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Pennington County, MN

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 87% of Minnesota's ($89,062); poverty 10.5% against 9.3%; 0.2% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

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Places in the county

• Thief River Falls 8,823 · median household income $71,144
• St. Hilaire 259 · median household income $75,000
• Goodridge 49 · median household income $41,042

FURP records in Pennington County, MN

Cross-reference: 166 nonprofits for 13,791 residents is 120.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $21,634,327 is $1,569 per resident, 4.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $77,325.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

• PENNINGTON HEALTH SERVICES Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $9,339,608
• DISCOVERY PLACE Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $1,762,189
• NORTHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $1,275,711
• PENNINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $1,258,509
• FALLS DIVERSE ABILITIES CORPORATION Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $1,239,962
• VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT INC Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $776,159
• PENNINGTON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $670,649
• SOO SELECT CREDIT UNION Thief River Falls, MN · $550,320
• THIEF RIVER FALLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $509,316
• AMERICAN LEGION Thief Rvr Fls, MN · $349,483

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

• SANFORD HEALTH SYSTEM Thief River Falls, MN · $1,104,796
• MERITCARE HOSPITAL Thief River Falls, MN · $591,947
• Falls Electric Thief River Falls, MN · $500,476
• PROBUILD OF THIEF RIVER FALLS Theif River Falls, MN · $210,622
• STEINHAUER JESSICA Theif River Falls, MN · $109,629

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

• Northland Community and Technical College Thief River Falls, MN · 2,477
• Northland Community and Technical College - Aerospace Thief River Falls, MN

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

• DIGI-KEY CORPORATION Thief River Falls, MN · 6
• ARCTIC CAT, INC. Thief River Falls, MN · 3
• HOPE PEDIATRICS, PLLC Thief River Falls, MN · 2
• NORTHERN STATE BANK Thief River Falls, MN · 2
• BENTON, SAFRANSKI & CO. LLP Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• BRODIN SHEET METAL Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• BRODIN SHEET METAL, INC. Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• BRYCE A BRAY DDS Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• DICKEN PA Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• DR. MICHAEL D. EICKMAN, DDS Thief River Falls, MN · 1

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

• PANJINI SIVANNA Thief River Falls, MN · $2,257
• BRYCE ALLEN BRAY Thief River Falls, MN · $2,215
• ERIC M TJELLE Thief River Falls, MN · $1,696
• MICHAEL DALE EICKMAN Thief River Falls, MN · $635
• TEVIN MICHAEL MORENO Thief River Falls, MN · $578
• DANIEL SAYLER Thief River Falls, MN · $327
• CHRISTOPHER J BORGEN Thief River Falls, MN · $264
• SURESH SREEDHARAN Thief River Falls, MN · $214
• JAIME ALYSSA HOENKE Thief River Falls, MN · $200
• JAWAD H KHAN Thief River Falls, MN · $191

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

• Arctic Cat Inc. Thief River Falls, MN · 207
• Digi-Key Corporation Thief River Falls, MN · 71
• Arctco, Inc. Thief River Falls, MN · 14
• ARCTIC ENTERPRISES, INC. Thief River Falls, MN · 6
• Grand Steer Inc. Thief River Falls, MN · 5
• Agassiz Retract Systems LLC Thief River Falls,, MN · 1
• ARCTO, INC. Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• Bearly Fishing, LLC Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• Behavioral Dynamics, Inc. Thief River Falls, MN · 1
• Cedars Holding Corp. Thief River Falls, MN · 1

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

• MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES Thief River Falls, MN · $108,197,619
• THIEF RIVER FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY Thief River Falls, MN · $32,925,726
• MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Thief River Falls, MN · $21,084,075
• ST. HILAIRE SEED COMPANY, INC. St. Hilaire, MN · $17,901,445
• ST HILAIRE SEED COMPANY INCORPORATED Saint Hilaire, MN · $12,730,340
• PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL Thief River Falls, MN · $7,397,490
• THIEF RIVER FALLS HOUSING AUTHORITY Thief River Falls, MN · $4,673,675
• DIGI-KEY CORP Thief River Falls, MN · $4,049,844
• PENNINGTON COUNTY Thief River Falls, MN · $3,033,032
• OCCUPATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC Thief River Falls, MN · $1,736,711

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0