602,772 people (2024 Census estimate, +8.5% since 2020)
1,101 square miles of land · 547 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.
48 active community water systems list Volusia County in the area they serve, reporting 547,481 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| DAYTONA BEACH, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3640275 | 87,534 served |
| DELTONA WATER groundwater · local government · FL3640287 | 81,006 served |
| PORT ORANGE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3641044 | 71,096 served |
| CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH groundwater · local government · FL3640876 | 69,409 served |
| ORMOND BEACH groundwater · local government · FL3640963 | 59,744 served |
| DELAND, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3640286 | 50,910 served |
| EDGEWATER, CITY OF groundwater · local government · FL3640331 | 28,552 served |
| VC/SOUTHWEST WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL3641336 | 19,672 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 1,133 people were held in Volusia County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 1,606.
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 Volusia County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $810.8 million — $679.7 million to run schools, about $10,727 per student, plus $98.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $415.1 million local (mostly property tax), $278.8 million state, $168.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $338.9 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Volusia County about $195.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
240 bridges in Volusia County: 133 in good condition, 101 fair, and 6 poor (2.5%). “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.
| Main Street over Halifax River · built 1959 | 10,158 vehicles a day |
| Tomoka Farms Rd over Miller Creek · built 1961 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| Taylor Road over Spruce Creek · built 1962 | 7,400 vehicles a day |
| US-1 NB over Turnbull Creek · built 1955 | 2,650 vehicles a day |
| Lake Harney Road over Underhill Slough · built 1948 | 130 vehicles a day |
| Old Daytona Rd over Little Haw Creek · built 1937 | 40 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $281.2 million of work in Volusia County in fiscal 2025, about $508 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: Seminole County (25 mi) · Flagler County (30 mi) · Orange County (39 mi) · Lake County (39 mi) · Putnam County (51 mi) · Marion County (54 mi).