69,340 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.4% since 2020)
446 square miles of land · 155 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.
5 active community water systems list Walker County in the area they serve, reporting 63,927 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WALKER COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY surface water · local government · GA2950003 | 36,000 served |
| LAFAYETTE buys surface water · local government · GA2950002 | 18,177 served |
| CHICKAMAUGA groundwater · local government · GA2950000 | 5,720 served |
| WALKER CO. RURAL WATER AUTH. groundwater · local government · GA2950014 | 3,410 served |
| WALKER COUNTY W&SA - ARMUCHEE VALLEY buys surface water · local government · GA2950056 | 620 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 217 people were held in Walker County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 234.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Walker County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $145.9 million — $124.2 million to run schools, about $14,789 per student, plus $20.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $46.8 million local (mostly property tax), $70.4 million state, $20.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.5 million.
Spent $15.8 million — $14.9 million to run schools, about $11,637 per student, plus $814,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $1.1 million federal.
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 Walker County about $29.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
149 bridges in Walker County: 47 in good condition, 91 fair, and 11 poor (7.4%). “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.
| US 27 BUS. SR 1B over TOWN CREEK · built 1925 | 3,790 vehicles a day |
| STRAIGHT CUT ROAD over CRAWFISH CREEK · built 1923 | 1,542 vehicles a day |
| SR 157 over ROCK CREEK · built 1967 | 1,380 vehicles a day |
| TRION ROAD over CANE CREEK OVERFLOW · built 1922 | 410 vehicles a day |
| KENDRICKS SWITCH R over CHATTANOOGA CREEK · built 1978 | 360 vehicles a day |
| KAY CONLEY ROAD over PEAVINE CREEK · built 1922 | 330 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $207.8 million of work in Walker County in fiscal 2025, about $3,071 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 Walker 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 Walker County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dade County (14 mi) · Catoosa County (15 mi) · Chattooga County (18 mi) · Whitfield County (20 mi) · Gordon County (29 mi) · Hamilton County, TN (30 mi).