62,258 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.5% since 2020)
595 square miles of land · 105 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.
14 active community water systems list Crawford County in the area they serve, reporting 57,096 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| VAN BUREN WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000142 | 22,725 served |
| CEDARVILLE WATERWORKS FBCC buys surface water · local government · AR0000138 | 8,529 served |
| HWY 71 WATER DISTRICT #1 PWA buys surface water · local government · AR0000145 | 6,275 served |
| ALMA WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000144 | 6,123 served |
| CONCORD WATER & SEWER PFB OF CRAWFORD CO buys surface water · local government · AR0000147 | 3,071 served |
| OAK GROVE WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · AR0000146 | 2,963 served |
| KIBLER WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AR0000140 | 1,753 served |
| MULBERRY WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000136 | 1,648 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 189 people were held in Crawford County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 499 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 92.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Crawford County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $85.5 million — $66.9 million to run schools, about $11,315 per student, plus $13.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $55.3 million state, $15.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $62.7 million.
Spent $47.7 million — $35.4 million to run schools, about $11,279 per student, plus $10.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $29.2 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $41.3 million.
Spent $11.9 million — $10.7 million to run schools, about $14,782 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $9.3 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $12,488 per student, plus $829,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $988,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $9 million — $6.4 million to run schools, about $14,896 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $802,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.3 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 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 Crawford County about $29.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
248 bridges in Crawford County: 55 in good condition, 174 fair, and 19 poor (7.7%). “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.
| I-40 Eastbound over Little Frog Bayou · built 1965 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| US 64 WB-Crawford over Frog Bayou Relief · built 1950 | 13,683 vehicles a day |
| Industrial Park Rd over Flat Rock Creek · built 1964 | 7,700 vehicles a day |
| US 64-SEC 2 WB LN over I 540-SEC 2-Crawford Co. · built 1967 | 5,440 vehicles a day |
| U.S. Highway 64 EB over Interstate 540-Crawford · built 1967 | 5,440 vehicles a day |
| S 28th Street over I 540 - Crawford Co. · built 1967 | 4,710 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $43.6 million of work in Crawford County in fiscal 2025, about $724 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
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Nearby counties: Franklin County (20 mi) · Sebastian County (27 mi) · Washington County (27 mi) · Sequoyah County, OK (29 mi) · Adair County, OK (32 mi) · Logan County (38 mi).