33,313 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.7% since 2020)
615 square miles of land · 54 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.
5 active community water systems list Hot Spring County in the area they serve, reporting 42,179 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MALVERN WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000237 | 14,410 served |
| KIMZEY REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · AR0000821 | 12,718 served |
| SOUTHWEST WATER USERS LLC buys surface water · local government · AR0000495 | 9,573 served |
| HOT SPRING CO WATER ASSOC buys surface water · private · AR0000236 | 3,528 served |
| MAGNET-BUTTERFIELD WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · private · AR0000241 | 1,950 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 Hot Spring County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2017), or 236 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2012 it was about 45.
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 Hot Spring County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $33.9 million — $25.3 million to run schools, about $13,827 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $19 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.2 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.8 million to run schools, about $10,539 per student, plus $813,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.1 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $13.8 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $11,857 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $13.6 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $12,617 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $19 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $9,707 per student, plus $340,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $623,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $717,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 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 Hot Spring County about $13.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
222 bridges in Hot Spring County: 48 in good condition, 163 fair, and 11 poor (5.0%). “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.
| US 270B Log 2.23 over FRONT ST UPRR &1ST · built 1955 | 18,000 vehicles a day |
| I-30 EB Log 97.06 over Ouachita Rvr; Riverview · built 1963 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| I-30 WB Log 84.11 over West Fork Delisle Creek · built 1967 | 14,500 vehicles a day |
| US 270 WB over I-30 Log 97.98 · built 1964 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| US 270 E.B. over I-30 Log 97.98 · built 1964 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| US 67 Log 3.11 over UNION PACIFIC RR · built 1931 | 4,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14 million of work in Hot Spring County in fiscal 2025, about $424 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: Garland County (22 mi) · Clark County (22 mi) · Saline County (28 mi) · Dallas County (29 mi) · Grant County (30 mi) · Pike County (42 mi).