33,247 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.2% since 2020)
709 square miles of land · 47 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.
14 active community water systems list Christian County in the area they serve, reporting 28,512 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TAYLORVILLE surface water · local government · IL0210600 | 12,806 served |
| PANA surface water · local government · IL0210500 | 5,800 served |
| KINCAID buys surface water · local government · IL0210250 | 1,561 served |
| ASSUMPTION groundwater · local government · IL0210050 | 1,315 served |
| TAYLORVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER buys surface water · state · IL0210010 | 1,300 served |
| EDINBURG groundwater · local government · IL0210150 | 1,068 served |
| MORRISONVILLE groundwater · local government · IL0210300 | 1,068 served |
| STONINGTON groundwater · local government · IL0210550 | 932 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 43 people were held in Christian County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 201 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 57.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Christian County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $40.9 million — $31.9 million to run schools, about $14,095 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.4 million local (mostly property tax), $19.9 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.4 million.
Spent $28 million — $17.6 million to run schools, about $15,045 per student, plus $9.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
Spent $13.7 million — $12 million to run schools, about $16,338 per student, plus $894,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $866,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.7 million.
Spent $5.6 million — $5 million to run schools, about $16,071 per student, plus $481,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.4 million state, $643,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $5.5 million — $4.1 million to run schools, about $13,581 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $935,000 federal. Long-term debt: $885,000.
Spent $4.6 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $17,139 per student, plus $203,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $598,000 federal. Long-term debt: $119,000.
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 Christian County about $21.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
320 bridges in Christian County: 58 in good condition, 207 fair, and 55 poor (17.2%). “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.
| CH 6-FAS 642 over BRUSHY BRANCH · built 1915 | 1,300 vehicles a day |
| CH 6-FAS 642 over LONG BRANCH · built 1923 | 1,300 vehicles a day |
| TR 327 over SPRINGSIDE BRANCH · built 1900 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| CH 22-FAS 636 over SANGAMON RIVER · built 1969 | 600 vehicles a day |
| CH 4 - FAS 637 over BROWN BRANCH · built 1965 | 600 vehicles a day |
| TR 0128 over PANTHER CREEK · built 1958 | 450 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.1 million of work in Christian County in fiscal 2025, about $208 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 Illinois 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 Christian 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 Christian County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Montgomery County (24 mi) · Sangamon County (25 mi) · Macon County (28 mi) · Shelby County (28 mi) · Moultrie County (35 mi) · Macoupin County (39 mi).