County profile
Nicollet County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1291 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,540
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
685
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,273
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$79.8k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
36.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.0%±1.3%
Business applications
287 · 2025
Retail establishments
81
23.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing35%
Health care27%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation9%
Education7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,273
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−656
International migration+340
Natural change+93
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$270.3k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$970/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
4.4%±1.2%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$25.2M
82 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 87Winter weather 79Hail 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2992016
3132017
3242018
3392019
3422020
3672021
4202022
4532023
4612024
4762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20211592021
1952022
892023
1062024
822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
74.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
85.3 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
100.4 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Nicollet?
Nicollet's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.