3,367 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.3% since 2020)
2,555 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.
6 active community water systems list Baca County in the area they serve, reporting 2,504 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SPRINGFIELD TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105500 | 1,378 served |
| WALSH TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105900 | 650 served |
| CAMPO TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105100 | 150 served |
| VILAS TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105800 | 137 served |
| PRITCHETT TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105300 | 125 served |
| TWO BUTTES TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0105700 | 64 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 0 people were held in Baca County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 7.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Baca County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.6 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $14,503 per student, plus $16 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $16.3 million state, $808,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.7 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $10.1 million to run schools, about $55,355 per student, plus $131,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $182,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.7 million.
Spent $7.9 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $34,420 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $468,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.1 million state, $372,000 federal.
Spent $1.5 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $21,186 per student, plus $216,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $947,000 local (mostly property tax), $533,000 state, $278,000 federal.
Spent $2 million — $1.4 million to run schools, about $43,848 per student, plus $527,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $679,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.2 million state, $365,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Baca County about $4.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
105 bridges in Baca County: 20 in good condition, 77 fair, and 8 poor (7.6%). “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.
| US 160 ML over DRAW · built 1939 | 420 vehicles a day |
| SH 116 ML over BEATY CREEK · built 1938 | 110 vehicles a day |
| SH 116 ML over BUFFALO CREEK · built 1938 | 80 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD DD over DRY CREEK · built 1934 | 35 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 18 over UNNAMED CREEK · built 1960 | 12 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 11 over TRIB. OF TWO BUTTES CRK · built 1950 | 9 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $311,850 of work in Baca County in fiscal 2025, about $89 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 to voters: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-09. Drop boxes open: 2026-10-12. In-person voting at voter centers: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-03. Last day to register and still get a ballot by mail: 2026-10-26. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-26. Election Day: 2026-11-03. Last day to fix a signature problem: 2026-11-12.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State, Oct. 2, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State, Sept. 23, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State — Election Day FAQs
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Nearby counties: Cimarron County, OK (39 mi) · Morton County, KS (41 mi) · Stanton County, KS (45 mi) · Prowers County (46 mi) · Bent County (52 mi) · Hamilton County, KS (63 mi).