21,502 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.2% since 2020)
861 square miles of land · 25 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.
14 active community water systems list Fillmore County in the area they serve, reporting 13,306 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Chatfield groundwater · local government · MN1230002 | 3,005 served |
| Spring Valley groundwater · local government · MN1230012 | 2,580 served |
| Rushford groundwater · local government · MN1230011 | 1,860 served |
| Preston groundwater · local government · MN1230010 | 1,322 served |
| Harmony groundwater · local government · MN1230005 | 1,042 served |
| Lanesboro groundwater · local government · MN1230006 | 727 served |
| Mabel groundwater · local government · MN1230007 | 715 served |
| Wykoff groundwater · local government · MN1230013 | 444 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 11 people were held in Fillmore County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 88 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 11.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Fillmore County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.5 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $13,540 per student, plus $282,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.4 million state, $730,000 federal. Long-term debt: $27.2 million.
Spent $9.9 million — $8.3 million to run schools, about $14,087 per student, plus $518,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $8.6 million — $6.9 million to run schools, about $12,867 per student, plus $371,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $970,000 federal. Long-term debt: $17.7 million.
Spent $7 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $12,205 per student, plus $398,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.6 million state, $556,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.2 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $14,764 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $716,000 federal. Long-term debt: $6.5 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 Fillmore County about $17 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
348 bridges in Fillmore County: 119 in good condition, 222 fair, and 7 poor (2.0%). “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 5 over STREAM · built 1966 | 1,050 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 23 over S BR S FK ROOT RIVER · built 1963 | 305 vehicles a day |
| CR 118 over S BR ROOT RIVER · built 1899 | 170 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 13 over STREAM · built 1950 | 70 vehicles a day |
| T 75 over STREAM · built 1911 | 68 vehicles a day |
| CR 117 over STREAM · built 1940 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.7 million of work in Fillmore County in fiscal 2025, about $506 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 Fillmore 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 Fillmore County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Howard County, IA (24 mi) · Winona County (26 mi) · Olmsted County (27 mi) · Winneshiek County, IA (29 mi) · Houston County (30 mi) · Mower County (33 mi).