5,598 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
2,578 square miles of land · 2 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 Lincoln County in the area they serve, reporting 7,725 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LIMON TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0137015 | 5,080 served |
| LIMON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY buys groundwater · state · CO0137016 | 1,289 served |
| HUGO TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0137010 | 885 served |
| ARRIBA TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0137001 | 216 served |
| GENOA TOWN OF groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · CO0137005 | 153 served |
| KARVAL WATER USERS INC groundwater · private · CO0137012 | 102 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 21 people were held in Lincoln County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 22.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Lincoln County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $7.1 million — $6.1 million to run schools, about $13,374 per student, plus $131,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $442,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 million.
Spent $4 million — $3 million to run schools, about $13,295 per student, plus $711,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $247,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
Spent $1.3 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $31,325 per student, plus $30,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $518,000 local (mostly property tax), $895,000 state, $87,000 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 Lincoln County about $4.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
127 bridges in Lincoln County: 23 in good condition, 94 fair, and 10 poor (7.9%). “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 24 ML over DRAW · built 1934 | 5,200 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 32 over ADOBE CREEK TRIBUTARY · built 1956 | 73 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 32 over ADOBE CREEK · built 1940 | 69 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 33 over HELL CREEK · built 1955 | 20 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 39 over COON CREEK · built 1935 | 19 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD T over HORSE CREEK · built 1961 | 15 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.2 million of work in Lincoln County in fiscal 2025, about $1,618 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: Elbert County (39 mi) · Crowley County (50 mi) · Cheyenne County (50 mi) · Kit Carson County (53 mi) · El Paso County (56 mi) · Kiowa County (58 mi).