6,750 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
437 square miles of land · 15 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.
5 active community water systems list Schuyler County in the area they serve, reporting 7,415 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| RUSHVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1690200 | 3,375 served |
| HICKORY-KERTON WTR COOP buys groundwater · local government · IL1695200 | 2,358 served |
| CAMDEN-LITTLETON WATER COMMISSION buys groundwater · local government · IL1695100 | 1,000 served |
| DHS RUSHVILLE TREATMENT AND DETENTION buys groundwater · state · IL1690020 | 565 served |
| BROWNING groundwater · local government · IL1690050 | 117 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 13 people were held in Schuyler County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 312 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 23.
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.
1 school district has its office in Schuyler County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.5 million — $13.5 million to run schools, about $14,433 per student, plus $5.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $520,000.
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 Schuyler County about $4.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
115 bridges in Schuyler County: 26 in good condition, 77 fair, and 12 poor (10.4%). “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.
| TR 181 over STONY CREEK · built 1971 | 100 vehicles a day |
| TR 134 over LA MOINE RIVER · built 1985 | 75 vehicles a day |
| TR 86 over LAMOINE RIVER · built 1983 | 50 vehicles a day |
| TR 181 over BRUSHY CREEK · built 1971 | 50 vehicles a day |
| TR 156 over STONY CREEK · built 1900 | 50 vehicles a day |
| TR 318 over SCAB BRANCH · built 1964 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.9 million of work in Schuyler County in fiscal 2025, about $417 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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Brown County (15 mi) · McDonough County (21 mi) · Cass County (23 mi) · Fulton County (30 mi) · Adams County (33 mi) · Hancock County (34 mi).