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Nobles County, Minnesota

Nobles County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #960 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #79 of 87 counties. It ranks best on life expectancy (high), flu vaccinations (high) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on high school diploma or higher (low), new business applications (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #960 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #79 of 87 in MN
Population: 22,338 (2025)
Land area: 715 mi²
Density: 31.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 27105

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety84#499/3,096
Economy54#1,456/3,143
Housing44#1,764/3,140
Health74#804/3,144
Healthcare72#869/3,143
Environment92#247/3,108
Education9#2,848/3,144
Infrastructure70#950/3,144
Community69#983/3,144
Leisure & amenities59#1,301/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Nobles County, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Life expectancy · high80.7 yrs
95/100Minnesota 79.6 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
94/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high1.6%
93/100Minnesota 1.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Mammography screening · high56.0%
92/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · low6,297 /100k
90/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low11.2 /100k
89/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low79.5%
6/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
6/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Distance to an Amtrak station · high153 mi
8/100Minnesota 32 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Job growth · low-3.7%
11/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Physical inactivity · high32.7%
14/100Minnesota 24.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Homicide rateImproving
2.6 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+98%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
52% (2021) → 33% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.4% (2020 & 2021) → 35.5% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.2% (2015-2019) → 88.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
4.7 /1k (2020) → 7.3 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Nobles County, Minnesota improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 21 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Students / teacher−3.6×18.7× → 15.1×
Real income+48%$48,149 → $71,289
Broadband+12 points76.2% → 88.0%
New businesses+54%4.7 /1k → 7.3 /1k
Household income+22%$57,300 → $70,123

Declined1

Price / income+0.7×2.3× → 3.0×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Nobles County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.3 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	+39%	Within the margin of error	87%
Average commute time	16.6 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Average weekly wage	$9482020	$1,1332025	+20%	Improved	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	76.2%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	64%
Child poverty rate	14.2%2019	13.9%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	54 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.0 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Firearm deaths	8.9 /100k2020	11.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+26%	Within the margin of error	18%
Grocery stores	3.6 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	51%
High school diploma or higher	76.3%2015-2019	79.5%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	23%
Homicide rate	2.5 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,1492019	$71,2892024	+48%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.4292020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$57,3002019	$70,1232024	+22%	Improved	36%
New business applications	4.7 /1k2020	7.3 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	63%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	65%
Poverty rate	11.0%2019	13.3%2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Property crime rate	788 /100k2020	579 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	35%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	23.3%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	33.6%2015-2019	42.0%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Restaurants and bars	9.5 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	+4.1%	Within the margin of error	61%
Students per teacher	18.7×2019	15.1×2024	−3.6×	Improved	97%
Suicide rate	16.9 /100k2020	15.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.3%	Within the margin of error	73%
Traffic deaths	10.1 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	36%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2020	3.5%2025	−0.7 points	Little change	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.1%2019	11.9%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Violent crime rate	241 /100k2020	199 /100k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Nobles County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nobles County, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Nobles County, Minnesota itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,041 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+1.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

22,041 residents

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White52%11,515
Black4.6%1,023
Hispanic or Latino34%7,594

Education

13,649 residents (±101)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma21%2,803
High school or GED30%4,058
Some college21%2,865

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,674 households (±188)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k15%1,165
$25k–50k18%1,390
$50k–75k23%1,789
$75k–100k12%952
$100k–150k17%1,326
$150k–200k6.4%489
$200k or more7.3%563

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,674 households (±188)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own74%5,692
Rent26%1,982

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,747 households (±242)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75038%656
$750–1,00021%†360
$1,000–1,50030%521

Home values

5,692 homes (±254)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k34%1,955
$150k–250k31%1,745
$250k–400k24%1,340

Age of homes

8,396 homes (±41)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later6.3%†530
2000–20096.1%516
1980–199916%1,350

Size of homes

8,396 homes (±41)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.7%†57
1 bedroom8.4%707
2 bedrooms28%2,378

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

9,788 workers (±262)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone73%7,184
Carpool14%1,376
Public transit1.6%†160
Walk3.3%321
Bike0.3%†26
Work from home6.4%628
Other1.0%†93

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+2.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

9,160 workers (±262)

Nobles County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min59%5,403
15–29 min20%1,854
30–44 min11%1,011

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Worthington, MN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Nobles County has 574 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Minnesota's), with 8,853 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,539. The Census Bureau also counts 1,350 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 574; 1,350 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 8,853
Average annual pay: $50,539; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Nobles County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	38	17.2	1.11×About typical	152	$70,776	112
Truck transportation	31	14	2.78×More than typical	275	$57,396	102
Restaurants and other eating places	28	12.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	427	$16,550	8
Ambulatory health care services	27	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	304	$72,352	14
Religious organizations	27	12.2	2.21×More than typical	134	$19,575	—
Construction of buildings	21	9.5	1.26×More than typical	79	$41,924	61
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	9.1	1.80×More than typical	138	$54,101	30
Banks and credit unions	15	6.8	2.10×More than typical	159	$64,164	—
Gasoline stations	14	6.3	1.96×More than typical	207	$26,295	—
Building equipment contractors	13	5.9	0.98×About typical	40	$50,925	18
Full-service restaurants	13	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	171	$14,906	5
Limited-service restaurants	13	5.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	244	$17,779	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,065 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $9.1M on contracts performed in Nobles County, Minnesota: $409 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.1M; +29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $409; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$9.1M99.6%
Department of the Army$34.9K0.4%

Top recipients

JBS USA FOOD COMPANY$9.1M99.6%
SHIELD SERVICES LLC$34.9K0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

11.2MFY2017
8.5MFY2018
36MFY2019
9.1MFY2020
12.2MFY2021
14.8MFY2022
22.8MFY2023
12M

Top industries (NAICS)

Animal slaughtering and processing · 3116$9.1M99.6%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$34.9K0.4%

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011380/4100034588/PORK ROAST LEG FRZ CTN-32-40 LB,PORK PICNIC BNLS FRZ CTN-60 LB$3M
JBS USA FOOD COMPANY· Nobles County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 123J1426C1528
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010225/4100030522/PORK PICNIC BNLS FRZ CTN-60 LB$2.2M
JBS USA FOOD COMPANY· Nobles County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 29, 2024 – Mar 2, 2026· 123J1424C2209
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011336/4100034380/PORK PICNIC BNLS FRZ CTN-60 LB$2.1M
JBS USA FOOD COMPANY· Nobles County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· 123J1426C1320

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $149.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Nobles County, Minnesota: $6,703 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $149.7M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,703; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 15%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$69.7M47%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$15.8M11%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$15.1M10%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$10.3M6.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.8M4.5%
93.600 · Head Start$6.1M4.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5.8M3.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5M3.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$26.9M18%
SAINT PAUL, MN
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC.$6.1M4.1%
WORTHINGTON, MN
THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA$1.6M1.1%
WORTHINGTON, MN
MAPLE LANE FARMS LLC$450K0.3%
LISMORE, MN
NOBLES CTY GOVERNMENT CENTER

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$83.6M56%
Federal Highway Administration$27.2M18%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$21.5M14%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$6.6M4.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families

Assistance by fiscal year

100.4MFY2021
105.3MFY2022
112.4MFY2023
95.2MFY2024
133.6MFY2025
149.7MFY2026

County aggregates

61%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Nobles County, Minnesota compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Nobles County, Minnesota
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$517	$1,436
FY2018	$392	$1,552
FY2019	$1,662	$1,654
FY2020	$410	$1,880
FY2021	$554	$1,810
FY2022	$668	$1,917
FY2023	$1,032	$2,079
FY2024	$538	$2,047
FY2025	$316	$2,165
FY2026	$409 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$1.42	$128
FY2020	$6.42	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$648	$5,748
FY2022	$976	$5,221
FY2023	$2,010	$5,364
FY2024	$694	$5,501
FY2025	$688	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$19.24	$298
FY2022	$17.01	$357
FY2023	$186	$301
FY2024	$19.96	$319
FY2025	$67.47	$360
FY2026	$1,217

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$126	$239
FY2022	$122	$185
FY2023	$117	$229
FY2024	$139	$229
FY2025	$136	$249
FY2026	$111

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$9.43	$2,304
FY2022	$84.40	$2,197
FY2023	$91.17	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$92.16	$2,397
FY2026	$274

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,436	$1,186
FY2022	$172	$465
FY2023	$77.34	$76.52
FY2024	$14.83	$120
FY2025	$60.82	$148
FY2026	$2.21

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Nobles County, Minnesota
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Nobles County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	1.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$2,010 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $812 (2.5× that).

Compared with 15 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/27105

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Nobles County, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Brad FinstadR-MN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Nobles County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Worthington, MN68Central county

Cities and towns in Nobles County

Places whose residents live mostly in Nobles County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−13.1%	−4.2%
2015	−3.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+3.3%
2018	+5.2%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+20.9%	+19.4%
2021	+24.1%	+26.1%
2022	+30.2%	+30.6%
2023	+34.6%	+35.0%
2024	+35.8%	+41.0%
2025	+44.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	+5.9%	−5.5%
2015	+9.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.2%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+10.7%	+13.5%
2020	+32.6%	+20.8%
2021	+40.9%	+32.1%
2022	+52.5%	+35.4%
2023	+55.1%	+42.9%
2024	+57.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−9.6%	−6.9%
2015	−10.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−10.9%	+4.7%
2018	−0.5%	+7.5%
2019	+2.2%	+14.0%
2020	+12.4%	+16.9%
2021	+4.5%	+21.0%
2022	+16.6%	+29.7%
2023	+13.4%	+34.9%
2024	+25.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−10.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+50.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+67.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	3.5%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	2.7%	3.9%
2019	3.0%	3.7%
2020	4.2%	8.1%
2021	3.1%	5.4%
2022	2.0%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	2.8%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	13.0%	15.5%
2015	12.9%	14.7%
2016	11.6%	14.0%
2017	12.8%	13.4%
2018	10.8%	13.1%
2019	11.0%	12.3%
2020	9.4%	11.9%
2021	11.4%	12.8%
2022	11.1%	12.6%
2023	11.3%	12.5%
2024	13.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	12.3%	13.5%
2015	10.1%	10.9%
2016	10.0%	10.0%
2017	10.4%	10.2%
2018	10.9%	10.4%
2019	13.1%	10.8%
2020	12.5%	10.4%
2021	13.0%	10.2%
2022	11.0%	9.5%
2023	10.3%	9.5%
2024	11.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Nobles County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	3.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	4.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Nobles County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.9 points	−3.2 points	−5.1 points to −1.0 points
Year −2	+0.3 points	+0.7 points	−3.9 points to +3.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.1 points	+0.4 points	−2.7 points to +5.1 points
Year +1	−3.4 points	+1.8 points	−2.1 points to +5.4 points
Year +2	+1.8 points	−0.4 points	−2.4 points to +1.9 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined1

Counties like Nobles County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 15 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Nobles County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined1

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 15 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year