24,337 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.3% since 2020)
452 square miles of land · 54 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.
8 active community water systems list Randolph County in the area they serve, reporting 14,041 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - WINCHESTER groundwater · private · IN5268003 | 5,405 served |
| UNION CITY WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5268010 | 3,513 served |
| PARKER CITY WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · IN5268007 | 1,400 served |
| FARMLAND MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5268002 | 1,301 served |
| LYNN WATER COMPANY groundwater · local government · IN5268004 | 1,097 served |
| RIDGEVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · IN5268008 | 825 served |
| L & M REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · IN5268013 | 450 served |
| RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY groundwater · private · IN5268012 | 50 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 62 people were held in Randolph County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 423 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 103.
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 Randolph County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $65.2 million — $61.4 million to run schools, about $8,477 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $61.6 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.9 million.
Spent $22.3 million — $18 million to run schools, about $12,554 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.6 million.
Spent $14.1 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $10,777 per student, plus $898,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $14.1 million — $12.3 million to run schools, about $13,252 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 million.
Spent $7.6 million — $5.5 million to run schools, about $10,481 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.8 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.4 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 Randolph County about $9.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
256 bridges in Randolph County: 102 in good condition, 134 fair, and 20 poor (7.8%). “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.
| CR 250N over LITTLE MISSISSINEWA · built 1960 | 1,436 vehicles a day |
| ORANGE ST over SALT CREEK · built 1971 | 788 vehicles a day |
| CARL ST over SALT CREEK · built 1940 | 757 vehicles a day |
| SHORT ST over SALT CREEK · built 1945 | 599 vehicles a day |
| CR 700N over LOWS BRANCH · built 1987 | 317 vehicles a day |
| CR 950S over MUD CREEK · built 1970 | 311 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9 million of work in Randolph County in fiscal 2025, about $367 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Jay County (19 mi) · Darke County, OH (20 mi) · Wayne County (21 mi) · Delaware County (21 mi) · Henry County (26 mi) · Blackford County (27 mi).