542,015 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
152 square miles of land · 3,560 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.
18 active community water systems list Ramsey County in the area they serve, reporting 576,844 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Saint Paul Regional Water Services surface water · local government · MN1620026 | 392,529 served |
| Roseville buys surface water · local government · MN1620013 | 35,343 served |
| Shoreview groundwater · local government · MN1620020 | 26,750 served |
| White Bear Lake groundwater · local government · MN1620024 | 25,634 served |
| New Brighton groundwater · local government · MN1620009 | 22,902 served |
| Mounds View groundwater · local government · MN1620008 | 13,256 served |
| North Saint Paul groundwater · local government · MN1620011 | 13,134 served |
| Vadnais Heights groundwater · local government · MN1620030 | 13,025 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 399 people were held in Ramsey County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 115 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 702.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Ramsey County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $851.7 million — $699.1 million to run schools, about $21,634 per student, plus $84.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $240.3 million local (mostly property tax), $429.8 million state, $180.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $658.4 million.
Spent $203.3 million — $175.5 million to run schools, about $14,884 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $81.8 million local (mostly property tax), $126.8 million state, $14.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $209.2 million.
Spent $288.7 million — $170.8 million to run schools, about $16,478 per student, plus $83.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $70.9 million local (mostly property tax), $126.8 million state, $20.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $471.2 million.
Spent $261.7 million — $129.1 million to run schools, about $15,111 per student, plus $111.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $74.6 million local (mostly property tax), $88.9 million state, $8.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $438.2 million.
Spent $159 million — $122.3 million to run schools, about $16,619 per student, plus $19.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $55.7 million local (mostly property tax), $83.4 million state, $16.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $201.9 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Ramsey County about $181.4 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.
344 bridges in Ramsey County: 126 in good condition, 197 fair, and 21 poor (6.1%). “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.
| MN 36 over I 35W · built 1964 | 42,500 vehicles a day |
| US 61 over BIKE PATH · built 1986 | 34,708 vehicles a day |
| MN 280 over NB ON RAMP; TH 280 SB · built 1967 | 22,391 vehicles a day |
| US 61 over PED-BIKE TRAIL · built 1951 | 19,100 vehicles a day |
| MN 3 over MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RR · built 1926 | 17,600 vehicles a day |
| MSAS 233 over CP RAIL · built 1967 | 17,200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.7 billion of work in Ramsey County in fiscal 2025, about $3,007 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Washington County (10 mi) · Hennepin County (18 mi) · Anoka County (19 mi) · Dakota County (24 mi) · St. Croix County, WI (32 mi) · Scott County (33 mi).