9,410 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.3% since 2020)
1,843 square miles of land · 5 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 Greenlee County in the area they serve, reporting 7,585 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MORENCI WATER ELEC CO MAIN surface water · private · AZ0406003 | 4,078 served |
| MORENCI WATER ELEC CO CLIFTON groundwater · private · AZ0406002 | 1,680 served |
| DUNCAN TOWN OF groundwater · local government · AZ0406001 | 605 served |
| CS VERDE LEE WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0406004 | 604 served |
| CS LOMA LINDA WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0406005 | 351 served |
| VALLEY VIEW MHC & RV PARK groundwater · public/private · AZ0406305 | 142 served |
| HUNTER WATER - TOWN OF DUNCAN groundwater · local government · AZ0406009 | 125 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 24 people were held in Greenlee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 393 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 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 Greenlee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.7 million — $16.2 million to run schools, about $10,625 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.7 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $1.8 million federal.
Spent $5.3 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $11,144 per student, plus $931,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $796,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Greenlee County about $5.3 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.
91 bridges in Greenlee County: 40 in good condition, 48 fair, and 3 poor (3.3%). “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 191;FAU 9512 over Industrial Plant; FAS 21 · built 1943 | 1,048 vehicles a day |
| Wards Canyon Rd over Soap Box Canyon · built 1915 | 800 vehicles a day |
| Frisco Ave over Chase Creek · built 1901 | 458 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $650,020 of work in Greenlee County in fiscal 2025, about $68 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Greenlee 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 Greenlee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Graham County (42 mi) · Grant County, NM (61 mi) · Catron County, NM (67 mi) · Hidalgo County, NM (97 mi) · Gila County (98 mi) · Cochise County (101 mi).