta 4,128
Wadena 8,916
Wakefield 658
Walcott 3,024
Walnut Lake 363
Walter 886
Wang 125
Warren 2,355
Warrenton 1,725
Warsaw 376
Wasioja 1,273
Watab 13,204
Waterford 3,054
Watopa 1,717
Wawina 6,500
Weimer 622
Welch 3,487
Wells 271
West Lakeland 458
West Valley 2,345
Westfield 295
White 22,033
White Bear 47,162
Willmar 6,820
Winger 2,653
Winnebago 231
Wisconsin 1,188
Wolverton 1,272
Wood Lake 140
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Woodland 2,093
Woodville 1,830
Worthington 385
Wuori 4,500
Wyandotte 480
Young America 1,209
Totals 1,937,693