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Minnesota Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Minnesota death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Minnesota Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

445

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,863

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

173

Active sources monitored (30 days)

67

Counties with recent activity

22 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 22 hours ago

Minnesota Death Data by County

67 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Hennepin County29216YesterdayActive
Ramsey County21615YesterdayActive
Dakota County1169YesterdayActive
Crow Wing County564YesterdayActive
Kandiyohi County494YesterdayActive
St. Louis County4862 days agoActive
Carlton County4643 days agoActive
Scott County464YesterdayActive
Olmsted County454YesterdayActive
Mower County444YesterdayActive
Anoka County4343 days agoActive
Waseca County4223 days agoActive
Winona County4246 days agoActive
Le Sueur County394YesterdayActive
Rice County354YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Minnesota

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

445

Previous 7 days: 535 · -17% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,863

Previous 30 days: 3,119 · -40% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Minnesota Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Minnesota County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Minnesota records

Date of death

100%

of recent Minnesota records

City / location

100%

of recent Minnesota records

County

100%

of recent Minnesota records

Source URL

100%

of recent Minnesota records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Minnesota records

Captured text excerpt

98.7%

of recent Minnesota records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Minnesota Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Minneapolis118Saint Paul98Eden Prairie76White Bear Lk54Cloquet42Janesville42Rochester42Lewiston40Pequot Lakes37Shakopee37Farmington34St Paul34

Minnesota Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Minnesota to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Minnesota Funeral Homes →

How Minnesota County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Minnesota records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Minnesota Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Minnesota death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Minnesota records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Minnesota Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Minnesota counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Minnesota Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "MN",
  "county": "Hennepin",
  "county_slug": "hennepin-county-mn",
  "city": "Minneapolis",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Minnesota Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Minnesota Death Data

Choose the Minnesota counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Minnesota Funeral Homes.