98,545 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
603 square miles of land · 164 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.
8 active community water systems list Sutter County in the area they serve, reporting 83,519 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF YUBA CITY surface water · local government · CA5110002 | 70,256 served |
| CITY OF LIVE OAK groundwater · local government · CA5110001 | 9,687 served |
| SUTTER COMMUNITY S.D. groundwater · local government · CA5110007 | 2,904 served |
| WILDEWOOD EAST MUTUAL groundwater · private · CA5101009 | 350 served |
| GOLDEN STATE WATER CO. - ROBBINS groundwater · local government · CA5100107 | 207 served |
| TIERRA BUENA MHP #1 groundwater · private · CA5100112 | 50 served |
| YUBA APARTMENT HOMES groundwater · private · CA5102025 | 40 served |
| HARMONY VILLAGE groundwater · private · CA5100125 | 25 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 212 people were held in Sutter County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 171.
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.
13 school districts have their office in Sutter County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $210.4 million — $192.2 million to run schools, about $16,452 per student, plus $11.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $50 million local (mostly property tax), $183.6 million state, $31.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $53.8 million.
Spent $41.1 million — $33.9 million to run schools, about $17,169 per student, plus $6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $31.9 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.4 million.
Spent $12.5 million — $12.2 million to run schools, about $15,160 per student, plus $351,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $549,000 federal. Long-term debt: $17.9 million.
Spent $7 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $11,847 per student, plus $610,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $605,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Spent $6.1 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $11,707 per student, plus $11,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $487,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $56.8 million — $37.9 million to run schools, about $100,697 per student, plus $852,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.7 million local (mostly property tax), $33.7 million state, $9.2 million federal.
Spent $6.2 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $16,684 per student, plus $705,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $185,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $3.2 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $14,855 per student, plus $227,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.1 million state, $143,000 federal.
And 5 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 Sutter County about $44.8 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.
121 bridges in Sutter County: 41 in good condition, 64 fair, and 16 poor (13.2%). “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.
| STATE ROUTE 20 over SUTTER BYPASS · built 1938 | 7,600 vehicles a day |
| PLEASANT GROVE RD over SCIATA CREEK · built 1988 | 1,190 vehicles a day |
| LARKIN RD over S BRNCH SUTTER-BUTTE CNL · built 1925 | 1,159 vehicles a day |
| RECLAMATION RD over TISDALE RD TISDALE BYPS · built 1964 | 737 vehicles a day |
| CLARK RD over SUTTER-BUTTE CNL S BRNCH · built 1950 | 690 vehicles a day |
| KENT ROAD over SUTTER-BUTTE CANAL · built 1938 | 389 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $54.9 million of work in Sutter County in fiscal 2025, about $551 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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