10,048 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.8% since 2020)
2,364 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.
4 active community water systems list Yuma County in the area they serve, reporting 6,758 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| YUMA CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0163020 | 4,049 served |
| WRAY CITY OF groundwater · local government · CO0163010 | 2,342 served |
| ECKLEY TOWN OF groundwater · local government · CO0163001 | 235 served |
| SEABOARD FOODS LLC groundwater · private · CO0163706 | 132 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 Yuma County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 20.
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 Yuma County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.1 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $12,299 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.9 million.
Spent $12.7 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $14,453 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.8 million.
Spent $3.8 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $19,634 per student, plus $284,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $269,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 million.
Spent $1.8 million — $1.8 million to run schools, about $26,221 per student. Money in: $919,000 local (mostly property tax), $954,000 state, $208,000 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 Yuma County about $15.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
47 bridges in Yuma County: 23 in good condition, 22 fair, and 2 poor (4.3%). “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.
| Blake Street over N. Fork Republican River · built 1980 | 3,169 vehicles a day |
| SH 59 ML over COYOTE CREEK · built 1948 | 240 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.3 million of work in Yuma County in fiscal 2025, about $430 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Yuma County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Yuma County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cheyenne County, KS (39 mi) · Dundy County, NE (41 mi) · Phillips County (41 mi) · Washington County (42 mi) · Kit Carson County (49 mi) · Chase County, NE (53 mi).