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Nobles County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 45 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27105

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

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Population
22,338
+137 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
715.1
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
31.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Worthington
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Worthington city
Population 13,979.

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 Nobles 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 Nobles 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 Nobles 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
Population22,33845th of 871,709th of 3,144
Land area715.1 sq mi36th of 871,274th of 3,144
Population density31.2 per sq mi40th of 871,890th of 3,144
Median household income$66,10180th of 871,529th of 3,143

Full data for Nobles County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,338Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,201Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,284Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area715.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area722.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,101American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$197,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,674American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,396American 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
+163
365 births, 202 deaths
Net migration
-69
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Nobles 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
Murray CountyMinnesota30 mi7,942
Rock CountyMinnesota24 mi9,524
Jackson CountyMinnesota24 mi9,857
Osceola CountyIowa20 mi5,980
Lyon CountyIowa9.7 mi12,354
Cottonwood CountyMinnesota0.5 mi11,405

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.