Moving to Brainerd, Minnesota

About Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd

Brainerd ( BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence. Brainerd is the principal city of the Brainerd Micropolitan Area, a micropolitan area covering Cass and Crow Wing counties and with a combined population of 96,189 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film Fargo.

Gender
Gender Brainerd Minnesota Country
Female 55% 50.2% 50.8%
Male 45% 49.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.055%45%Female55%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.08%8%17%15%17%18%6%7%1%3%$50K to $75K17.6%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Brainerd Minnesota Country
Less than $10,000 7.7% 4.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 8.3% 3.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 16.7% 7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 15.3% 7.5% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 17% 11.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.6% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 6.4% 14.1% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 6.9% 18.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 0.9% 8.2% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.1% 8.5% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%6%37%27%12%11%3%1%0%High School or GED37%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Brainerd Minnesota Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 4% 7.0%
High School or GED 37% 24% 27.0%
Other College 27% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 12% 12% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 24% 20.0%
Master's Degree 3% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Brainerd Minnesota  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K7.74.15.88.33.44.116.778.515.37.58.61711.51217.617.417.26.414.112.86.918.315.60.98.27.13.18.58.3
Education
 Brainerd Minnesota  Country
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Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.090%2%2%1%3%0%2%0%White90.1%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Brainerd Minnesota Country
White 90.1% 79% 60.1%
African American 2.3% 6.3% 12.2%
American Indian 1.6% 0.9% 0.6%
Asian 0.9% 4.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.9% 3.1% 2.8%
Hispanic 3.1% 5.5% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Brainerd Minnesota  Country
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