38,904 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
590 square miles of land · 66 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.
18 active community water systems list Crawford County in the area they serve, reporting 38,940 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PITTSBURG, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2003705 | 20,738 served |
| FRONTENAC, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2003720 | 3,395 served |
| GIRARD, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · KS2003718 | 2,497 served |
| CRAWFORD CO RWD 5 groundwater · local government · KS2003702 | 2,200 served |
| CRAWFORD CO RWD 1C buys surface water · local government · KS2003719 | 1,915 served |
| CRAWFORD CO RWD 4 groundwater · local government · KS2003706 | 1,580 served |
| CRAWFORD CO RWD 2 buys surface water · local government · KS2003717 | 1,460 served |
| ARMA, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · KS2003713 | 1,406 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 109 people were held in Crawford County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2022), or 423 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2017 it was about 96.
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 Crawford County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $46.7 million — $42.4 million to run schools, about $12,501 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.7 million local (mostly property tax), $37.4 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $53.4 million.
Spent $15.3 million — $14 million to run schools, about $13,516 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $13.1 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.1 million.
Spent $15.6 million — $14.3 million to run schools, about $15,008 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $10.9 million state, $1.1 million federal.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $15,376 per student, plus $805,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $931,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $1.4 million federal.
Spent $9.7 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $19,083 per student, plus $971,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.1 million state, $1.7 million federal.
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 Crawford County about $27.3 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.
295 bridges in Crawford County: 149 in good condition, 119 fair, and 27 poor (9.2%). “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.
| RS 174 over TRIB. TO LITTLE COW CK. · built 1940 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| RS 177 over MIDDLE COW CREEK · built 1930 | 640 vehicles a day |
| LOCAL RD. 69A over TRIB. TO MIDDLE COW CK. · built 1940 | 400 vehicles a day |
| (FAU 4522) 70A over MIDDLE COW CREEK · built 1940 | 350 vehicles a day |
| RS 113 over TRIB. TO COW CREEK · built 1957 | 220 vehicles a day |
| RS 170 over BIG WALNUT CREEK · built 1939 | 200 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.4 million of work in Crawford County in fiscal 2025, about $523 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 Kansas 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cherokee County (23 mi) · Bourbon County (24 mi) · Neosho County (26 mi) · Barton County, MO (28 mi) · Labette County (33 mi) · Jasper County, MO (35 mi).