6,670 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.3% since 2020)
3,169 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.
5 active community water systems list Saguache County in the area they serve, reporting 5,958 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CENTER TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0155500 | 2,575 served |
| BACA GRANDE WSD groundwater · local government · CO0155200 | 2,006 served |
| KV HOA INC groundwater · private · CO0155700 | 580 served |
| SAGUACHE TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0155800 | 504 served |
| CRESTONE WS groundwater · local government · CO0155188 | 293 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 Saguache County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 21.
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 Saguache County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13.1 million — $12.6 million to run schools, about $20,811 per student, plus $194,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.1 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $4 million — $3.9 million to run schools, about $17,489 per student, plus $16,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $430,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $6.4 million — $5.6 million to run schools, about $31,402 per student, plus $648,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.5 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 Saguache County about $5 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.
40 bridges in Saguache County: 15 in good condition, 22 fair, and 3 poor (7.5%). “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.
| SH 114 ML over COCHETOPA CREEK · built 1941 | 470 vehicles a day |
| SH 114 ML over SAGUACHE CREEK · built 1957 | 370 vehicles a day |
| COTTONWOOD ST over NORTH CRESTONE CREEK · built 1991 | 65 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $6.7 million of work in Saguache County in fiscal 2025, about $1,053 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: Rio Grande County (39 mi) · Alamosa County (40 mi) · Custer County (47 mi) · Chaffee County (49 mi) · Fremont County (53 mi) · Mineral County (53 mi).