13,886 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
712 square miles of land · 19 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
12 active community water systems list Faribault County in the area they serve, reporting 9,699 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Blue Earth Light and Water groundwater · local government · MN1220001 | 3,174 served |
| Wells groundwater · local government · MN1220010 | 2,343 served |
| Winnebago groundwater · local government · MN1220011 | 1,391 served |
| Minnesota Lake groundwater · local government · MN1220013 | 683 served |
| Elmore groundwater · local government · MN1220004 | 548 served |
| Kiester groundwater · local government · MN1220008 | 491 served |
| Bricelyn groundwater · local government · MN1220002 | 359 served |
| Easton buys groundwater · local government · MN1220005 | 199 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 15 people were held in Faribault County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 185 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 31.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Faribault County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $13,462 per student, plus $910,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $11 million to run schools, about $14,127 per student, plus $641,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Faribault County about $12.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
226 bridges in Faribault County: 121 in good condition, 97 fair, and 8 poor (3.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CSAH 19 over CO DITCH #25 · built 1969 | 142 vehicles a day |
| T 127 over RICE CREEK · built 1965 | 82 vehicles a day |
| T 49 over E FK BLUE EARTH RIVER · built 1978 | 45 vehicles a day |
| T 85 over DITCH · built 1974 | 35 vehicles a day |
| T 244 over BADGER CREEK · built 1973 | 35 vehicles a day |
| T 136 over DITCH · built 1966 | 30 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.5 million of work in Faribault County in fiscal 2025, about $1,184 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Minnesota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Faribault County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Faribault County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Winnebago County, IA (23 mi) · Blue Earth County (25 mi) · Waseca County (30 mi) · Freeborn County (30 mi) · Martin County (30 mi) · Kossuth County, IA (35 mi).