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County / FIPS 27081

Lincoln County

Minnesota

Lincoln County runs 12 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.

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At a glance

Public schools

12schools

Hospitals

2facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

537sq mi

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Lincoln County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

5,603people

2844th of 3,222

Median household income

$69,694

1221st of 3,222

Poverty rate

11.9%

1261st of 3,222

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$164,400

1925th of 3,222, tied with 2

Median gross rent

$674

2856th of 3,222, tied with 3

Bachelor's degree or higher

25.7%

1143rd of 3,222

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lincoln County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$62.6M

2739th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$11,1032020 population

Change since FY2021

−2%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Lincoln County, FY2021–FY2025
$40M$50M$60M$70M
$63M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$64M
2022$54M
2023$43M
2024$45M
2025$63M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Lincoln County ranks 2739th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Lincoln County

Hospitals in Lincoln County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Avera Tyler HospitalTylerNot rated
Hendricks Community HospitalHendricksNot rated
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Public schools in Lincoln County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Lincoln County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Hendricks ElementaryHendricks Public School DistrictHendricks98
Lake Benton ElementaryLake Benton Public School DistrictLake Benton116
Lincoln Elementary - IvanhoeIvanhoe Public School DistrictIvanhoe73
Rtr Elementary SchoolRtr Public SchoolsTyler261
Rtr Secondary SchoolRtr Public SchoolsTyler359
MnvssHendricks Public School DistrictHendricks66
Hendricks Senior HighHendricks Public School DistrictHendricks47
Lake Benton SecondaryLake Benton Public School DistrictLake Benton1
Hendricks Learning Center - CreditRegion 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service CoopHendricks
Hendricks Middle SchoolHendricks Public School DistrictHendricks
Rtr AlcRegion 6 and 8-Sw/Wc Service CoopTyler
Rtr AlpRtr Public SchoolsTyler
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