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Sibley County, Minnesota

A county in Minnesota, ranked 54 of 87 by population.

CountyFIPS 27143

Within Minnesota
Sibley County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Gaylord, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
15,356
+536 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
589
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
26.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gaylord
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Gaylord city
Population 2,353.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Sibley County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Sibley County, Minnesota from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 389 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Sibley County ranks

Position among the 87 counties of Minnesota, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MinnesotaNationally
Population15,35654th of 872,071st of 3,144
Land area589 sq mi53rd of 871,664th of 3,144
Population density26.1 per sq mi48th of 872,036th of 3,144
Median household income$77,63425th of 87689th of 3,143

Full data for Sibley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,356Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,820Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,846Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area589 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area600.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,634American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$231,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,523American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+57
195 births, 138 deaths
Net migration
+10
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Sibley County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
McLeod CountyMinnesota36 mi36,631
Nicollet CountyMinnesota34 mi34,273
Renville CountyMinnesota25 mi14,356
Scott CountyMinnesota20 mi159,017
Carver CountyMinnesota17 mi114,379
Le Sueur CountyMinnesota9.8 mi29,453

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 87 counties of Minnesota

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.