376,840 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.4% since 2020)
422 square miles of land · 893 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
30 active community water systems list Anoka County in the area they serve, reporting 293,187 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Blaine groundwater · local government · MN1020006 | 70,220 served |
| Coon Rapids groundwater · local government · MN1020017 | 63,599 served |
| Fridley groundwater · local government · MN1020031 | 27,476 served |
| Columbia Heights buys surface water · local government · MN1020016 | 22,278 served |
| Andover groundwater · local government · MN1020034 | 21,455 served |
| Lino Lakes groundwater · local government · MN1020023 | 18,608 served |
| Anoka groundwater · local government · MN1020001 | 17,798 served |
| Ramsey groundwater · local government · MN1020035 | 17,705 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 310 people were held in Anoka County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 130 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 317.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Anoka County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $679.6 million — $583.9 million to run schools, about $15,130 per student, plus $52.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $169.2 million local (mostly property tax), $429.5 million state, $51.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $282.2 million.
Spent $101 million — $86.4 million to run schools, about $12,766 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39 million local (mostly property tax), $71.6 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $167.9 million.
Spent $91.3 million — $76.6 million to run schools, about $12,472 per student, plus $4.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.4 million local (mostly property tax), $62.7 million state, $6.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $103.2 million.
Spent $66.4 million — $54.5 million to run schools, about $12,644 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $46 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $79.3 million.
Spent $64.2 million — $51.2 million to run schools, about $15,617 per student, plus $6.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.3 million local (mostly property tax), $43.5 million state, $9.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.7 million.
Spent $60.1 million — $50 million to run schools, about $17,928 per student, plus $4.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $36.3 million state, $8.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $50.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Anoka County about $127.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
151 bridges in Anoka County: 88 in good condition, 59 fair, and 4 poor (2.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| MSAS 116 over BNSF RR · built 1972 | 13,200 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 7 over SEELYE BROOK · built 1984 | 5,661 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 35 over RICE CREEK · built 1920 | 4,962 vehicles a day |
| CR 71 over SEELYE BROOK · built 1986 | 641 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $236.6 million of work in Anoka County in fiscal 2025, about $650 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Minnesota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Anoka County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Anoka County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ramsey County (19 mi) · Isanti County (20 mi) · Hennepin County (22 mi) · Chisago County (23 mi) · Washington County (24 mi) · Sherburne County (28 mi).