15,876 people (2024 Census estimate, +11.3% since 2020)
553 square miles of land · 29 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.
5 active community water systems list Gulf County in the area they serve, reporting 24,211 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PORT ST. JOE, CITY OF surface water · local government · FL1230545 | 13,848 served |
| GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · private · FL1230848 | 6,287 served |
| WEWAHITCHKA, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1230734 | 2,081 served |
| GULF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION groundwater · public/private · FL1234013 | 1,875 served |
| BRYANT'S LANDING groundwater · private · FL1234012 | 120 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 28 people were held in Gulf County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 55.
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 Gulf County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $29.2 million — $27.2 million to run schools, about $14,110 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.9 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.3 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 Gulf County about $17.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
62 bridges in Gulf County: 13 in good condition, 41 fair, and 8 poor (12.9%). “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.
| Americus Avenue over Drainage Ditch · built 1960 | 385 vehicles a day |
| Pleasant Rest Road over Wetappo Creek · built 1950 | 275 vehicles a day |
| CR 30B over Indian Lagoon · built 1980 | 220 vehicles a day |
| Two Pen Ridge over Stone Mill Creek · built 1994 | 55 vehicles a day |
| Victoria Avenue over Tidal Branch · built 1995 | 55 vehicles a day |
| S Dianna Street over Stone Mill Creek · built 1995 | 44 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.3 million of work in Gulf County in fiscal 2025, about $511 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: Bay County (26 mi) · Franklin County (30 mi) · Liberty County (37 mi) · Calhoun County (37 mi) · Washington County (56 mi) · Wakulla County (57 mi).