40,242 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.2% since 2020)
4,622 square miles of land · 9 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.
7 active community water systems list Graham County in the area they serve, reporting 27,410 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SAFFORD CITY OF groundwater · local government · AZ0405005 | 20,600 served |
| GRAHAM COUNTY UTILITIES - PIMA groundwater · private · AZ0405002 | 3,899 served |
| USDJ FBP FED CORR INST SAFFORD groundwater · federal · AZ0405306 | 949 served |
| ADOC ASPC FORT GRANT groundwater · state · AZ0405303 | 800 served |
| GRAHAM COUNTY UTILITIES-FORT THOMAS groundwater · private · AZ0405001 | 452 served |
| EDEN WATER COMPANY INC buys groundwater · private · AZ0405003 | 400 served |
| ASH CREEK WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0405007 | 310 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 136 people were held in Graham County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 539 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 141.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Graham County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $36.2 million — $29.6 million to run schools, about $10,060 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $24.1 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $18.3 million — $16.4 million to run schools, about $8,891 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.1 million state, $2.6 million federal.
Spent $12.1 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $9,612 per student, plus $909,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.7 million federal.
Spent $13.5 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $20,223 per student, plus $927,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $262,000 local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $7.7 million federal.
Spent $3.4 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $13,508 per student, plus $271,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $644,000 federal.
Spent $2.2 million — $2.1 million to run schools, about $20,689 per student, plus $38,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $931,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $232,000 federal.
Spent $1.5 million — $1.1 million to run schools, about $56,050 per student, plus $65,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $458,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $0 federal.
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 Graham County about $18.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
181 bridges in Graham County: 80 in good condition, 94 fair, and 7 poor (3.9%). “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.
| Layton Rd over Union Canal · built 1900 | 203 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 3 over TWIN DRAW · built 1929 | 120 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 3 over ACORN DRAW · built 1929 | 120 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 3 over CALVA WASH · built 1929 | 120 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 3 over OAK DRAW · built 1929 | 120 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 3 over HINT CANYON · built 1929 | 120 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $30.9 million of work in Graham County in fiscal 2025, about $802 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: 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-30. Last day to request a ballot by mail: 2026-10-23. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-27. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Arizona Secretary of State, Sept. 4, 2026 · Arizona Secretary of State — 2025–2026 master elections calendar (PDF) · Arizona Secretary of State — election calendar
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Nearby counties: Greenlee County (42 mi) · Cochise County (76 mi) · Gila County (80 mi) · Pinal County (86 mi) · Grant County, NM (88 mi) · Hidalgo County, NM (97 mi).