8,044 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.5% since 2020)
705 square miles of land · 11 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.
9 active community water systems list Murray County in the area they serve, reporting 4,415 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Slayton groundwater · local government · MN1510009 | 1,964 served |
| Fulda groundwater · local government · MN1510005 | 1,318 served |
| Chandler groundwater · local government · MN1510002 | 270 served |
| Lake Wilson groundwater · local government · MN1510008 | 247 served |
| Currie groundwater · local government · MN1510003 | 226 served |
| Iona groundwater · local government · MN1510007 | 162 served |
| Avoca groundwater · local government · MN1510001 | 111 served |
| Dovray buys groundwater · local government · MN1510010 | 61 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 8 people were held in Murray County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 178 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 10.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Murray County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $11.2 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $14,117 per student, plus $382,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $916,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $6.7 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $15,509 per student, plus $244,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $541,000 federal. Long-term debt: $640,000.
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 Murray County about $7.3 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.
134 bridges in Murray County: 110 in good condition, 18 fair, and 6 poor (4.5%). “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 4 over STREAM · built 1923 | 475 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 3 over LIME CREEK · built 1966 | 345 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 3 over LIME CREEK · built 1966 | 345 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 33 over STREAM · built 1958 | 115 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 33 over STREAM · built 1958 | 115 vehicles a day |
| M 8 over STREAM · built 1972 | 62 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.7 million of work in Murray County in fiscal 2025, about $204 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 Murray 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 Murray County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Nobles County (23 mi) · Pipestone County (25 mi) · Lyon County (27 mi) · Cottonwood County (29 mi) · Rock County (34 mi) · Redwood County (37 mi).