21,574 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
523 square miles of land · 41 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.
10 active community water systems list Wabasha County in the area they serve, reporting 13,886 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| Lake City groundwater · local government · MN1790004 | 5,042 served |
| Plainview groundwater · local government · MN1790012 | 3,340 served |
| Wabasha groundwater · local government · MN1790013 | 2,521 served |
| Elgin groundwater · local government · MN1790001 | 1,115 served |
| Mazeppa groundwater · local government · MN1790009 | 842 served |
| Kellogg groundwater · local government · MN1790003 | 469 served |
| Zumbro Falls groundwater · local government · MN1790015 | 181 served |
| Millville groundwater · local government · MN1790010 | 171 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 10 people were held in Wabasha County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 79 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.
3 school districts have their office in Wabasha County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.1 million — $16.7 million to run schools, about $11,107 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $14.9 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.3 million.
Spent $19.2 million — $15.3 million to run schools, about $12,748 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $12.2 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $23 million.
Spent $13.2 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $13,006 per student, plus $648,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.7 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 Wabasha County about $17.5 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.
147 bridges in Wabasha County: 85 in good condition, 61 fair, and 1 poor (0.7%). “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.
| T 131 over MIDDLE CREEK · built 1985 | 43 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Wabasha County in fiscal 2025, about $154 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 Wabasha 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 Wabasha County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Olmsted County (22 mi) · Buffalo County, WI (24 mi) · Goodhue County (25 mi) · Pepin County, WI (31 mi) · Winona County (31 mi) · Pierce County, WI (32 mi).