68,642 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.6% since 2020)
998 square miles of land · 69 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.
23 active community water systems list Crow Wing County in the area they serve, reporting 29,895 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Brainerd groundwater · local government · MN1180002 | 14,670 served |
| Baxter groundwater · local government · MN1180027 | 9,341 served |
| Crosby groundwater · local government · MN1180008 | 2,377 served |
| Pequot Lakes groundwater · local government · MN1180019 | 1,200 served |
| Ironton groundwater · local government · MN1180017 | 578 served |
| Deerwood groundwater · local government · MN1180012 | 530 served |
| Crow Wing Estates groundwater · private · MN1180030 | 180 served |
| Cuyuna groundwater · local government · MN1180011 | 175 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 85 people were held in Crow Wing County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 213 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 206.
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 Crow Wing County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $128.2 million — $91 million to run schools, about $14,608 per student, plus $22.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.3 million local (mostly property tax), $71.5 million state, $11.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $225.2 million.
Spent $25.2 million — $21.7 million to run schools, about $12,073 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.1 million local (mostly property tax), $16.7 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.8 million.
Spent $23.2 million — $15.1 million to run schools, about $14,915 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.6 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $25.5 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 Crow Wing County about $39.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
73 bridges in Crow Wing County: 25 in good condition, 43 fair, and 5 poor (6.8%). “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.
| CSAH 31 over RABBIT LAKE NARROWS · built 1974 | 1,300 vehicles a day |
| CR 136 over CROOKED CREEK · built 1974 | 330 vehicles a day |
| T 537 over NOKASIPPI RIVER · built 1972 | 60 vehicles a day |
| T 1331 over NOKASIPPI RIVER · built 1908 | 20 vehicles a day |
| M 45 over CROOKED CREEK · built 1960 | 15 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16 million of work in Crow Wing County in fiscal 2025, about $242 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Aitkin County (32 mi) · Morrison County (34 mi) · Cass County (34 mi) · Mille Lacs County (44 mi) · Wadena County (44 mi) · Todd County (49 mi).