5,272 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.2% since 2020)
288 square miles of land · 18 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.
4 active community water systems list Stark County in the area they serve, reporting 3,346 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WYOMING groundwater · local government · IL1750200 | 1,300 served |
| TOULON groundwater · local government · IL1750150 | 1,193 served |
| BRADFORD groundwater · local government · IL1750050 | 676 served |
| LAFAYETTE groundwater · local government · IL1750100 | 177 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 4 people were held in Stark County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 122 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 7.
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 Stark County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.3 million — $9.9 million to run schools, about $14,301 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.8 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $4.2 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $16,296 per student, plus $484,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $1.1 million state, $486,000 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 Stark County about $4.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
93 bridges in Stark County: 53 in good condition, 35 fair, and 5 poor (5.4%). “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.
| IL 17/91 over SPOON RIVER · built 1924 | 1,600 vehicles a day |
| FAS 1372-CH 13 over CAMP RUN CREEK · built 1959 | 650 vehicles a day |
| TR 141 over SPOON RIVER · built 1983 | 75 vehicles a day |
| TR 151 over CAMP RUN · built 1980 | 50 vehicles a day |
| TR 173 over STREAM · built 1893 | 25 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.2 million of work in Stark County in fiscal 2025, about $771 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 Stark 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 Stark County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Peoria County (22 mi) · Marshall County (24 mi) · Knox County (24 mi) · Henry County (25 mi) · Bureau County (25 mi) · Putnam County (27 mi).