14,518 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.1% since 2020)
4,773 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.
14 active community water systems list Las Animas County in the area they serve, reporting 14,236 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TRINIDAD CITY OF surface water · local government · CO0136800 | 11,400 served |
| EL MORO HOEHNE PIPELINE ASSOC buys surface water · local government · CO0136249 | 655 served |
| AGUILAR TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0136100 | 447 served |
| SANTA FE TRAIL RANCH MD buys surface water · local government · CO0136700 | 360 served |
| SUNFLOWER VALLEY PIPELINE ASSN buys surface water · local government · CO0136725 | 312 served |
| GREETVILLE CARBONDALE WATER buys surface water · private · CO0136321 | 210 served |
| TRINIDAD LAKE RANCHES POA buys surface water · private · CO0136850 | 200 served |
| TRINIDAD MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY buys surface water · private · CO0136755 | 133 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 46 people were held in Las Animas County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 33.
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 Las Animas County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.5 million — $11.6 million to run schools, about $14,520 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 million.
Spent $4.9 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $10,147 per student, plus $287,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $844,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $244,000 federal.
Spent $4.8 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $13,006 per student, plus $449,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $798,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $6.2 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $18,376 per student, plus $957,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.3 million.
Spent $3 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $24,210 per student, plus $101,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $754,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $753,000 federal.
Spent $1.6 million — $1.5 million to run schools, about $45,121 per student, plus $3,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $995,000 local (mostly property tax), $574,000 state, $245,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Las Animas County about $6.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
205 bridges in Las Animas County: 50 in good condition, 125 fair, and 30 poor (14.6%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD 63.1 over I 25 ML · built 1958 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| US 160 ML over RR SPUR · built 1938 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| US 350 ML over DRAW · built 1937 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| I 25 ML over GONZALES CANYON CREEK · built 1928 | 790 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 63.1 over BNSF RR · built 1929 | 713 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY RD 57.7 over REILLY CANYON CREEK · built 1926 | 592 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $42.3 million of work in Las Animas County in fiscal 2025, about $2,905 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: Otero County (43 mi) · Huerfano County (56 mi) · Colfax County, NM (59 mi) · Pueblo County (63 mi) · Union County, NM (65 mi) · Bent County (68 mi).