35,444 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.7% since 2020)
1,315 square miles of land · 27 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.
10 active community water systems list Becker County in the area they serve, reporting 13,540 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Detroit Lakes groundwater · local government · MN1030005 | 10,038 served |
| Frazee groundwater · local government · MN1030014 | 1,400 served |
| Lake Park groundwater · local government · MN1030016 | 714 served |
| Audubon groundwater · local government · MN1030001 | 570 served |
| Callaway groundwater · local government · MN1030004 | 234 served |
| Ogema buys groundwater · local government · MN1030025 | 204 served |
| Twin Haven Estates groundwater · private · MN1030003 | 200 served |
| Kountry Manor Mobile Home Park groundwater · private · MN1030010 | 80 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 72 people were held in Becker County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 347 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 68.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Becker County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.2 million — $41.3 million to run schools, about $14,880 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.3 million local (mostly property tax), $31 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $51.1 million.
Spent $19.3 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $14,847 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $14 million.
Spent $21.2 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $14,481 per student, plus $9.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $986,000 federal. Long-term debt: $31 million.
Spent $2.3 million — $2.3 million to run schools, about $32,696 per student, plus $50,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $179,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $1.2 million federal.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Becker County about $11.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
53 bridges in Becker County: 41 in good condition, 11 fair, and 1 poor (1.9%). “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.
| T 144 over TOAD RIVER · built 1940 | 28 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $17.2 million of work in Becker County in fiscal 2025, about $488 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 Becker 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 Becker County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Mahnomen County (27 mi) · Clay County (36 mi) · Otter Tail County (37 mi) · Hubbard County (41 mi) · Wadena County (43 mi) · Norman County (43 mi).