17,614 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.6% since 2020)
705 square miles of land · 25 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 Dixie County in the area they serve, reporting 4,850 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CROSS CITY WTP groundwater · local government · FL2150243 | 2,550 served |
| SUWANNEE WATER ; SEWER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · FL2151140 | 1,900 served |
| HORSESHOE BEACH WTP groundwater · private · FL2150512 | 300 served |
| SHADY OAKS RV ; MHP groundwater · private · FL2151026 | 100 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 71 people were held in Dixie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 135.
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 Dixie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $27.2 million — $26 million to run schools, about $12,445 per student, plus $650,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.7 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $7.5 million 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 Dixie County about $9.4 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.
55 bridges in Dixie County: 24 in good condition, 26 fair, and 5 poor (9.1%). “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 361 over COW CREEK · built 1972 | 400 vehicles a day |
| CR 361 over COW CREEK · built 1972 | 400 vehicles a day |
| CR 361 over BUCK CREEK · built 1972 | 400 vehicles a day |
| CR 357 over SHIRED CREEK · built 1960 | 150 vehicles a day |
| CR 357 over CALIFORNIA SWAMP · built 1960 | 150 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8.5 million of work in Dixie County in fiscal 2025, about $510 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 Dixie 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 Dixie County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Florida: the state government and every county in Florida.
Nearby counties: Gilchrist County (29 mi) · Lafayette County (30 mi) · Levy County (31 mi) · Taylor County (37 mi) · Suwannee County (46 mi) · Alachua County (53 mi).