13,395 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.0% since 2020)
495 square miles of land · 27 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.
9 active community water systems list White County in the area they serve, reporting 13,916 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CARMI groundwater · local government · IL1930100 | 6,307 served |
| NORRIS CITY groundwater · local government · IL1930350 | 2,155 served |
| GRAYVILLE groundwater · local government · IL1934460 | 1,613 served |
| CROSSVILLE buys groundwater · local government · IL1930150 | 1,091 served |
| ENFIELD buys surface water · local government · IL1930200 | 1,064 served |
| BROWNSVILLE WATER PROJECT, INC buys groundwater · local government · IL1930020 | 800 served |
| BURNT PRAIRIE buys groundwater · local government · IL1930010 | 486 served |
| MILL SHOALS buys surface water · local government · IL1930300 | 224 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 27 people were held in White County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 322 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 30.
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.
3 school districts have their office in White County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $21.1 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $14,809 per student, plus $746,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.8 million local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $9 million to run schools, about $12,807 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $737,000.
Spent $5.5 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $17,066 per student, plus $669,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $973,000 federal. Long-term debt: $536,000.
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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost White County about $14.9 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.
213 bridges in White County: 59 in good condition, 140 fair, and 14 poor (6.6%). “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 64 EB over TR-422 & WABASH RV · built 1967 | 7,450 vehicles a day |
| FAP-332 (ILL-1) over FRENCH CREEK · built 1923 | 3,550 vehicles a day |
| FAP-328 (US-45) over LOST CREEK · built 1928 | 1,750 vehicles a day |
| FAS-884 over SKILLET FORK · built 1949 | 875 vehicles a day |
| 1500 E over MCHENRY SLOUGH · built 2008 | 225 vehicles a day |
| TR 186 over FLANDERS CREEK · built 2001 | 200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.6 million of work in White County in fiscal 2025, about $762 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 White 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 White County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Posey County, IN (17 mi) · Hamilton County (20 mi) · Gallatin County (22 mi) · Edwards County (24 mi) · Wayne County (27 mi) · Saline County (31 mi).