Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The county was established in 1855, and was named for New York politician Silas Wright.

[5] The 1998 thriller A Simple Plan was set in Wright County, though it does not mention a specific town.

[7] The terrain is undulating and contains numerous small lakes.

There were 34,355 housing units at an average density of 52 per square mile (20/km2).

The racial makeup of the county was 97.85% White, 0.26% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races.

18.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.