14,365 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
336 square miles of land · 43 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.
6 active community water systems list Moultrie County in the area they serve, reporting 12,582 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SULLIVAN groundwater · local government · IL1390300 | 4,729 served |
| MOULTRIE COUNTY RWD buys surface water · local government · IL1395150 | 2,600 served |
| ARTHUR groundwater · local government · IL1394040 | 2,300 served |
| BETHANY groundwater · local government · IL1390100 | 1,475 served |
| LOVINGTON groundwater · local government · IL1390250 | 1,024 served |
| DALTON CITY buys groundwater · local government · IL1390150 | 454 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 35 people were held in Moultrie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 395 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 17.
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 Moultrie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $11,306 per student, plus $7.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10 million.
Spent $9.5 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $16,803 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $719,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 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.
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 Moultrie County about $10.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
172 bridges in Moultrie County: 68 in good condition, 88 fair, and 16 poor (9.3%). “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.
| IL 121 (FAP 320) over WEST OKAW RIVER · built 1966 | 4,700 vehicles a day |
| TR 37 over W FORK OKAW RIVER · built 1985 | 350 vehicles a day |
| CH 14 over MARROW BONE CREEK · built 1962 | 150 vehicles a day |
| TR 19 A over W OKAW RIVER · built 1977 | 100 vehicles a day |
| TR 140 over JONATHAN CREEK · built 1983 | 100 vehicles a day |
| TR 71 over MARROWBONE CREEK · built 1966 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $18.9 million of work in Moultrie County in fiscal 2025, about $1,302 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Shelby County (20 mi) · Coles County (23 mi) · Douglas County (23 mi) · Macon County (24 mi) · Piatt County (26 mi) · Cumberland County (32 mi).