Benton County Court Cases

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About the County: Benton County was formed from as one of the nine original Minnesota counties (formed from St. Croix County and Wisconsin Territory), and officially established in 1849. The county was named after Thomas Hart Benton(1782–1858), former United States Senator from Missouri (1821-1851). The Benton County Courts Facility resides in the county seat city of Foley, Minnesota. Benton County makes up 408.28 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 38451 residents (making up an estimated 15466 households). The median household income is estimated to be $53006. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 6.6%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 746 reported DWI cases brought before Benton County. In 2015, there were 57 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 143 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 6 most violent county in the state).