44,151 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.7% since 2020)
516 square miles of land · 86 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.
15 active community water systems list Gadsden County in the area they serve, reporting 37,757 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GADSDEN CO REGIONAL W/S groundwater · public/private · FL1200797 | 12,322 served |
| QUINCY, CITY OF W/S surface water · local government · FL1200551 | 10,298 served |
| HAVANA, TOWN OF WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1200334 | 3,860 served |
| GRETNA, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1200688 | 3,508 served |
| FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL groundwater · state · FL1200275 | 3,200 served |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1200134 | 2,959 served |
| GREENSBORO, TOWN OF WATER SYS. groundwater · local government · FL1200687 | 794 served |
| TOBACCO ROAD buys groundwater · public/private · FL1204064 | 146 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 141 people were held in Gadsden County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 133.
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 Gadsden County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $69 million — $64 million to run schools, about $13,871 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.9 million local (mostly property tax), $29.4 million state, $24.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Gadsden County about $19.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
121 bridges in Gadsden County: 31 in good condition, 73 fair, and 17 poor (14.0%). “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.
| CR 153-Iron Br Rd over Ochlockonee Relief · built 1951 | 5,500 vehicles a day |
| CR 268 over Little River · built 1959 | 4,500 vehicles a day |
| CR 274 over Rocky Comfort Creek · built 1978 | 2,800 vehicles a day |
| CR 161 over Willacoochee Creek · built 1954 | 2,100 vehicles a day |
| CR 12 over Unnamed Branch · built 1976 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| CR 153-Iron Br Rd over Unnamed Branch · built 1951 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $15.2 million of work in Gadsden County in fiscal 2025, about $347 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: Decatur County, GA (21 mi) · Leon County (22 mi) · Liberty County (27 mi) · Seminole County, GA (29 mi) · Grady County, GA (30 mi) · Wakulla County (37 mi).