169,866 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.9% since 2020)
2,387 square miles of land · 71 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.
18 active community water systems list Pueblo County in the area they serve, reporting 162,362 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PUEBLO BOARD OF WW surface water · local government · CO0151500 | 114,070 served |
| PUEBLO WEST MD surface water · local government · CO0151650 | 30,000 served |
| ST CHARLES MESA WD surface water · local government · CO0151750 | 9,690 served |
| COLORADO CITY MD surface water · local government · CO0151200 | 2,755 served |
| AVONDALE WSD groundwater · local government · CO0151050 | 1,615 served |
| RYE TOWN OF surface water · local government · CO0151700 | 745 served |
| COUNTRYSIDE ESTATES PUEBLO buys surface water · private · CO0151186 | 508 served |
| PUEBLO GRANDE VILLAGE buys surface water · private · CO0151608 | 504 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 Pueblo County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 446.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Pueblo County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $344.5 million — $202.9 million to run schools, about $13,505 per student, plus $127.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $76.6 million local (mostly property tax), $147.4 million state, $45.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $223.7 million.
Spent $160.7 million — $121.4 million to run schools, about $11,559 per student, plus $33.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45.9 million local (mostly property tax), $80.3 million state, $15.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $128.4 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pueblo County about $48.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
265 bridges in Pueblo County: 55 in good condition, 198 fair, and 12 poor (4.5%). “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.
| US 50 ML over FOUNTAIN CREEK · built 1958 | 30,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 96 ML over UP RR FOUNTAIN CRK · built 1954 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| US 50 SERVICE RD over BNSF RR AR · built 1953 | 8,600 vehicles a day |
| ORDNANCE ROAD over US 50 ML · built 1953 | 8,400 vehicles a day |
| I 25 NBND over GRANEROS CREEK · built 1948 | 7,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 96 ML over BIG DRY CREEK · built 1936 | 6,600 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $78.5 million of work in Pueblo County in fiscal 2025, about $467 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: Crowley County (40 mi) · Huerfano County (42 mi) · Otero County (46 mi) · El Paso County (46 mi) · Custer County (48 mi) · Fremont County (55 mi).