Crow Wing County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 63,105 93.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,089 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 315 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 260 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,099 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 446 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 369 0.5%

• Under 18 13,843 20.5%
• 18–24 4,504 6.7%
• 25–44 15,096 22.3%
• 45–64 17,680 26.1%
• 65 and over 16,563 24.5%

Median household income

$73,595

90% interval $69,302–$77,888

−$13,525 vs MN · 46th of 87

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 9.0%–12.6%

+1.5 pp vs MN · 34th of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+1.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

0.8% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,346

Establishments

2,346

• Education & health services 8,762 28.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,287 20.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,706 15.1%
• Manufacturing 2,827 9.1%
• Professional & business services 1,599 5.1%
• Financial activities 1,593 5.1%
• Public administration 1,478 4.7%
• Construction 164 0.5%
• Information 29 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.0%

+4.8 pp vs MN · 60th of 87

Median gross rent

$971

−$309 vs MN · 25th of 87

Owner-occupied

22,647

Renter-occupied

6,755

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $87,321/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,732/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 27,423 65.0%
• Democratic 14,173 33.6%
• Other / third-party 616 1.5%

• Spanish 411 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 250 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 180 0.3%
• Tagalog 92 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 53 0.1%
• Chinese 17 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

29,402

Family households

18,692

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,504

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,117

6.0% of families

Veterans

4,480

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 10,971 16.6%
• Catholic 10,792 16.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,167 9.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 861 1.3%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.7 pp

35th of 87

With a disability

15.9%

±1 pp

11th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

29.3%

±1.3 pp

−10.1 pp vs MN · 25th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.6%–7.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

9th Judicial District Court

Judges

23 (District Court judges per judicial district; counts vintage 2026 mncourts.gov and may shift modestly as the Legislature reallocates seats between districts (Minn. Stat. § 2.724).)

Court seats

Ada, Aitkin, Bagley, Baudette, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Hallock, International Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids, Red Lake Falls, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Walker, Warren

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

16.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9