16,398 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.4% since 2020)
623 square miles of land · 26 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 Edgar County in the area they serve, reporting 12,207 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PARIS groundwater · local government · IL0450300 | 9,100 served |
| CHRISMAN buys groundwater · local government · IL0450100 | 1,273 served |
| KANSAS groundwater · local government · IL0450200 | 707 served |
| HUME groundwater · local government · IL0450150 | 450 served |
| BROCTON groundwater · local government · IL0450050 | 288 served |
| VERMILION groundwater · local government · IL0450400 | 250 served |
| METCALF groundwater · local government · IL0450250 | 139 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 30 people were held in Edgar County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 288 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 28.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Edgar County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21.5 million — $15 million to run schools, about $12,182 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.7 million local (mostly property tax), $11.1 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.7 million.
Spent $10.8 million — $5.8 million to run schools, about $9,196 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.5 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $8.2 million — $6.8 million to run schools, about $18,420 per student, plus $743,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $1.1 million federal.
Spent $5.7 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $17,681 per student, plus $342,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $753,000 federal.
Spent $3.8 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $18,989 per student, plus $293,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $387,000 federal. Long-term debt: $519,000.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Edgar County about $11.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
278 bridges in Edgar County: 131 in good condition, 136 fair, and 11 poor (4.0%). “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 150(FAP 91) over Decatur & Eastern IL RR · built 1967 | 3,250 vehicles a day |
| FAS-1680 (CH-16) over Stream · built 1941 | 300 vehicles a day |
| TR 61 A over CRABAPPLE CREEK · built 1960 | 275 vehicles a day |
| TR 61 A over SALT FORK · built 1931 | 150 vehicles a day |
| TR 117 over S BRANCH BROUILLETTS · built 1895 | 75 vehicles a day |
| TR 174 over E FORK OF BIG CREEK · built 1919 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.8 million of work in Edgar County in fiscal 2025, about $343 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 Edgar 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 Edgar County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Vermillion County, IN (19 mi) · Clark County (24 mi) · Vigo County, IN (26 mi) · Douglas County (26 mi) · Coles County (28 mi) · Parke County, IN (30 mi).