Swift County Court Cases

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About the County: Swift County was formed from Chippewa County, and officially established in 1870. The county was named after Henry Adoniram Swift(1823-1869), third governor of Minnesota (1863-1864). The Swift County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Benson, Minnesota. Swift County makes up 743.53 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 9783 residents (making up an estimated 4230 households). The median household income is estimated to be $49752. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 6.7%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 276 reported DWI cases brought before Swift County. In 2015, there were 10 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 97 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 20 most violent county in the state).