Nicollet County Court Cases

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About the County: Nicollet County was formed from Dakota County, and officially established in 1853. The county was named after Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843), early explore and cartographer of the Upper Mississippi River. The Nicollet County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of St. Peter, Minnesota. Nicollet County makes up 452.29 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 32727 residents (making up an estimated 12410 households). The median household income is estimated to be $59963. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 3.6%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 674 reported DWI cases brought before Nicollet County. In 2015, there were 33 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 101 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 27 most violent county in the state).