27,127 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.2% since 2020)
184 square miles of land · 148 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.
4 active community water systems list Butts County in the area they serve, reporting 35,630 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BUTTS COUNTY/JACKSON/JENKINSBURG WS surface water · local government · GA0350051 | 31,171 served |
| GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC CENTER buys surface water · state · GA0350009 | 2,800 served |
| FLOVILLA groundwater · local government · GA0350000 | 1,292 served |
| FOREST GLEN ESTATES MHP groundwater · private · GA0350004 | 367 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 224 people were held in Butts County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 458.
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 Butts County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $64.2 million — $46.9 million to run schools, about $13,164 per student, plus $15.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.2 million local (mostly property tax), $22.8 million state, $11.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $30 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Butts County about $6.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
46 bridges in Butts County: 25 in good condition, 18 fair, and 3 poor (6.5%). “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.
| SR 36 over NORRIS CREEK · built 1954 | 6,360 vehicles a day |
| WILDWOOD ROAD over CANEY FORK CREEK · built 1960 | 350 vehicles a day |
| GILES FERRY ROAD over DOUGLAS CREEK · built 1995 | 170 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.8 million of work in Butts County in fiscal 2025, about $463 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.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Georgia are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Butts 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 Butts County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Jasper County (16 mi) · Henry County (16 mi) · Lamar County (18 mi) · Monroe County (19 mi) · Spalding County (19 mi) · Newton County (19 mi).