1,099 people (2024 Census estimate, −6.8% since 2020)
738 square miles of land · 1 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 Alpine County in the area they serve, reporting 3,217 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| KIRKWOOD MEADOWS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · CA0210002 | 2,297 served |
| LAKE ALPINE WATER COMPANY surface water · private · CA0210001 | 625 served |
| MARKLEEVILLE WATER CO. surface water · private · CA0202504 | 175 served |
| SIERRA PINES MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · CA0202522 | 70 served |
| WOODFORDS MUTUAL WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · CA0202503 | 50 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.
No county jail figure in the national data for Alpine County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
1 school district has its office in Alpine County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $3.8 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $50,500 per student, plus $233,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Alpine County about $4.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
33 bridges in Alpine County: 10 in good condition, 21 fair, and 2 poor (6.1%). “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.
| STATE ROUTE 4 over SILVER CREEK · built 1952 | 540 vehicles a day |
| CRYSTAL SPRGS CAMP over WEST FORK CARSON RIVER · built 1938 | 275 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $640,253 of work in Alpine County in fiscal 2025, about $532 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. Ballots mailed; drop boxes open: 2026-10-05. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-19. Early in-person voting: 2026-10-24 to 2026-11-03. Election Day: 2026-11-03. Last day for mailed ballots to arrive: 2026-11-10.
Source: California Secretary of State — Nov. 3, 2026 key dates · California Official Voter Information Guide — dates to remember · California Secretary of State — make a plan to vote
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Alpine 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 Alpine County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Douglas County, NV (22 mi) · Carson City, NV (37 mi) · El Dorado County (41 mi) · Tuolumne County (42 mi) · Lyon County, NV (43 mi) · Amador County (48 mi).