59,105 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.2% since 2020)
415 square miles of land · 142 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.
18 active community water systems list Chisago County in the area they serve, reporting 28,708 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| North Branch groundwater · local government · MN1130011 | 6,863 served |
| Lindstrom groundwater · local government · MN1130007 | 4,938 served |
| Wyoming groundwater · local government · MN1130018 | 3,990 served |
| Chisago City groundwater · local government · MN1130003 | 3,745 served |
| Rush City groundwater · local government · MN1130013 | 3,339 served |
| Stacy groundwater · local government · MN1130016 | 1,593 served |
| Shafer groundwater · local government · MN1130014 | 1,165 served |
| Taylors Falls groundwater · local government · MN1130017 | 1,067 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 33 people were held in Chisago County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 88 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 40.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Chisago County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $54.7 million — $44.8 million to run schools, about $13,275 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.6 million local (mostly property tax), $34.7 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $62.7 million.
Spent $41.1 million — $33.9 million to run schools, about $12,823 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.6 million local (mostly property tax), $26.8 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $73.6 million.
Spent $14.4 million — $12.3 million to run schools, about $13,450 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Chisago County about $22.7 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.
61 bridges in Chisago County: 32 in good condition, 28 fair, and 1 poor (1.6%). “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.
| MN 243 over ST CROIX RIVER · built 1953 | 5,686 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Chisago County in fiscal 2025, about $58 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 Chisago 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 Chisago County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Isanti County (19 mi) · Polk County, WI (22 mi) · Anoka County (23 mi) · Washington County (32 mi) · Ramsey County (35 mi) · Burnett County, WI (36 mi).