Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Cloquet is recorded as a municipality in Carlton County, Minnesota. The 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year population estimate for Cloquet city is 12,537, with a margin of error of 70. That figure is context for defining the place you want to evaluate; it does not establish legal demand, search activity, competition or likely lead volume. A sound attribution discussion should therefore distinguish Cloquet city from the wider county and from any other service area your firm names.
Recommended approach
Before reviewing attribution, write down which inquiries count as in-scope: Cloquet city, Carlton County, or both. Then decide whether a location should be treated as a source detail, a landing-page detail, an intake answer or an outcome category. This prevents a population figure from becoming a substitute for actual intake and matter data.
