331,275 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.7% since 2020)
657 square miles of land · 504 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.
12 active community water systems list Escambia County in the area they serve, reporting 347,475 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EMERALD COAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY (ECUA) groundwater · local government · FL1170525 | 242,172 served |
| PEOPLES WATER SERVICE COMPANY groundwater · public/private · FL1170527 | 24,806 served |
| NAS PENSACOLA / CORRY STATION groundwater · federal · FL1170814 | 22,600 served |
| UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA groundwater · state · FL1170703 | 13,285 served |
| FARM HILL UTILITIES, INC. groundwater · local government · FL1170259 | 10,346 served |
| MOLINO UTILITIES, INC. groundwater · private · FL1170475 | 8,845 served |
| COTTAGE HILL WATER WORKS groundwater · private · FL1170168 | 6,737 served |
| GONZALEZ UTILITIES ASSOCIATION, INC. groundwater · private · FL1170302 | 6,668 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 1,482 people were held in Escambia County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,549.
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 Escambia County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $532.4 million — $465.5 million to run schools, about $12,299 per student, plus $58 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $198.4 million local (mostly property tax), $197.6 million state, $139.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $78.2 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 Escambia County about $173.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
252 bridges in Escambia County: 112 in good condition, 130 fair, and 10 poor (4.0%). “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.
| I10 SR8 over US90A SR10 · built 1961 | 26,494 vehicles a day |
| I10 SR8 over SR297 Pine Forest · built 1961 | 26,494 vehicles a day |
| CR 196 over Cowdevil Creek · built 1973 | 2,200 vehicles a day |
| CR4 over Reedy Creek · built 1942 | 1,900 vehicles a day |
| CR168 over Reedy Creek · built 1968 | 500 vehicles a day |
| Burning Tree Road over Thompson Bayou · built 1960 | 500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $234.4 million of work in Escambia County in fiscal 2025, about $728 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
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Nearby counties: Santa Rosa County (21 mi) · Baldwin County, AL (27 mi) · Escambia County, AL (42 mi) · Okaloosa County (44 mi) · Mobile County, AL (53 mi) · Conecuh County, AL (65 mi).