7,080 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.2% since 2020)
2,161 square miles of land · 3 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 Kit Carson County in the area they serve, reporting 7,491 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BURLINGTON CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0132005 | 3,720 served |
| FLAGLER TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0132010 | 2,160 served |
| STRATTON TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0132020 | 960 served |
| SEIBERT TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0132015 | 296 served |
| BETHUNE TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0132001 | 195 served |
| VONA TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0132025 | 160 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 Kit Carson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 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.
6 school districts have their office in Kit Carson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $9.1 million — $8.1 million to run schools, about $10,657 per student, plus $452,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $780,000 federal.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.6 million to run schools, about $16,098 per student, plus $487,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.9 million.
Spent $3.7 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $15,638 per student, plus $153,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $206,000 federal.
Spent $3.5 million — $3.2 million to run schools, about $18,430 per student, plus $76,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $260,000 federal.
Spent $3.1 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $22,488 per student, plus $10,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $104,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 million.
Spent $3.3 million — $2.7 million to run schools, about $25,083 per student, plus $577,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $929,000 local (mostly property tax), $2.1 million state, $239,000 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 Kit Carson County about $10.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
130 bridges in Kit Carson County: 40 in good condition, 88 fair, and 2 poor (1.5%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD 31 over SPRING CREEK · built 1936 | 339 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 23 over S. FORK REPUBLICAN RIVER · built 1963 | 35 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.3 million of work in Kit Carson County in fiscal 2025, about $2,013 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: Cheyenne County (32 mi) · Sherman County, KS (47 mi) · Yuma County (49 mi) · Wallace County, KS (52 mi) · Lincoln County (53 mi) · Washington County (56 mi).