11,957 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
1,638 square miles of land · 7 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.
10 active community water systems list Prowers County in the area they serve, reporting 11,670 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAMAR CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0150700 | 7,500 served |
| MAY VALLEY WA groundwater · private · CO0150800 | 1,500 served |
| HOLLY TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0150600 | 800 served |
| GRANADA TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0150300 | 515 served |
| WILEY TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0150900 | 405 served |
| GRANADA RURAL WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · private · CO0150400 | 378 served |
| PROSPERITY LANE WA buys groundwater · private · CO0150850 | 260 served |
| BRISTOL WSD groundwater · local government · CO0150200 | 151 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 32 people were held in Prowers County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 451 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 55.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Prowers County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.9 million — $16.7 million to run schools, about $10,990 per student, plus $592,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 million.
Spent $4.4 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $15,469 per student, plus $32,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $2.8 million state, $694,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $4.7 million — $4.3 million to run schools, about $15,981 per student, plus $434,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $442,000 federal.
Spent $3.9 million — $3.8 million to run schools, about $17,685 per student, plus $39,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $296,000 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Prowers County about $10.3 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.
138 bridges in Prowers County: 24 in good condition, 96 fair, and 18 poor (13.0%). “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.
| US 50 ML over WILLOW CREEK · built 1936 | 2,600 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD LL over UNNAMED CREEK · built 1991 | 1,086 vehicles a day |
| MAPLE ST/CR HH.5 over LAMAR CANAL · built 1983 | 794 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD LL over AMITY CANAL · built 1979 | 578 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 35 over HOLLY SEEP · built 1940 | 519 vehicles a day |
| US 385 ML over AMITY CANAL · built 1935 | 470 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.8 million of work in Prowers County in fiscal 2025, about $480 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: Hamilton County, KS (33 mi) · Kiowa County (36 mi) · Bent County (37 mi) · Stanton County, KS (43 mi) · Baca County (46 mi) · Greeley County, KS (48 mi).