37,115 people (2024 Census estimate, +9.5% since 2020)
606 square miles of land · 61 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.
7 active community water systems list Wakulla County in the area they serve, reporting 30,426 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF SOPCHOPPY groundwater · local government · FL1650612 | 12,998 served |
| WAKULLA REGIONAL (AKA GULF COAST) groundwater · public/private · FL1650785 | 10,637 served |
| WINCO UTILITIES W/S groundwater · private · FL1650791 | 3,153 served |
| PANACEA AREA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · FL1650514 | 3,020 served |
| ST. MARKS, CITY OF WATER SYS. groundwater · local government · FL1650630 | 285 served |
| WAKULLA WATER SYSTEM (RIVERSINK) groundwater · local government · FL1650792 | 216 served |
| MYSTERIOUS WATERS SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · FL1650778 | 117 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 91 people were held in Wakulla County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 97.
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 Wakulla County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $58.9 million — $56.5 million to run schools, about $10,952 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $33.5 million state, $10.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $718,000.
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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Wakulla County about $18.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
50 bridges in Wakulla County: 20 in good condition, 24 fair, and 6 poor (12.0%). “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.
| CR 61 over Wakulla River · built 1901 | 1,400 vehicles a day |
| CR 372-Surf Road over Otter Creek · built 1974 | 800 vehicles a day |
| CR375/Smith Crk Rd over Sopchoppy River · built 1940 | 650 vehicles a day |
| Greenough Road over Mill Creek · built 2005 | 78 vehicles a day |
| CR 22-Rose Street over Sopchoppy River · built 1968 | 72 vehicles a day |
| MONKEY CREEK-Bridg over MONKEY CREEK · built 1964 | 20 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.2 million of work in Wakulla County in fiscal 2025, about $332 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: Leon County (26 mi) · Liberty County (33 mi) · Jefferson County (34 mi) · Gadsden County (37 mi) · Franklin County (39 mi) · Taylor County (44 mi).