8,004 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.4% since 2020)
618 square miles of land · 13 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 Nevada County in the area they serve, reporting 6,160 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PRESCOTT WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000394 | 3,000 served |
| BODCAW RURAL WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · private · AR0000887 | 1,430 served |
| ROSSTON WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · AR0000395 | 750 served |
| EMMET WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000393 | 550 served |
| WILLISVILLE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000650 | 430 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 38 people were held in Nevada County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 770 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 24.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Nevada County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.5 million — $11 million to run schools, about $11,771 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.7 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $13,022 per student, plus $366,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $613,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $412,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Nevada County about $5.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
131 bridges in Nevada County: 46 in good condition, 79 fair, and 6 poor (4.6%). “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.
| SH 53 SEC.02-0.001 over LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER · built 1964 | 3,100 vehicles a day |
| SH 24 - 05 - 15.12 over CANEY CREEK · built 1950 | 1,393 vehicles a day |
| SH 387 - 01- 2.28 over (MILL CR.)WHITE OAK LAKE · built 1971 | 150 vehicles a day |
| SH 76 SEC.01-5.88 over W FORK CANEY · built 1955 | 140 vehicles a day |
| CO. RD.35 -E- 2.41 over WILSON CREEK · built 2003 | 121 vehicles a day |
| C.R. 290 - C -4.35 over CANEY CREEK · built 1929 | 80 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.6 million of work in Nevada County in fiscal 2025, about $1,394 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Nevada 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 Nevada County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Hempstead County (21 mi) · Ouachita County (25 mi) · Clark County (28 mi) · Columbia County (31 mi) · Lafayette County (34 mi) · Pike County (40 mi).