468,058 people (2024 Census estimate, +19.7% since 2020)
1,328 square miles of land · 353 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.
28 active community water systems list Osceola County in the area they serve, reporting 327,230 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TOHO WATER AUTHORITY EASTERN groundwater · private · FL3490751 | 110,102 served |
| ST. CLOUD, CITY OF (3 WPS) groundwater · local government · FL3491373 | 82,752 served |
| TOHO WATER AUTHORITY-POINCIANA SYSTEM groundwater · public/private · FL3494429 | 69,447 served |
| TOHO WATER AUTHORITY WESTERN groundwater · local government · FL3491011 | 40,330 served |
| ENTERPRISE CDD (CONSECUTIVE) buys groundwater · public/private · FL3494428 | 11,178 served |
| HARMONY CDD groundwater · public/private · FL3494427 | 6,221 served |
| PLEASANT HILL LAKES S/D groundwater · private · FL3494287 | 2,957 served |
| TWA SUNBRIDGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT groundwater · public/private · FL3494439 | 542 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 888 people were held in Osceola County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 629.
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 Osceola County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $944.9 million — $763.8 million to run schools, about $10,383 per student, plus $159.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $444.6 million local (mostly property tax), $417.4 million state, $162.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $268.2 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Osceola County about $117.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
256 bridges in Osceola County: 159 in good condition, 97 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $73.2 million of work in Osceola County in fiscal 2025, about $188 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: Brevard County (31 mi) · Orange County (33 mi) · Polk County (35 mi) · Indian River County (42 mi) · Seminole County (44 mi) · Okeechobee County (49 mi).