21,242 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.7% since 2020)
439 square miles of land · 48 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.
6 active community water systems list Dodge County in the area they serve, reporting 13,895 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Kasson groundwater · local government · MN1200005 | 6,850 served |
| Dodge Center groundwater · local government · MN1200002 | 2,939 served |
| Hayfield groundwater · local government · MN1200004 | 1,363 served |
| Mantorville groundwater · local government · MN1200006 | 1,197 served |
| Claremont groundwater · local government · MN1200001 | 773 served |
| West Concord groundwater · local government · MN1200007 | 773 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 17 people were held in Dodge County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 124 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 41.
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 Dodge County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $31 million — $24.6 million to run schools, about $11,359 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10 million local (mostly property tax), $21.8 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $52.2 million.
Spent $15.3 million — $12.9 million to run schools, about $13,564 per student, plus $949,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.2 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.4 million.
Spent $10.9 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $14,155 per student, plus $654,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $809,000 federal. Long-term debt: $22.3 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Dodge County about $9.8 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.
176 bridges in Dodge County: 80 in good condition, 82 fair, and 14 poor (8.0%). “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 9 over DITCH · built 1938 | 739 vehicles a day |
| CR A over N BR MID FK ZUMBRO RIVER · built 1978 | 380 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 5 over DODGE CENTER CREEK · built 1976 | 355 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 24 over STREAM · built 1930 | 255 vehicles a day |
| T 59 over S BR MID FK ZUMBRO RIVER · built 1981 | 155 vehicles a day |
| CR M over STREAM · built 1951 | 92 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.5 million of work in Dodge County in fiscal 2025, about $169 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Steele County (17 mi) · Olmsted County (23 mi) · Mower County (25 mi) · Goodhue County (28 mi) · Rice County (31 mi) · Freeborn County (34 mi).