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Faribault County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 59 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27043

Within Minnesota
Faribault County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Blue Earth, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
13,888
-11 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
712.5
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
19.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blue Earth
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Blue Earth city
Population 3,165.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Faribault County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Faribault County, Minnesota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 659 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Faribault County ranks

Position among the 87 counties of Minnesota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MinnesotaNationally
Population13,88859th of 872,171st of 3,144
Land area712.5 sq mi38th of 871,285th of 3,144
Population density19.5 per sq mi56th of 872,264th of 3,144
Median household income$66,81579th of 871,450th of 3,143

Full data for Faribault County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,899Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,918Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area712.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area721.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,815American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,079American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,897American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-42
138 births, 180 deaths
Net migration
+25
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Faribault County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Freeborn CountyMinnesota24 mi30,440
Martin CountyMinnesota24 mi19,440
Blue Earth CountyMinnesota24 mi70,634
Winnebago CountyIowa16 mi10,251
Kossuth CountyIowa14 mi14,322
Waseca CountyMinnesota6.0 mi18,688

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.