170,174 people (2024 Census estimate, +10.1% since 2020)
582 square miles of land · 292 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.
52 active community water systems list Citrus County in the area they serve, reporting 119,183 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITRUS CO UTL/CHARLES A. BLACK groundwater · local government · FL6094948 | 29,218 served |
| CITRUS SPRINGS - PINE RIDGE groundwater · public/private · FL6090312 | 26,781 served |
| SUGARMILL WOODS S/D groundwater · public/private · FL6091735 | 13,935 served |
| ROLLING OAKS SUBDIVISION groundwater · public/private · FL6090150 | 11,572 served |
| INVERNESS WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · FL6090861 | 7,194 served |
| FLORAL CITY WATER ASSN groundwater · local government · FL6090588 | 5,917 served |
| HOMOSASSA SPECIAL WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · FL6090828 | 5,548 served |
| OZELLO WATER ASSOCIATION buys groundwater · private · FL6091322 | 5,220 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 21 people were held in Citrus County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,422.
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.
1 school district has its office in Citrus County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $206.9 million — $182 million to run schools, about $11,410 per student, plus $15.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $85.8 million local (mostly property tax), $70.5 million state, $44.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $35 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Citrus County about $112.1 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.
53 bridges in Citrus County: 37 in good condition, 15 fair, and 1 poor (1.9%). “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.
| CR-494 over COLLEEN CANAL · built 1950 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.6 million of work in Citrus County in fiscal 2025, about $140 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. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Vote-by-mail request due by 5 pm: 2026-10-22. Early voting — the statewide minimum: 2026-10-24 to 2026-10-31. Election Day — and mail ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03.
Source: Florida Division of Elections — election dates · WPTV, 2026 deadlines · Florida Division of Elections — early voting
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Citrus 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 Citrus County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Hernando County (21 mi) · Levy County (32 mi) · Sumter County (33 mi) · Pasco County (38 mi) · Marion County (41 mi) · Lake County (54 mi).