7,955 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
836 square miles of land · 10 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.
8 active community water systems list Liberty County in the area they serve, reporting 6,879 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BRISTOL, CITY OF WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1390087 | 2,688 served |
| LIBERTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION groundwater · state · FL1394001 | 1,800 served |
| HOSFORD, TOWN OF WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1390901 | 1,272 served |
| LAKE MYSTIC WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1394009 | 444 served |
| ESTIFFANULGA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1394006 | 281 served |
| ROCK BLUFF WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1394012 | 166 served |
| SUMATRA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1394003 | 163 served |
| SWEETWATER WATER SYSTEM groundwater · public/private · FL1390651 | 65 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 55 people were held in Liberty County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 46.
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 Liberty County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $17.4 million — $16.7 million to run schools, about $12,890 per student, plus $485,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $11.1 million state, $4 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 Liberty County about $4.8 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.
77 bridges in Liberty County: 15 in good condition, 50 fair, and 12 poor (15.6%). “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 12 over Big Gulley Creek · built 1940 | 2,100 vehicles a day |
| CR 12 over Little Gulley Creek · built 1940 | 2,100 vehicles a day |
| CR 67 over Gully Branch · built 1960 | 600 vehicles a day |
| CR 67 over Big Branch · built 1950 | 550 vehicles a day |
| CR 379 over Mary Branch · built 1951 | 400 vehicles a day |
| CR 2224 over Blue Creek · built 1957 | 350 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $6.5 million of work in Liberty County in fiscal 2025, about $816 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Calhoun County (22 mi) · Gadsden County (27 mi) · Wakulla County (33 mi) · Gulf County (37 mi) · Leon County (38 mi) · Bay County (40 mi).