Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area
The Faribault-Northfield, MN micro area is one county in Minnesota: Rice County. About 69,939 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.2% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 69,939 4.2% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Rice County
- Land area
- 496 sq mi (1,284 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Minnesota
- Combined statistical area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
- CBSA code
- 22060
The county in the Faribault-Northfield, MN micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Rice County | Central | 69,939 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal cities, largest first
- Faribault24,631 people
- Northfield20,742 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area3,790,295 people
- St. Cloud, MN Metro Area205,854 people
- Red Wing, MN Micro Area48,195 people
- Owatonna, MN Micro Area37,464 people
- Hutchinson, MN Micro Area36,631 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Owatonna, MN Micro Area15 mi south
- Red Wing, MN Micro Area39 mi northeast
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area46 mi north
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