220,483 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.0% since 2020)
930 square miles of land · 237 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.
21 active community water systems list Okaloosa County in the area they serve, reporting 282,700 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OKALOOSA CO.WTR.; SWR.SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1460506 | 80,295 served |
| CRESTVIEW, CITY OF WATER DEPT. groundwater · local government · FL1460182 | 34,789 served |
| DESTIN WATER USERS, INC. groundwater · private · FL1460202 | 31,752 served |
| FORT WALTON BEACH, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1460144 | 24,113 served |
| AUBURN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · public/private · FL1460035 | 22,903 served |
| NICEVILLE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL1460147 | 22,243 served |
| OKALOOSA COUNTY BLUEWATER BAY-RAINTREE groundwater · local government · FL1460775 | 17,592 served |
| HURLBURT FIELD WATER SYSTEM groundwater · federal · FL1460782 | 10,006 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 24 people were held in Okaloosa County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 329.
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 Okaloosa County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $458.5 million — $353.8 million to run schools, about $10,809 per student, plus $78.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $212.7 million local (mostly property tax), $160.4 million state, $74.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $115.9 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 Okaloosa County about $134.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
219 bridges in Okaloosa County: 83 in good condition, 126 fair, and 10 poor (4.6%). “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.
| US98 SR30 over ICWW & Brooks ST. · built 1964 | 49,500 vehicles a day |
| US98 SR30 over East Pass · built 1971 | 20,250 vehicles a day |
| College Blvd over Roberts Lake Dam · built 1997 | 9,700 vehicles a day |
| Senterfitt Road over Murder Creek · built 1999 | 500 vehicles a day |
| CR2 over Horsehead Creek · built 1999 | 350 vehicles a day |
| West Dodson Road over Penny Creek · built 1930 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $65.2 million of work in Okaloosa County in fiscal 2025, about $308 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: Walton County (26 mi) · Santa Rosa County (26 mi) · Escambia County (44 mi) · Covington County, AL (44 mi) · Escambia County, AL (49 mi) · Holmes County (49 mi).