131,252 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.0% since 2020)
724 square miles of land · 181 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 Saline County in the area they serve, reporting 121,431 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BENTON WATERWORKS surface water · local government · AR0000484 | 30,681 served |
| SALEM WATER USERS LLC buys surface water · local government · AR0000492 | 22,775 served |
| BRYANT WATERWORKS buys surface water · local government · AR0000486 | 19,607 served |
| SARDIS WATER ASSOCIATION buys surface water · local government · AR0000493 | 15,660 served |
| SOUTHWEST WATER USERS LLC buys surface water · local government · AR0000495 | 9,573 served |
| EAST END WATER groundwater · local government · AR0000646 | 5,954 served |
| SHANNON HILLS WATER DEPT buys surface water · local government · AR0000800 | 4,263 served |
| HASKELL WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AR0000488 | 4,000 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 174 people were held in Saline County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 222 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 196.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Saline County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $112 million — $97.7 million to run schools, about $10,006 per student, plus $10.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $87.6 million state, $13.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $119.4 million.
Spent $82.9 million — $55.3 million to run schools, about $9,367 per student, plus $23.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $57.8 million state, $9.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $79 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $9,976 per student, plus $711,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $19.2 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $10,604 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 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 Saline County about $40.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
233 bridges in Saline County: 133 in good condition, 94 fair, and 6 poor (2.6%). “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.
| US 167-SEC 12 NB over I 530 SB LNS Log 10.00 · built 1963 | 12,000 vehicles a day |
| CR 72 D Unity Road over Lees Creek · built 2002 | 226 vehicles a day |
| CR 59D Danville Rd over MIDDLE FORK SALINE RIVER · built 1997 | 208 vehicles a day |
| CR 17 Zone F over I-30 Log 106.35 · built 1963 | 12 vehicles a day |
| CR 74 Mt.Ida Road over ALUM FORK RELIEF · built 1960 | 10 vehicles a day |
| CR 57 Mt. Ida Road over LITTLE ALUM FORK · built 1997 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.4 million of work in Saline County in fiscal 2025, about $116 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: Pulaski County (22 mi) · Perry County (25 mi) · Garland County (27 mi) · Hot Spring County (28 mi) · Grant County (29 mi) · Faulkner County (39 mi).