 About 6.9% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.Edmunds County is where the Learjet of PGA golfer Payne Stewart crashed, killing him and five others on board.The plane crashed just south of the community of Mina at the approximate coordinates of 45°25' N 98°45' W.

Edmunds County voters have long been reliably Republican.