County · Minnesota

Wabasha County, Minnesota

Wabasha County, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #214 of 3,143 US counties. Within Minnesota it ranks #30 of 87 counties. It ranks best on food environment index (high), mammography screening (high) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), new business applications (low) and mental health providers (low).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #214 of 3,143 counties
Minnesota: #30 of 87 in MN
Population: 21,537 (2025)
Land area: 523 mi²
Density: 41.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 27157

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety97#103/3,096
Economy82#556/3,143
Housing43#1,800/3,140
Health92#242/3,144
Healthcare93#227/3,143
Environment69#961/3,108
Education90#307/3,144
Infrastructure55#1,430/3,144
Community100#7/3,144
Leisure & amenities76#752/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Food environment index · high9.3
98/100Minnesota 9.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mammography screening · high59.0%
96/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Poverty rate · low7.0%
96/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · low7.2%
96/100Minnesota 9.6%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.1%
96/100Minnesota 6.0%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.5 /10k
12/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New business applications · low8.2 /1k
13/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health providers · low42 /100k
13/100Minnesota 383 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Natural hazard risk · high74.1
24/100Minnesota 27.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Cost of buying a home today · high32.7%
27/100Minnesota 31.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Trends

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

Violent crime rateImproving
111 /100k (2020) → 41 /100k (2025)
−63%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
22.2% (Dec 2021) → 32.7% (Aug 2026)
+10 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
5.4 /1k (2020) → 8.2 /1k (2025)
+51%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
28 /100k (2021) → 42 /100k (2025)
+50%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
PharmaciesWorsening
0.9 /10k (2020) → 0.5 /10k (2025)
−50%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Drought exposureWorsening
17% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+9.3 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%

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, Wabasha County, Minnesota improved on 11 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved11

Violent crime−63%111 /100k → 41 /100k
Real income+37%$52,770 → $72,336
Students / teacher−1.5×15.2× → 13.7×
Household income+28%$63,435 → $81,105
Property crime−43%593 /100k → 337 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.8× → 3.2×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Wabasha County, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.5 /10k2020	6.5 /10k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	35%
Average commute time	24.6 min2015-2019	24.2 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	66%
Average weekly wage	$8002020	$9602025	+20%	Improved	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	81.6%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	10.2%2019	7.2%2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Distance to an airport	64 mi2020	64 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	12.0 /100k2020	11.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−8.3%	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Firearm deaths	8.0 /100k2020	9.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	26%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+32%	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	93.4%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,7702019	$72,3362024	+37%	Improved	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$63,4352019	$81,1052024	+28%	Improved	65%
New business applications	5.4 /1k2020	8.2 /1k2025	+51%	Improved	59%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−50%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	8.4%2019	7.0%2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Property crime rate	593 /100k2020	337 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	−0%	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	41.2%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Restaurants and bars	14.5 /10k2020	16.7 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	15.2×2019	13.7×2024	−1.5×	Improved	79%
Suicide rate	13.4 /100k2020	14.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	33%
Traffic deaths	14.9 /100k2015-2019	15.8 /100k2020-2024	+6.1%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	3.7%2025	−1.8 points	Improved	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2019	5.1%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	52%
Violent crime rate	111 /100k2020	41 /100k2025	−63%	Improved	94%

“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 Wabasha County, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wabasha 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, Wabasha County, Minnesota itself moved −0.3 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

21,565 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: 50–59 women (−2.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

21,565 residents

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White93%20,111
Black0.4%†82
Hispanic or Latino3.4%742

Education

15,546 residents (±41)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma4.9%763
High school or GED33%5,114
Some college22%3,353

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

9,156 households (±200)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k12%1,102
$25k–50k15%1,400
$50k–75k19%1,721
$75k–100k14%1,251
$100k–150k20%1,848
$150k–200k11%983
$200k or more9.3%851

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+4.9 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

9,156 households (±200)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own83%7,628
Rent17%1,528

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.7 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,335 households (±157)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75036%475
$750–1,00035%469
$1,000–1,50023%†301

Home values

7,628 homes (±176)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k15%1,140
$150k–250k31%2,398
$250k–400k31%2,394

Age of homes

10,291 homes (±61)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later8.4%869
2000–200917%1,709
1980–199920%2,032

Size of homes

10,291 homes (±61)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio1.7%†174
1 bedroom6.2%641
2 bedrooms24%2,515

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

11,037 workers (±226)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone74%8,189
Carpool8.7%961
Public transit0.0%†3
Walk4.4%488
Bike0.3%†29
Work from home11%1,255
Other1.0%†112

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.3 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

9,782 workers (±259)

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min36%3,519
15–29 min23%2,249
30–44 min27%2,639

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 Rochester, 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.

Wabasha County has 556 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Minnesota's), with 5,125 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,724. The Census Bureau also counts 1,658 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 556; 1,658 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 5,125
Average annual pay: $45,724; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	49	22.6	1.46×More than typical	169	$66,627	163
Restaurants and other eating places	39	18	0.98×About typical	336	$15,330	6
Truck transportation	29	13.4	2.65×More than typical	238	$69,071	65
Ambulatory health care services	27	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	145	$68,966	27
Full-service restaurants	27	12.5	1.62×More than typical	231	$14,758	—
Construction of buildings	25	11.5	1.53×More than typical	49	$47,347	84
Religious organizations	25	11.5	2.08×More than typical	129	$18,155	—
Building equipment contractors	15	6.9	1.15×About typical	92	$72,913	21
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	14	6.5	2.43×More than typical	90	$28,700	20
Other amusement and recreation industries	14	6.5	2.67×More than typical	90	$28,700	13
Banks and credit unions	12	5.5	1.71×More than typical	110	$66,582	—
Building finishing contractors	12	5.5	1.46×More than typical	26	$38,962	51

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,664 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 $56.7M on contracts performed in Wabasha County, Minnesota: $2,633 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $56.7M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,633; US $1,995
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

Top recipients

WESCOTT AGRI PRODUCTS, INC$31.5M55%
LAKESIDE FOODS INC$22.8M40%
SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL OF WABASHA, INC.$1.2M2.2%
L S MARINE INC$381K0.7%
GANA-A'YOO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES JV, LLC$353.9K0.6%

Spending by fiscal year

10MFY2017
22MFY2018
101.3MFY2019
181.7MFY2020
125MFY2021
110.7MFY2022
159.8MFY2023
97.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$31.7M56%
Animal slaughtering and processing · 3116$20.6M36%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$2.2M3.9%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$1.2M2.2%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$664K1.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009492/4400001826/4100028171/BEEF CAN-24/24 OZ$48.1M
LAKESIDE FOODS INC· Wabasha County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 3, 2023 – Feb 9, 2026· 123J1423F2022
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000009375/4100027873/PEACHES FRESH BAG PKG#12/2 LB,PEACHES FRESH TRAY PACK 18-20 LB$23.3M
WESCOTT AGRI PRODUCTS, INC· Wabasha County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 22, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 123J1423C1681
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010025/4100030329/GRAPES VARIETY FRESH CTN-19 LB$10.5M
WESCOTT AGRI PRODUCTS, INC· Wabasha County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 20, 2024 – Mar 31, 2026· 123J1424C2008

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $161.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Wabasha County, Minnesota: $7,493 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $161.4M; −3.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,493; US $12,957
Loan face value: $3.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 6.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$109.8M68%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$14.5M9.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$11.3M7.0%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$9M5.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.8M4.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$3.4M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.2M0.7%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.1M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA MULTI-COUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$4.2M2.6%
WABASHA, MN
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$704.3K0.4%
SAINT PAUL, MN
MULTI-COUNTY BUILDERS$173K0.1%
WABASHA, MN
PLAINVIEW SENIORS HOUSING$140.3K0.1%
PLAINVIEW, MN
PARK TOWERS

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$129.1M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$16.1M10.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$9.8M6.1%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$4M2.5%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

149.7MFY2021
152.4MFY2022
152.8MFY2023
150.5MFY2024
167.5MFY2025
161.4MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Wabasha 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$463	$1,436
FY2018	$1,021	$1,552
FY2019	$4,699	$1,654
FY2020	$8,491	$1,880
FY2021	$5,810	$1,810
FY2022	$5,114	$1,917
FY2023	$7,375	$2,079
FY2024	$4,515	$2,047
FY2025	$2,357	$2,165
FY2026	$2,633 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2017	$12.26	$93.28
FY2018	$98.54	$105
FY2019	$34.62	$128
FY2020	-$0.37	$145
FY2021	$12.91	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$6,342	$5,748
FY2022	$5,578	$5,221
FY2023	$7,705	$5,364
FY2024	$4,703	$5,501
FY2025	$2,505	$5,732
FY2026	$2,696

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$491	$298
FY2022	$399	$357
FY2023	$5.84	$301
FY2024	$138	$319
FY2025	$116	$360
FY2026	$32.70

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$231	$239
FY2022	$297	$185
FY2023	$229	$229
FY2024	$250	$229
FY2025	$262	$249
FY2026	$218

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$11.54	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
FY2021	$1,141	$1,186
FY2022	$150	$465
FY2023	-$45.01	$76.52
FY2024	$7.84	$120
FY2025	$7.80	$148
FY2026	-$1.16

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Wabasha County, Minnesota and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014

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.

Federal contracts · FY2018

$1,021 per resident in FY2018, against an earlier average of $463 (2.2× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Wabasha County, Minnesota
Comparison counties (average)

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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.

Wabasha 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

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Metro area

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

Rochester, MN100Outlying county

Cities and towns in Wabasha County

Places whose residents live mostly in Wabasha 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 2026-10-06
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	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−4.3%	−4.2%
2015	−0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+3.3%
2018	+6.8%	+6.8%
2019	+8.7%	+10.5%
2020	+17.6%	+19.4%
2021	+20.7%	+26.1%
2022	+24.4%	+30.6%
2023	+28.7%	+35.0%
2024	+34.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−1.5%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+13.4%	+13.5%
2020	+26.7%	+20.8%
2021	+36.3%	+32.1%
2022	+38.0%	+35.4%
2023	+40.9%	+42.9%
2024	+49.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−6.9%	−6.9%
2015	−8.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+4.7%
2018	+0.8%	+7.5%
2019	+0.5%	+14.0%
2020	+17.8%	+16.9%
2021	+9.1%	+21.0%
2022	+25.1%	+29.7%
2023	+28.9%	+34.9%
2024	+28.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	−8.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+54.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.9%	5.3%
2016	3.7%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.5%	8.1%
2021	3.3%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	7.3%	15.5%
2015	6.9%	14.7%
2016	7.6%	14.0%
2017	7.0%	13.4%
2018	7.4%	13.1%
2019	8.4%	12.3%
2020	6.1%	11.9%
2021	7.4%	12.8%
2022	7.5%	12.6%
2023	8.1%	12.5%
2024	7.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	6.1%	13.5%
2015	4.3%	10.9%
2016	4.6%	10.0%
2017	4.7%	10.2%
2018	5.5%	10.4%
2019	6.2%	10.8%
2020	5.7%	10.4%
2021	5.1%	10.2%
2022	4.7%	9.5%
2023	5.0%	9.5%
2024	5.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Wabasha County, Minnesota	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.2/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Wabasha County, Minnesota	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.2 points	+1.0 points	−1.2 points to +3.1 points
Year −2	−4.1 points	−0.1 points	−1.9 points to +1.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.3 points	−0.9 points	−6.4 points to +2.5 points
Year +1	+0.4 points	+1.0 points	−0.1 points to +1.6 points
Year +2	−5.6 points	−5.6 points	−7.0 points to −3.1 points

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Declined1

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Compared with 11 similar counties

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Declined1

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