19,824 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
398 square miles of land · 50 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.
3 active community water systems list Orange County in the area they serve, reporting 9,125 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PAOLI WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · IN5259004 | 3,677 served |
| SPRINGS VALLEY REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · IN5259002 | 3,188 served |
| ORLEANS WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · IN5259003 | 2,260 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 65 people were held in Orange County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 550 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 90.
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 Orange County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.4 million — $15.6 million to run schools, about $12,258 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.9 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.6 million.
Spent $14.3 million — $11.3 million to run schools, about $12,427 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.6 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.2 million.
Spent $12.7 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $13,033 per student, plus $974,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.1 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Orange County about $11.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
136 bridges in Orange County: 49 in good condition, 73 fair, and 14 poor (10.3%). “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.
| BEECHWOOD AVENUE over BRANCH FRENCH LICK CREEK · built 1925 | 900 vehicles a day |
| CR 500 NORTH over LOST RIVER · built 1964 | 654 vehicles a day |
| CR 375 EAST over BRANCH OF PATOKA RIVER · built 1940 | 519 vehicles a day |
| CR 1075 WEST over CANE CREEK S · built 1930 | 425 vehicles a day |
| CR 90 EAST over BRANCH OF BACON CREEK · built 1920 | 425 vehicles a day |
| CR 25 SOUTH over LOG CREEK · built 1960 | 350 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.2 million of work in Orange County in fiscal 2025, about $108 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 Orange 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 Orange County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Crawford County (18 mi) · Martin County (20 mi) · Lawrence County (20 mi) · Washington County (21 mi) · Dubois County (24 mi) · Harrison County (32 mi).