1,273,334 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.7% since 2020)
554 square miles of land · 2,298 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.
44 active community water systems list Hennepin County in the area they serve, reporting 1,265,413 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Minneapolis surface water · local government · MN1270024 | 425,300 served |
| Bloomington buys surface water · local government · MN1270001 | 91,300 served |
| Brooklyn Park groundwater · local government · MN1270005 | 89,995 served |
| Maple Grove groundwater · local government · MN1270020 | 82,000 served |
| Plymouth groundwater · local government · MN1270044 | 76,546 served |
| Eden Prairie groundwater · local government · MN1270010 | 63,726 served |
| Minnetonka groundwater · local government · MN1270031 | 54,474 served |
| Edina groundwater · local government · MN1270011 | 53,494 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 723 people were held in Hennepin County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 87 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 1,252.
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.
15 school districts have their office in Hennepin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $814.9 million — $637.8 million to run schools, about $21,839 per student, plus $103.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $277.3 million local (mostly property tax), $377.2 million state, $140.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $923.5 million.
Spent $403.9 million — $339 million to run schools, about $16,345 per student, plus $37.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $126.1 million local (mostly property tax), $232.3 million state, $36.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $175.2 million.
Spent $219.7 million — $182.6 million to run schools, about $14,820 per student, plus $16.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $112.2 million local (mostly property tax), $116.6 million state, $7.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $239.8 million.
Spent $209.4 million — $164.2 million to run schools, about $14,594 per student, plus $26.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $84.3 million local (mostly property tax), $109.4 million state, $6.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $238.1 million.
Spent $242.3 million — $195.7 million to run schools, about $17,779 per student, plus $26.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $79.3 million local (mostly property tax), $124.5 million state, $30.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $227.6 million.
Spent $223.4 million — $178.5 million to run schools, about $17,232 per student, plus $24.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $76.6 million local (mostly property tax), $124.1 million state, $28.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $143 million.
Spent $171.1 million — $138.4 million to run schools, about $15,485 per student, plus $17.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $68.3 million local (mostly property tax), $90.5 million state, $9.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $111 million.
Spent $181.8 million — $128.7 million to run schools, about $14,953 per student, plus $33.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $80.6 million local (mostly property tax), $88.2 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $220.3 million.
And 7 more.
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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Hennepin County about $456.4 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.
941 bridges in Hennepin County: 380 in good condition, 520 fair, and 41 poor (4.4%). “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.
| I 494 over Minnesota River · built 1981 | 44,357 vehicles a day |
| I 494 over Minnesota River · built 1981 | 44,357 vehicles a day |
| MN 100 over Shingle Creek · built 1991 | 32,146 vehicles a day |
| MN 100 over Shingle Creek · built 1964 | 32,146 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 15 over BNSF; DAK RR; ST · built 1973 | 23,800 vehicles a day |
| MN 55 over CEDAR AVE · built 1967 | 21,982 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1 billion of work in Hennepin County in fiscal 2025, about $808 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 Hennepin 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 Hennepin County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ramsey County (18 mi) · Carver County (20 mi) · Anoka County (22 mi) · Scott County (25 mi) · Wright County (27 mi) · Washington County (29 mi).