Hennepin County Court Cases

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About the County: Hennepin County was formed from Dakota County, and officially established in 1852. The county was named after Father Louis Hennepin (1626-1705), early explorer of the Twin Cities area in the 17th Century. The Hennepin County Government Center resides in the county seat city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hennepin County makes up 556.62 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 1152425 residents (making up an estimated 484868 households). The median household income is estimated to be $65033. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 3.7%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 31933 reported DWI cases brought before Hennepin County. In 2015, there were 5607 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 490 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 2 most violent county in the state).