192,823 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
1,708 square miles of land · 113 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.
19 active community water systems list El Dorado County in the area they serve, reporting 186,748 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EL DORADO ID - MAIN surface water · local government · CA0910001 | 128,408 served |
| SOUTH TAHOE PUD - MAIN groundwater · local government · CA0910002 | 30,089 served |
| GEORGETOWN DIVIDE PUD surface water · local government · CA0910013 | 9,434 served |
| PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN buys surface water · local government · CA0910003 | 9,224 served |
| LUKINS BROTHERS WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · CA0910007 | 3,277 served |
| TAHOE KEYS WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · CA0910015 | 1,420 served |
| TAHOE CITY PUD - RUBICON groundwater · local government · CA0910012 | 1,384 served |
| GRIZZLY FLATS COMMUNITY SERVIC surface water · local government · CA0910006 | 1,093 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 297 people were held in El Dorado County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 334.
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.
16 school districts have their office in El Dorado County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $106.5 million — $98.5 million to run schools, about $14,669 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $57.7 million local (mostly property tax), $56.6 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $77.6 million.
Spent $66.2 million — $59.5 million to run schools, about $13,910 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.7 million local (mostly property tax), $48.8 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.9 million.
Spent $66 million — $61.6 million to run schools, about $16,879 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.3 million local (mostly property tax), $33.5 million state, $6.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $103.1 million.
Spent $48.5 million — $44.7 million to run schools, about $12,698 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $34.4 million local (mostly property tax), $32.2 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.6 million.
Spent $24 million — $19.3 million to run schools, about $15,405 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.1 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.1 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $14,508 per student, plus $352,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.7 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 million.
Spent $15.1 million — $14.1 million to run schools, about $16,738 per student, plus $280,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.5 million.
Spent $379.4 million — $62.3 million to run schools, about $79,657 per student, plus $532,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38 million local (mostly property tax), $288.3 million state, $60.2 million federal.
And 8 more.
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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost El Dorado County about $124.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
192 bridges in El Dorado County: 97 in good condition, 84 fair, and 11 poor (5.7%). “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.
| U.S. HIGHWAY 50 over SNOW ROAD · built 1957 | 20,300 vehicles a day |
| U.S. HIGHWAY 50 over SOUTH FORK AMERICAN RIV · built 1990 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| U.S. HIGHWAY 50 over SOUTH FORK AMERICAN RIV · built 1990 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| NEWTOWN ROAD over U.S. HIGHWAY 50 · built 1961 | 5,000 vehicles a day |
| GRIZZLY FLAT ROAD over STEELY FK COSUMNES RIVER · built 1936 | 2,080 vehicles a day |
| GARDEN VALLEY RD over JOHNTOWN CREEK · built 1928 | 1,391 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $42 million of work in El Dorado County in fiscal 2025, about $220 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
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Nearby counties: Placer County (22 mi) · Amador County (24 mi) · Nevada County (38 mi) · Calaveras County (41 mi) · Alpine County (41 mi) · Carson City, NV (49 mi).