300,488 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.2% since 2020)
668 square miles of land · 450 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.
24 active community water systems list Leon County in the area they serve, reporting 234,605 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TALLAHASSEE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1370655 | 200,480 served |
| BRADFORDVILLE REGIONAL W/S groundwater · public/private · FL1370393 | 11,395 served |
| LAKE JACKSON AREA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · public/private · FL1370888 | 10,643 served |
| MEADOWS-AT-WOODRUN groundwater · public/private · FL1370669 | 3,912 served |
| LEON CO. REGIONAL SYSTEM WEST groundwater · public/private · FL1370745 | 2,130 served |
| LEON CO. REGIONAL SYSTEM EAST groundwater · public/private · FL1370353 | 1,984 served |
| LEON CO. REGIONAL SYSTEM SOUTH groundwater · public/private · FL1370617 | 845 served |
| PLANTATION ESTATES groundwater · private · FL1374054 | 369 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 1,035 people were held in Leon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,125.
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 Leon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $418.3 million — $353.6 million to run schools, about $10,979 per student, plus $27.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $181.4 million local (mostly property tax), $174.8 million state, $80.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $119.7 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Leon County about $142.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
166 bridges in Leon County: 60 in good condition, 97 fair, and 9 poor (5.4%). “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 157 over Ochlockonee River · built 1971 | 7,000 vehicles a day |
| Springhill Road over Munson Slough · built 1949 | 5,400 vehicles a day |
| CR 59 over Unnamed Branch · built 1901 | 1,400 vehicles a day |
| Airport Drive over Ditch · built 1979 | 1,122 vehicles a day |
| Wadesboro Road over Black Creek · built 1935 | 700 vehicles a day |
| Joe Thomas Road W over Harvey Creek · built 1948 | 66 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.7 billion of work in Leon County in fiscal 2025, about $33,057 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: Gadsden County (22 mi) · Jefferson County (22 mi) · Wakulla County (26 mi) · Grady County, GA (29 mi) · Decatur County, GA (34 mi) · Thomas County, GA (35 mi).