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.

583

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

2,509

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

213

Active sources monitored (30 days)

76

Counties with recent activity

34 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 34 minutes ago

Minnesota Death Data by County

76 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 County40623TodayActive
Ramsey County18718TodayActive
Dakota County11113TodayActive
Carlton County9486 days agoActive
Washington County916TodayActive
Anoka County857TodayActive
Winona County688YesterdayActive
Olmsted County667TodayActive
St. Louis County6212TodayActive
Stearns County625TodayActive
Beltrami County613TodayActive
Clay County613TodayActive
Scott County586TodayActive
Crow Wing County554TodayActive
Rice County544TodayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Minnesota

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

Last 7 days

583

Previous 7 days: 635 · -8% vs prior period

Last 30 days

2,509

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

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

97.9%

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

98.8%

of recent Minnesota records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Minnesota Death & Obituary Data

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

Minneapolis149Eden Prairie92Saint Paul77Rochester56Forest Lake53Cloquet50Lewiston44Harmony41Shakopee40Blackduck39White Bear Lk39Hastings35

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.