2,257 people (2024 Census estimate, −5.5% since 2020)
548 square miles of land · 4 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.
3 active community water systems list Sedgwick County in the area they serve, reporting 1,711 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JULESBURG TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0158001 | 1,225 served |
| OVID TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0158005 | 259 served |
| SEDGWICK TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0158010 | 227 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 Sedgwick County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2022). In 2017 it was about 2.
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 Sedgwick County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $36 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $10,232 per student, plus $29.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $27.6 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.7 million.
Spent $3 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $24,381 per student, plus $106,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $1.8 million state, $223,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3 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 Sedgwick County about $3.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
65 bridges in Sedgwick County: 28 in good condition, 36 fair, and 1 poor (1.5%). “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 385 ML over DRAW · built 1949 | 580 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $433,740 of work in Sedgwick County in fiscal 2025, about $180 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: Deuel County, NE (17 mi) · Phillips County (19 mi) · Perkins County, NE (38 mi) · Logan County (40 mi) · Cheyenne County, NE (42 mi) · Chase County, NE (42 mi).