47,982 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
757 square miles of land · 63 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 Goodhue County in the area they serve, reporting 32,255 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Red Wing groundwater · local government · MN1250013 | 16,459 served |
| Cannon Falls groundwater · local government · MN1250001 | 4,237 served |
| Pine Island groundwater · local government · MN1250012 | 3,380 served |
| Zumbrota groundwater · local government · MN1250020 | 3,172 served |
| Kenyon groundwater · local government · MN1250007 | 1,892 served |
| Goodhue groundwater · local government · MN1250005 | 1,200 served |
| Wanamingo groundwater · local government · MN1250018 | 1,113 served |
| Dennison groundwater · local government · MN1250021 | 220 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 49 people were held in Goodhue County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 165 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 127.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Goodhue County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $47.3 million — $36.6 million to run schools, about $15,657 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.9 million local (mostly property tax), $25 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.9 million.
Spent $26.3 million — $17.7 million to run schools, about $11,470 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.8 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $81 million.
Spent $27.9 million — $17.7 million to run schools, about $14,188 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.2 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $48.7 million.
Spent $21.3 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $13,605 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $975,000 federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.
Spent $12 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $12,380 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $458,000 federal. Long-term debt: $26.9 million.
Spent $12.8 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $15,982 per student, plus $494,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $649,000 federal. Long-term debt: $16.8 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 Goodhue County about $26.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
331 bridges in Goodhue County: 168 in good condition, 146 fair, and 17 poor (5.1%). “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 11 over US 52 · built 1960 | 6,800 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 14 over BUTLER CREEK · built 1979 | 810 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 7 over STREAM · built 1920 | 620 vehicles a day |
| CSAH 8 over BELLE CREEK · built 1973 | 390 vehicles a day |
| CR 56 over STREAM · built 1930 | 305 vehicles a day |
| CR 45 over WELLS CREEK · built 1967 | 125 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.7 million of work in Goodhue County in fiscal 2025, about $288 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 Goodhue 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 Goodhue County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dakota County (25 mi) · Wabasha County (25 mi) · Pierce County, WI (26 mi) · Dodge County (28 mi) · Rice County (29 mi) · Olmsted County (32 mi).