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Semi-Annual Surveillance Report
Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025

Semi-annual summary of the epidemiology of the confirmed cases of TB disease reported to the Minnesota Department of Health from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Updated 2/2026

NOTE: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

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    Tuberculosis Semi-Annual Report with Data Comparison, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2025 (PDF)

On this page:
Table 1. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Location of Residence, Minnesota
Table 2. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Race/Ethnicity, Minnesota
Table 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Age, Minnesota
Table 4. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Risk Category, Minnesota
Table 5. Number of Cases of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Minnesota
Table 6. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Site of Disease, Minnesota
Table 7. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Method of Case Identification, Minnesota

YTD: Year to date

Table 1. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Location of Residence, Minnesota

Location of Residence2025 YTD 2025 YTD (%)
Hennepin County64(39)
Ramsey County34(21)
Other Metropolitan Counties*37(23)
Olmsted County9(5)
Other Counties20(12)
Total164(100)

*Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and Washington counties

Table 2. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Race/Ethnicity, Minnesota

Ethnicity2025 YTD 2025 YTD (%)
White8(5)
Black80(49)
Hispanic/Latine32(20)
Asian44(27)
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander0(0)
American Indian0(0)
Multi-Racial0(0)
Total164(100)

Table 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Age, Minnesota

Age2025 YTD2025 YTD (%)
<5 years2(1)
5-14 years3(2)
15-24 years17(10)
25-44 years72(44)
45-64 years35(21)
>65 years35(21)
Total164(100)

Table 4. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Risk Category, Minnesota*

Risk Category2025 YTD 
(n=164)
2025 YTD (%)
Non-U.S.-born145(88)
Substance use**11(7)
Homelessness2(1)
Living with HIV5(3)
Other medical condition+46(28)
Incarceration2(1)
Nursing home resident1(1)

*Risk categories are not mutually exclusive
**Excess alcohol use or injection and/or non-injection drug use (not prescribed by health care provider or misuse of prescribed drugs)
+Silicosis, diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy or other immunosuppressive therapy, hematologic/reticuloendothelial disease, end stage renal disease, substantial weight loss (not TB-related) or undernutrition

Table 5. Number of Cases of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Minnesota

Resistance Pattern2025 YTD 
(n=124)*
2025 YTD (%)
Any drug resistance**12(10)
Any INH resistance+12(10)
MDR-TB#6(4)

*Culture-confirmed cases with drug susceptibility results available
**Resistant to at least one first-line anti-TB drug [i.e., isoniazid (INH), rifampin, pyrazinamide (PZA), or ethambutol]
+ May also have resistance to other drugs
# Primary multi-drug resistant TB (i.e., resistance to at least INH and rifampin from initial isolates of patients with no prior history of TB)

Table 6. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Site of Disease, Minnesota

Site of Disease2025 YTD2025 YTD (%)
Pulmonary80(49)
Extrapulmonary59(36)
Both*25(15)
Total164(100)

*TB cases with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites of disease

Table 7. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Method of Case Identification, Minnesota

How Identified2025 YTD2025 YTD (%)
Presented with Symptoms142(87)
TB Contact Investigation2(1)
Refugee Health Exam (Domestic)0(0)
Follow-up to Pre-Immigration Exam*2(1)
Other**18(11)
Total164(100)

*Infectious, active TB disease ruled out overseas
**e.g., occupational screening, other targeted TB testing, etc.

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Last Updated: 02/04/2026
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