15,552 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.2% since 2020)
571 square miles of land · 27 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.
15 active community water systems list Neosho County in the area they serve, reporting 16,913 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CHANUTE, CITY OF surface water · local government · KS2013307 | 8,642 served |
| NEOSHO CO RWD 4 buys surface water · local government · KS2013317 | 2,095 served |
| NEOSHO CO RWD 2 buys surface water · local government · KS2013314 | 1,210 served |
| ERIE, CITY OF surface water · local government · KS2013310 | 1,037 served |
| NEOSHO CO RWD 1C buys surface water · local government · KS2013320 | 670 served |
| NEOSHO CO RWD 7 buys surface water · local government · KS2013303 | 625 served |
| ST PAUL, CITY OF surface water · local government · KS2013316 | 597 served |
| NEOSHO CO RWD 12 buys surface water · local government · KS2013321 | 437 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 47 people were held in Neosho County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 490 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 34.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Neosho County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $29.3 million — $25.3 million to run schools, about $13,899 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.7 million local (mostly property tax), $21.3 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $38.9 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7 million to run schools, about $15,722 per student, plus $711,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.9 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 Neosho County about $11.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
238 bridges in Neosho County: 138 in good condition, 75 fair, and 25 poor (10.5%). “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.
| US59 K39 HWY over LITTLE CANVILLE CREEK · built 1959 | 2,196 vehicles a day |
| RS 375 49-0.4 over DRUM CREEK · built 1930 | 250 vehicles a day |
| RS 379 20-18.60 over LABETTE CREEK · built 1977 | 165 vehicles a day |
| RS 1942 10-11.30 over ELK CREEK · built 1973 | 160 vehicles a day |
| 12-6.9 LOCAL over TURKEY CREEK · built 1980 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 9-1.8 LOCAL over TRIB. TO VILLAGE CREEK · built 1935 | 75 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.4 million of work in Neosho County in fiscal 2025, about $657 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 Neosho 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 Neosho County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Allen County (22 mi) · Wilson County (23 mi) · Crawford County (26 mi) · Labette County (26 mi) · Bourbon County (32 mi) · Woodson County (33 mi).