Who is the Crow Wing County County Attorney?

Donald F. Ryan is the County Attorney of Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Crow Wing County Sheriff?

Eric Klang is the Sheriff of Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who are the Crow Wing County commissioners?

Paul Koering (District 1); Jon Lubke (District 2); Steve Barrows (District 3); Rosemary Franzen (District 4); Jamie Lee (District 5).

What is the population of Crow Wing County?

About 67,686 people, with a median age of 45.7; the median household income is $72,589 and 9.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Crow Wing County?

4.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,522 people unemployed in a labor force of 34,170, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Crow Wing County?

59 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 18 municipal, 28 township, 3 school district and 9 special district governments.

Crow Wing County, MN elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Crow Wing County: 7 seats on 3 elected bodies. 5 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

County Board of Commissioners

Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Paul Koering source
County Commissioner, District 2	Jon Lubke source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 3	Steve Barrows source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 4	Rosemary Franzen source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 5	Jamie Lee source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Attorney	Donald F. Ryan source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Eric Klang source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

How many local governments Crow Wing County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 59 local governments in Crow Wing County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (18 municipal, 28 township)	46	0
School districts (school boards)	3	0
Special districts (elected boards)	9	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Crow Wing County

67,686people

45.7median ageU.S.: 38.9

$72,589 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

9.9%below the U.S.: 12.5%

29.3%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$306,800median home valueU.S.: $332,700

5.5%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

1.3%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

8.3%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

5.2%U.S.: 8.4%

44.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

27.6%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 1.6% · White 93.2% · Black 0.5% · Asian 0.4% · Other or more than one race 4.3% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Crow Wing County

4.5%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.6%. Minnesota: 4.4%.

1,522people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

32,648people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

34,170in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.5%	1,522	32,648	34,170
August 2026	4.9%	1,672	32,446	34,118
July 2026	4.6%	1,595	32,940	34,535
June 2026	4.7%	1,626	33,184	34,810
May 2026	4.2%	1,433	32,895	34,328
April 2026	4.9%	1,657	32,133	33,790
March 2026	6.9%	2,308	31,297	33,605
February 2026	7.3%	2,448	31,206	33,654
January 2026	7.6%	2,578	31,348	33,926
December 2025	6.3%	2,166	31,964	34,130
November 2025	5.3%	1,818	32,301	34,119
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.6%	1,247	33,489	34,736
August 2025	4.0%	1,399	33,484	34,883
July 2025	4.0%	1,401	33,925	35,326
June 2025	3.9%	1,393	34,258	35,651
May 2025	3.6%	1,264	33,883	35,147
April 2025	4.7%	1,636	32,821	34,457
March 2025	5.9%	2,001	32,026	34,027
February 2025	6.0%	2,028	31,873	33,901
January 2025	5.7%	1,937	31,987	33,924
December 2024	4.5%	1,542	32,428	33,970
November 2024	3.6%	1,231	32,719	33,950
October 2024	2.8%	973	33,225	34,198

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.8%	1,663	32,910	34,573
2024	3.8%	1,305	32,903	34,208
2023	3.5%	1,167	32,541	33,708
2022	3.0%	990	32,091	33,081
2021	4.3%	1,398	31,140	32,538
2020	7.3%	2,393	30,202	32,595
2019	4.4%	1,428	31,011	32,439
2018	4.1%	1,307	30,917	32,224
2017	4.4%	1,438	30,895	32,333
2016	5.1%	1,633	30,330	31,963

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Minnesota's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.5% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Crow Wing County

166.2 per 100,0002024. Minnesota: 259.5.

974.3 per 100,0002024. Minnesota: 1,614.9.

1murders2024, 117 violent crimes in all.

2024 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2024	117	166.2	686	974.3
2023	148	214.5	718	1,040.6
2022	117	171.0	763	1,115.1
2021	133	201.2	947	1,432.4
2020	142	218.1	1,203	1,848.1
2019	91	139.9	1,088	1,672.5
2018	113	174.8	1,123	1,737.6
2017	123	191.0	1,361	2,113.4
2016	132	207.8	1,575	2,479.8

By police agency (10)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office	2025	35	55	32,593
Brainerd Police Department	2025	36	226	14,407
Baxter Police Department	2025	11	163	9,317
Breezy Point Police Department	2024	0	4	2,814
Pequot Lakes Police Department	2022	2	10	2,449
Crosslake Police Department	2025	1	16	2,415
Crosby Police Department	2023	4	8	2,369
Nisswa Police Department	2024	0	14	2,175
Deerwood Police Department	2023	3	1	584
Cuyuna Police Department	2025	0	0	335

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Minnesota · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.87 per 1,000 residents2024, 10 agencies serving 69,538 people.

130sworn officers2024, full-time, as of October 31.

99civilian staff2024, full-time.

2024 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (10), 2024

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office	50	87	32,494
Brainerd Police Department	27	6	14,615
Baxter Police Department	16	1	9,249
Crosby Police Department	8	1	2,354
Breezy Point Police Department	7	1	2,814
Crosslake Police Department	6	1	2,442
Nisswa Police Department	6	1	2,175
Pequot Lakes Police Department	6	1	2,486
Deerwood Police Department	4	0	578
Cuyuna Police Department	0	0	331

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2024	130	1.87	99	10
2019	111	1.71	92	8
2018	110	1.70	95	8
2017	100	1.55	90	7
2016	97	1.53	95	7

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Crow Wing County County Attorney?: Donald F. Ryan is the County Attorney of Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Crow Wing County Sheriff?: Eric Klang is the Sheriff of Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who are the Crow Wing County commissioners?: Paul Koering (District 1); Jon Lubke (District 2); Steve Barrows (District 3); Rosemary Franzen (District 4); Jamie Lee (District 5).
What is the population of Crow Wing County?: About 67,686 people, with a median age of 45.7; the median household income is $72,589 and 9.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Crow Wing County?: 4.5% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,522 people unemployed in a labor force of 34,170, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Crow Wing County?: 59 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 18 municipal, 28 township, 3 school district and 9 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 21, 2025, from the Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book) published by the Secretary of State; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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