15,018 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.0% since 2020)
1,080 square miles of land · 14 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Washington County in the area they serve, reporting 18,627 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MCINTOSH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · AL0001363 | 3,060 served |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · AL0001784 | 2,445 served |
| MILLRY, THE UB OF THE TOWN OF groundwater · local government · AL0001364 | 2,217 served |
| CHATOM, THE UTILITIES BOARD OF THE TOWN groundwater · local government · AL0001358 | 2,037 served |
| FRUITDALE WATER SYSTEM buys groundwater · local government · AL0001360 | 1,809 served |
| LEROY WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · AL0001362 | 1,710 served |
| TIBBIE WATER & FIRE PROTECTION AUTHORITY buys groundwater · local government · AL0001753 | 1,539 served |
| DEER PARK-VINEGAR BEND WATER & FPA groundwater · local government · AL0001368 | 1,467 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 51 people were held in Washington County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 540 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 50.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Washington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $33.6 million — $32.2 million to run schools, about $12,721 per student, plus $543,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $20.8 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Washington County about $10.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
171 bridges in Washington County: 55 in good condition, 100 fair, and 16 poor (9.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| LUKE RIVERS RD over BILBO CREEK · built 1984 | 250 vehicles a day |
| PRICE RIVERS RD over CHOCTAW BRANCH · built 1985 | 200 vehicles a day |
| WHIGHAM ROAD over DUNBAR CREEK · built 1987 | 150 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 25 over BILBO CREEK · built 1970 | 100 vehicles a day |
| DIRT RD-ABB RD over HENSON CREEK · built 1985 | 100 vehicles a day |
| LUELLA RD over TRIB BILBO CREEK · built 1978 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.2 million of work in Washington County in fiscal 2025, about $465 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alabama are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Washington County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Washington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Greene County, MS (28 mi) · Clarke County (30 mi) · Wayne County, MS (32 mi) · Choctaw County (40 mi) · George County, MS (46 mi) · Perry County, MS (49 mi).