Cook County Court Cases

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About the County: Cook County was formed from Lake County, and officially established in 1874. The county was named after the Civil War veteran Major Michael Cook of Faribault, who was also a territorial and state senator 1857-62. The Cook County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Grand Marais, Minnesota. Cook County makes up 1,450.60 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 5176 residents (making up an estimated 2627 households). The median household income is estimated to be $51913. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 7.1%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 172 reported DWI cases brought before Cook County. In 2015, there were 10 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 181 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 14 most violent county in the state).