66,410 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.2% since 2020)
402 square miles of land · 165 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.
12 active community water systems list Wayne County in the area they serve, reporting 50,203 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| INDIANA AMERICAN WATER - RICHMOND surface water · private · IN5289012 | 41,485 served |
| CENTERVILLE WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289003 | 2,533 served |
| CAMBRIDGE CITY MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289002 | 1,900 served |
| HAGERSTOWN MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289008 | 1,700 served |
| DUBLIN MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289005 | 790 served |
| FOUNTAIN CITY WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289006 | 735 served |
| MILTON WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · IN5289011 | 650 served |
| RICHMOND MOBILE HOME PARK buys surface water · private · IN5289004 | 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 220 people were held in Wayne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 538 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 330.
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 Wayne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $67.2 million — $58.8 million to run schools, about $12,992 per student, plus $7.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $45.3 million state, $9.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.2 million.
Spent $23.5 million — $19.5 million to run schools, about $10,958 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $15.6 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.4 million.
Spent $16.2 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $10,648 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.5 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $11 million.
Spent $16.1 million — $13.5 million to run schools, about $11,658 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.8 million.
Spent $11.6 million — $10.3 million to run schools, about $13,690 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.2 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 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 Wayne County about $24.6 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.
343 bridges in Wayne County: 138 in good condition, 186 fair, and 19 poor (5.5%). “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-70 WB over WHITEWATER RIVER · built 1965 | 19,818 vehicles a day |
| I-70 EB over E FK/E FK WHITEWATER RIV · built 1959 | 18,702 vehicles a day |
| I-70 EB over PLUM CREEK · built 1962 | 18,535 vehicles a day |
| I-70 WB over PLUM CREEK · built 1962 | 18,431 vehicles a day |
| BRIDGE AVE over W FORK WHITEWATER RIVER · built 1960 | 4,618 vehicles a day |
| SR 38 over MORGAN CREEK · built 1950 | 2,734 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $293.8 million of work in Wayne County in fiscal 2025, about $4,414 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Union County (17 mi) · Fayette County (18 mi) · Randolph County (21 mi) · Preble County, OH (21 mi) · Henry County (21 mi) · Darke County, OH (28 mi).