49,081 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
392 square miles of land · 125 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 Henry County in the area they serve, reporting 30,050 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NEW CASTLE UTILITIES groundwater · local government · IN5233011 | 19,880 served |
| NEW CASTLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY buys groundwater · state · IN5233001 | 3,160 served |
| KNIGHTSTOWN WATER UTILITY groundwater · local government · IN5233005 | 2,182 served |
| MIDDLETOWN WATER UTILITY groundwater · local government · IN5233008 | 2,050 served |
| SPICELAND MUNICIPAL WATER UTILITY groundwater · local government · IN5233016 | 969 served |
| SHIRLEY MUNICIPAL WATER groundwater · local government · IN5233013 | 960 served |
| LEWISVILLE WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5233006 | 392 served |
| MOUNT SUMMIT WATER UTILITY groundwater · local government · IN5233009 | 350 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 221 people were held in Henry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 707 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 200.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Henry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $49.5 million — $43.4 million to run schools, about $14,783 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.5 million local (mostly property tax), $29.4 million state, $9.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.5 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $15.2 million to run schools, about $11,420 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $11.9 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.9 million.
Spent $15.9 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $11,683 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $10.1 million — $8.8 million to run schools, about $11,661 per student, plus $865,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 million.
Spent $11.5 million — $8.1 million to run schools, about $12,567 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $940,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Henry County about $14.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
206 bridges in Henry County: 66 in good condition, 134 fair, and 6 poor (2.9%). “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.
| SPICELAND ROAD over BRANCH OF BIG BLUE RIVER · built 2001 | 400 vehicles a day |
| OLD SR 38 over SYMONDS CREEK · built 1928 | 200 vehicles a day |
| CR 600S over SYMONS CREEK · built 1980 | 150 vehicles a day |
| CR 100 NORTH over SUGAR CREEK · built 1990 | 125 vehicles a day |
| CR 950E over SYMONDS CREEK · built 1935 | 125 vehicles a day |
| CR 620N over DEER CREEK · built 1970 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.2 million of work in Henry County in fiscal 2025, about $330 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 Henry 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 Henry County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Delaware County (21 mi) · Wayne County (21 mi) · Hancock County (21 mi) · Rush County (22 mi) · Fayette County (23 mi) · Madison County (24 mi).