112,951 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.1% since 2020)
392 square miles of land · 288 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.
14 active community water systems list Delaware County in the area they serve, reporting 87,198 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - MUNCIE surface water · private · IN5218012 | 74,030 served |
| YORKTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · IN5218014 | 6,200 served |
| ALBANY WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · IN5218001 | 2,165 served |
| EATON WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5218006 | 1,595 served |
| DALEVILLE (TOWN OF) groundwater · local government · IN5218027 | 1,560 served |
| GASTON WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5218008 | 838 served |
| COUNTRYVIEW FARMS groundwater · private · IN5218011 | 290 served |
| COUNTRY ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · IN5218003 | 150 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 415 people were held in Delaware County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 549 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 297.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Delaware County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $102.8 million — $76.8 million to run schools, about $15,112 per student, plus $24.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $51.7 million state, $35.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.8 million.
Spent $36 million — $31.6 million to run schools, about $11,620 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.4 million local (mostly property tax), $24.3 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.8 million.
Spent $37.2 million — $31.6 million to run schools, about $12,192 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $23.6 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.1 million.
Spent $15.9 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $11,519 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $11.6 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $13.8 million — $11.5 million to run schools, about $11,311 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 million.
Spent $12.2 million — $10.2 million to run schools, about $11,885 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.1 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $11,494 per student, plus $327,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $959,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.8 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 Delaware County about $33.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
276 bridges in Delaware County: 85 in good condition, 168 fair, and 23 poor (8.3%). “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.
| I-69 SB over KILLBUCK CREEK · built 1963 | 14,852 vehicles a day |
| I-69 NB over KILLBUCK CREEK · built 1963 | 14,592 vehicles a day |
| I-69 SB over N&S RR CR 251 N · built 1963 | 12,226 vehicles a day |
| MEMORIAL DRIVE over WHITE RIVER · built 1973 | 9,340 vehicles a day |
| MCGALLIARD ROAD over KILLBUCK CREEK · built 1960 | 5,880 vehicles a day |
| WALNUT ST over MISSISSINEWA RIVER · built 1966 | 3,370 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $33.8 million of work in Delaware County in fiscal 2025, about $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 Indiana 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Blackford County (17 mi) · Madison County (18 mi) · Henry County (21 mi) · Randolph County (21 mi) · Grant County (24 mi) · Jay County (25 mi).