14,258 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.6% since 2020)
831 square miles of land · 17 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.
13 active community water systems list Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 15,892 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PIKE COUNTY PWD 1 groundwater · local government · IL1495000 | 5,375 served |
| PITTSFIELD groundwater · local government · IL1490750 | 4,697 served |
| BARRY groundwater · local government · IL1490050 | 1,318 served |
| GRIGGSVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1490300 | 1,097 served |
| PLEASANT HILL groundwater · local government · IL1490800 | 1,004 served |
| HULL groundwater · local government · IL1490350 | 435 served |
| PERRY buys groundwater · local government · IL1490700 | 388 served |
| NEW CANTON groundwater · local government · IL1490550 | 359 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 Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 414 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 54.
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 Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.5 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $14,222 per student, plus $914,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $11.3 million — $8.3 million to run schools, about $15,669 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $6.3 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $15,154 per student, plus $286,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $3.3 million state, $1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $7.3 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $21,073 per student, plus $432,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $988,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pike County about $9.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
332 bridges in Pike County: 78 in good condition, 220 fair, and 34 poor (10.2%). “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.
| I-72 / US 36 over MISS R/BNRR/NSRR/ST · built 1999 | 16,500 vehicles a day |
| US 54 over PLUM POINT SLOUGH · built 1928 | 3,100 vehicles a day |
| IL 96 over LEVEE · built 1956 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| IL 107 over MIDDLE FORK MCKEE CR · built 1956 | 775 vehicles a day |
| FAS 603 over BAY CREEK · built 1963 | 725 vehicles a day |
| TR 417 over THE SNY · built 1966 | 575 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 Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $238 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 Pike 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 Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Scott County (22 mi) · Brown County (24 mi) · Pike County, MO (25 mi) · Adams County (30 mi) · Greene County (32 mi) · Calhoun County (34 mi).