6,284 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.4% since 2020)
873 square miles of land · 7 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 Norman County in the area they serve, reporting 3,903 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Ada groundwater · local government · MN1540001 | 1,725 served |
| Twin Valley groundwater · local government · MN1540008 | 707 served |
| Halstad groundwater · local government · MN1540003 | 548 served |
| Hendrum groundwater · local government · MN1540004 | 285 served |
| Gary groundwater · local government · MN1540010 | 226 served |
| Shelly groundwater · local government · MN1540007 | 174 served |
| Perley groundwater · local government · MN1540006 | 113 served |
| Borup groundwater · local government · MN1540002 | 99 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 28 people were held in Norman County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 733 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 29.
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 Norman County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $11.7 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $14,450 per student, plus $906,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.6 million.
Spent $4.4 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $18,776 per student, plus $177,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $401,000 federal. Long-term debt: $294,000.
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 Norman County about $5.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
149 bridges in Norman County: 113 in good condition, 32 fair, and 4 poor (2.7%). “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 25 over RED RIVER OF THE NORTH · built 1952 | 175 vehicles a day |
| CR 113 over MARSH RIVER · built 1920 | 36 vehicles a day |
| CR 146 over CO DITCH # 18 · built 1966 | 30 vehicles a day |
| T 258 over JUD DITCH # 53 LAT # 2 · built 1961 | 5 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $493,119 of work in Norman County in fiscal 2025, about $77 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 Norman 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 Norman County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Clay County (30 mi) · Mahnomen County (31 mi) · Polk County (31 mi) · Traill County, ND (34 mi) · Red Lake County (41 mi) · Becker County (43 mi).