87,469 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.7% since 2020)
632 square miles of land · 138 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.
22 active community water systems list Yuba County in the area they serve, reporting 73,010 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · CA5810002 | 21,654 served |
| OLIVEHURST PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT groundwater · local government · CA5810003 | 16,595 served |
| CAL-WATER SERVICE CO.-MARYSVILLE groundwater · private · CA5810001 | 12,888 served |
| PLUMAS LAKE groundwater · local government · CA5805001 | 11,374 served |
| CITY OF WHEATLAND groundwater · local government · CA5810004 | 4,124 served |
| NORTH YUBA WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · CA5810006 | 2,772 served |
| BEALE AIR FORCE BASE groundwater · federal · CA5810700 | 2,000 served |
| LOMA RICA WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · CA5800803 | 200 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 335 people were held in Yuba County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 276.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Yuba County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $187.7 million — $159.6 million to run schools, about $15,688 per student, plus $16.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $46.2 million local (mostly property tax), $146.8 million state, $27.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $152 million.
Spent $25.2 million — $23.1 million to run schools, about $15,424 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.5 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $8 million.
Spent $25.7 million — $25.6 million to run schools, about $18,818 per student. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $21.2 million state, $4.9 million federal.
Spent $28.6 million — $21.1 million to run schools, about $19,292 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.7 million local (mostly property tax), $23 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.1 million.
Spent $50 million — $27.9 million to run schools, about $60,867 per student, plus $223,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.9 million local (mostly property tax), $26.4 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $393,000.
Spent $1.3 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $23,167 per student. Money in: $458,000 local (mostly property tax), $885,000 state, $259,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Yuba County about $46.3 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.
127 bridges in Yuba County: 52 in good condition, 66 fair, and 9 poor (7.1%). “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.
| SIMPSON LN over YUBA RIVER · built 1957 | 11,630 vehicles a day |
| DOOLITTLE DRIVE over HUTCHINSON CREEK · built 1952 | 3,900 vehicles a day |
| GAVIN MANDRY DRIVE over HUTCHINSON CREEK · built 1952 | 3,400 vehicles a day |
| WARREN SHINGLE ROA over HUTCHINSON CREEK · built 1952 | 2,000 vehicles a day |
| FRENCHTOWN RD over DRY CREEK · built 1927 | 490 vehicles a day |
| TIMBUCTOO ROAD over DEEP RAVINE NO 2 · built 1903 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $210.4 million of work in Yuba County in fiscal 2025, about $2,579 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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