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Henry County, Georgia: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Henry County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Henry County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

259,315 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.2% since 2020)
319 square miles of land · 814 people per square mile

How Henry County compares — against the other counties in Georgia

259,315 — people: 9th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
$12,373 — spending per student in its school districts: 146th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
75.3 years — life expectancy: 33rd highest of 158 Georgia counties.
10.4% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 153rd highest of 159 Georgia counties.
16.0% — child poverty: 135th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
92.4% — households with broadband internet: 14th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
$80,908 — median household income: 16th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
2.1% — share of bridges rated poor: 45th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
$94 — federal grant dollars per resident: 124th highest of 159 Georgia counties.
$51.6 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 12th highest of 159 Georgia counties.

“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.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Henry County

7 active community water systems list Henry County in the area they serve, reporting 229,763 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

HENRY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY surface water · local government · GA1510001	187,437 served
MCDONOUGH surface water · local government · GA1510003	16,187 served
LOCUST GROVE groundwater · local government · GA1510002	10,812 served
HAMPTON buys surface water · local government · GA1510000	7,305 served
STOCKBRIDGE buys surface water · local government · GA1510004	7,195 served
INDIAN CREEK MOBILE PARK groundwater · private · GA1510013	572 served
POOLE`S MOBILE MANOR groundwater · private · GA1510015	255 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.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 831 people were held in Henry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 653.

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.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

1 school district has its office in Henry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

HENRY CO SCH DIST43,417 students

Spent $592.8 million — $537.2 million to run schools, about $12,373 per student, plus $37.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $358.6 million local (mostly property tax), $251.5 million state, $64.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $395.4 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.

Health, money and internet at home — Henry County beside Georgia

Life expectancy75.3 years · Georgia 75.6 years

Adults under 65 without health insurance10.4% · Georgia 13.6%

Children in poverty16.0% · Georgia 18.8%

Households without enough food (food insecurity)8.8% · Georgia 13.1%

Households with broadband internet92.4% · Georgia 89.4%

Households with severe housing problems11.7% · Georgia 15.2%

Drug overdose deaths per 100,00017.6 · Georgia 21.9

Residents per primary care doctor2,061 · Georgia 1,517

Residents per mental health provider543 · Georgia 525

Unemployment3.5% · Georgia 3.2%

Median household income$80,908 · Georgia $74,521

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.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Henry County about $51.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$31.3 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Tornado$8.7 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Cold wave$3.3 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Hail$1.9 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Earthquake$1.6 million a year · Relatively Low

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

140 bridges in Henry County: 113 in good condition, 24 fair, and 3 poor (2.1%). “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.

Busiest bridges rated poor

BETHLEHEM ROAD over I-75 · built 1966	3,570 vehicles a day
RABBIT RUN ROAD over TUSSAHAW CREEK TRIB · built 1995	70 vehicles a day
SELFRIDGE ROAD over LITTLE COTTON INDIAN CR · built 1955	30 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $22.7 million of work in Henry County in fiscal 2025, about $94 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.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062	closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699	closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661	closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064	closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005	closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026	closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778	closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222	closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714	closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708	closes 2026-10-29

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.

Voting

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.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Henry 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 Henry County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Spalding County (15 mi) · Rockdale County (16 mi) · Butts County (16 mi) · Clayton County (16 mi) · Newton County (19 mi) · Fayette County (20 mi).