181,121 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
3,776 square miles of land · 48 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.
60 active community water systems list Shasta County in the area they serve, reporting 168,302 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF REDDING surface water · local government · CA4510005 | 90,254 served |
| BELLA VISTA WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · CA4510014 | 18,767 served |
| CITY OF ANDERSON groundwater · local government · CA4510001 | 11,323 served |
| CITY OF SHASTA LAKE surface water · local government · CA4510006 | 10,371 served |
| CLEAR CREEK CSD-ANDERSON surface water · local government · CA4510016 | 8,900 served |
| CENTERVILLE C.S.D. buys surface water · local government · CA4510011 | 4,244 served |
| COTTONWOOD WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · CA4510007 | 3,316 served |
| SHASTA C.S.D. surface water · local government · CA4510013 | 3,069 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 403 people were held in Shasta County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 406.
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.
25 school districts have their office in Shasta County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $90.6 million — $80 million to run schools, about $15,160 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $41.9 million local (mostly property tax), $53.5 million state, $9 million federal. Long-term debt: $52.4 million.
Spent $68.5 million — $58.1 million to run schools, about $16,166 per student, plus $8.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.4 million local (mostly property tax), $51.3 million state, $8.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $38.6 million.
Spent $59.1 million — $51.7 million to run schools, about $17,722 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.7 million local (mostly property tax), $40 million state, $7.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $31 million.
Spent $46.9 million — $41.2 million to run schools, about $18,929 per student, plus $4.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21 million local (mostly property tax), $24.4 million state, $10.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $43.3 million.
Spent $28.5 million — $25.4 million to run schools, about $15,657 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.2 million local (mostly property tax), $17.6 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.9 million.
Spent $21.4 million — $20.5 million to run schools, about $17,253 per student, plus $813,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $14.7 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $28.8 million — $22.5 million to run schools, about $20,815 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $16.2 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.4 million.
Spent $15.2 million — $14.7 million to run schools, about $16,516 per student, plus $262,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 million.
And 17 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 Shasta County about $135.5 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.
493 bridges in Shasta County: 249 in good condition, 233 fair, and 11 poor (2.2%). “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.
| INTERSTATE 5 over CASTLE CREEK · built 1960 | 18,000 vehicles a day |
| INTERSTATE 5 over CASTLE CREEK ROAD · built 1960 | 18,000 vehicles a day |
| STATE ROUTE 299 over WHISKEY CREEK(WSKYTWN LK · built 1961 | 4,050 vehicles a day |
| STATE ROUTE 89 over LAKE BRITTON · built 1938 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| EMILY RD over ANDERSON CREEK · built 1980 | 958 vehicles a day |
| BRIDGE BAY ROAD over INTERSTATE 5 · built 1968 | 880 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $110.7 million of work in Shasta County in fiscal 2025, about $608 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: Tehama County (45 mi) · Trinity County (57 mi) · Siskiyou County (63 mi) · Lassen County (74 mi) · Butte County (79 mi) · Glenn County (82 mi).