103,059 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.6% since 2020)
433 square miles of land · 238 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 Sherburne County in the area they serve, reporting 45,816 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Elk River groundwater · local government · MN1710004 | 19,532 served |
| Big Lake groundwater · local government · MN1710002 | 13,056 served |
| Zimmerman groundwater · local government · MN1710006 | 6,772 served |
| Becker groundwater · local government · MN1710008 | 5,034 served |
| Clear Lake groundwater · local government · MN1710009 | 802 served |
| Sherburne Village groundwater · private · MN1710005 | 200 served |
| Ridges of Rice Lake Housing Development groundwater · private · MN1710013 | 180 served |
| Shores of Eagle Lake groundwater · private · MN1710014 | 160 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 484 people were held in Sherburne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 714 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 613.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Sherburne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $236.3 million — $183.4 million to run schools, about $12,958 per student, plus $33.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.7 million local (mostly property tax), $144.6 million state, $10.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $299.9 million.
Spent $59.5 million — $42.5 million to run schools, about $13,268 per student, plus $11 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.9 million local (mostly property tax), $33.4 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $83.7 million.
Spent $62.7 million — $36.9 million to run schools, about $12,905 per student, plus $22.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $27.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $62.3 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Sherburne County about $30.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
48 bridges in Sherburne County: 29 in good condition, 18 fair, and 1 poor (2.1%). “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.
| CSAH 16 over ELK RIVER · built 1972 | 2,300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $855.7 million of work in Sherburne County in fiscal 2025, about $8,805 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 Sherburne 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 Sherburne County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Benton County (20 mi) · Wright County (21 mi) · Isanti County (24 mi) · Anoka County (28 mi) · Mille Lacs County (34 mi) · Hennepin County (34 mi).