18,388 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.3% since 2020)
444 square miles of land · 41 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 Crawford County in the area they serve, reporting 20,733 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ROBINSON-PALESTINE WATER COMMISSION groundwater · local government · IL0335030 | 11,331 served |
| HARDINVILLE WATER COMPANY groundwater · local government · IL0330020 | 3,403 served |
| OBLONG buys groundwater · local government · IL0330150 | 2,321 served |
| EATON PWD buys groundwater · local government · IL0335100 | 1,655 served |
| ROBINSON CORRECTIONAL CENTER buys groundwater · state · IL0330010 | 1,085 served |
| HUTSONVILLE buys groundwater · local government · IL0330100 | 613 served |
| FLAT ROCK buys groundwater · local government · IL0330050 | 325 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 33 people were held in Crawford County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 277 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 34.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Crawford County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $24.9 million — $22.3 million to run schools, about $14,613 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.7 million local (mostly property tax), $10.3 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.7 million.
Spent $8.7 million — $7.7 million to run schools, about $14,377 per student, plus $490,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $5.4 million state, $1.3 million federal.
Spent $5.5 million — $5.1 million to run schools, about $15,220 per student, plus $180,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.7 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $366,000.
Spent $6.8 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $19,362 per student, plus $275,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $4.7 million state, $574,000 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Crawford County about $14.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
198 bridges in Crawford County: 67 in good condition, 120 fair, and 11 poor (5.6%). “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.
| FAP 781 (ILL-33) over STREAM · built 1909 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| FAS-698 (CH-3) over LITTLE CREEK · built 1959 | 800 vehicles a day |
| FAU-8322 over CREEK · built 1909 | 650 vehicles a day |
| FAS-1702 (CH-11) over E BR BRUSHY CREEK · built 1967 | 550 vehicles a day |
| TR-310 over CREEK · built 1909 | 75 vehicles a day |
| TR-47 over HUTSON CREEK · built 1962 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.5 million of work in Crawford County in fiscal 2025, about $185 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sullivan County, IN (19 mi) · Lawrence County (20 mi) · Jasper County (21 mi) · Clark County (23 mi) · Richland County (27 mi) · Knox County, IN (28 mi).