17,310 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.1% since 2020)
3,239 square miles of land · 5 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.
20 active community water systems list Gunnison County in the area they serve, reporting 20,762 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GUNNISON CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0126325 | 9,610 served |
| MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE WSD surface water · local government · CO0126190 | 3,296 served |
| CRESTED BUTTE TOWN OF surface water · local government · CO0126188 | 2,440 served |
| CRESTED BUTTE SOUTH groundwater · local government · CO0126189 | 2,000 served |
| GUNNISON COUNTY WSD surface water · local government · CO0126220 | 800 served |
| EVERGREEN LAKE COMPANY surface water · private · CO0126121 | 431 served |
| RIVERLAND LOT OWNERS ASSOC groundwater · private · CO0126677 | 368 served |
| SKYLAND MD groundwater · local government · CO0226712 | 335 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 4 people were held in Gunnison County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 35 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 15.
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.
1 school district has its office in Gunnison County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $34.9 million — $29.8 million to run schools, about $14,480 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.6 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.3 million.
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 Gunnison County about $21.3 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.
101 bridges in Gunnison County: 24 in good condition, 72 fair, and 5 poor (5.0%). “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.
| CO RD 10 over GUNNISON RIVER · built 1973 | 211 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 16 over GUNNISON R. DIVER. CANAL · built 1950 | 74 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 7 over OHIO CREEK · built 1942 | 45 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 749 over EAST RIVER DIVER. CANAL · built 1950 | 16 vehicles a day |
| FDR 314 over N FK CRYSTAL RV · built 1970 | 5 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.2 million of work in Gunnison County in fiscal 2025, about $250 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: Pitkin County (38 mi) · Chaffee County (41 mi) · Delta County (45 mi) · Lake County (53 mi) · Ouray County (53 mi) · Hinsdale County (62 mi).