Nearly 15,000 Crow Wing County residents are at least 65 years old, according to the 2019 population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, and are among those facing elevated risk if they contract the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Within the seven-county region as of Tuesday, Crow Wing ranked third in terms of the proportion of those in that age bracket who’ve received at least one dose. Wadena and Aitkin counties — both of which claim populations less than a quarter of the size of Crow Wing’s — each report slightly higher percentages. In Wadena County, it’s 36.7% of seniors, and in Aitkin County, it’s 32.9%. Crow Wing County sat at 31.3%, nearly a full 10 percentage points higher than last-ranked Mille Lacs County.