15,254 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
879 square miles of land · 17 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.
14 active community water systems list Redwood County in the area they serve, reporting 10,374 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Redwood Falls groundwater · local government · MN1640008 | 5,254 served |
| Morgan groundwater · local government · MN1640006 | 896 served |
| Lamberton groundwater · local government · MN1640003 | 828 served |
| Walnut Grove groundwater · local government · MN1640014 | 825 served |
| Wabasso groundwater · local government · MN1640013 | 735 served |
| Sanborn groundwater · local government · MN1640011 | 339 served |
| Vesta buys groundwater · local government · MN1640012 | 319 served |
| Belview groundwater · local government · MN1640001 | 300 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 14 people were held in Redwood County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 156 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 16.
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 Redwood County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.3 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $14,951 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $12.3 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $8 million — $6.7 million to run schools, about $15,310 per student, plus $245,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $744,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.9 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $12,834 per student, plus $800,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $730,000 federal. Long-term debt: $8.2 million.
Spent $18.6 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $15,577 per student, plus $10.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $559,000 federal. Long-term debt: $42.8 million.
Spent $1.4 million — $955,000 to run schools, about $29,844 per student, plus $67,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $409,000 local (mostly property tax), $763,000 state, $98,000 federal. Long-term debt: $178,000.
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 Redwood County about $11.5 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.
201 bridges in Redwood County: 108 in good condition, 69 fair, and 24 poor (11.9%). “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 5 over STREAM · built 1977 | 630 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 17 over MINNESOTA RIVER · built 1903 | 500 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 11 over WABASHA CREEK · built 1960 | 480 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 10 over COTTONWOOD RIVER · built 1959 | 295 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 4 over JUD DITCH # 12 · built 1971 | 150 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 7 over SLEEPY EYE CREEK (JD #36 · built 1965 | 117 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15.3 million of work in Redwood County in fiscal 2025, about $992 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 Redwood 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 Redwood County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Renville County (27 mi) · Cottonwood County (27 mi) · Brown County (28 mi) · Lyon County (29 mi) · Murray County (37 mi) · Yellow Medicine County (37 mi).