61,417 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.8% since 2020)
1,255 square miles of land · 49 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.
16 active community water systems list Reno County in the area they serve, reporting 49,175 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HUTCHINSON, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015509 | 39,712 served |
| SOUTH HUTCHINSON, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015504 | 2,498 served |
| BUHLER, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015513 | 1,315 served |
| HAVEN, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015514 | 1,149 served |
| NICKERSON, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015505 | 1,050 served |
| PRETTY PRAIRIE, CITY OF groundwater · local government · KS2015501 | 655 served |
| RENO CO RWD 4 buys groundwater · local government · KS2015517 | 635 served |
| RENO CO RWD 3 groundwater · local government · KS2015516 | 450 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 224 people were held in Reno County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 593 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 184.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Reno County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $70.4 million — $65.5 million to run schools, about $15,236 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.9 million local (mostly property tax), $51.6 million state, $13 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.5 million.
Spent $31.7 million — $29.6 million to run schools, about $11,534 per student, plus $816,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $23.4 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $55.5 million.
Spent $15.7 million — $15.3 million to run schools, about $14,068 per student, plus $316,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $12.6 million state, $1.6 million federal.
Spent $13.1 million — $11.3 million to run schools, about $14,253 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $4.9 million — $4.7 million to run schools, about $15,410 per student, plus $196,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $914,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $471,000 federal. Long-term debt: $145,000.
Spent $6.7 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $19,825 per student, plus $837,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $652,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 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 Reno County about $44.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
576 bridges in Reno County: 275 in good condition, 259 fair, and 42 poor (7.3%). “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.
| Woodie Seat Fwy over AVENUE "B" · built 1959 | 10,180 vehicles a day |
| US50 HWY over SUGAR CREEK · built 1969 | 3,016 vehicles a day |
| E FIRST AVENUE over EAST SIDE DRAIN · built 1930 | 525 vehicles a day |
| LORRAINE STREET over EAST SIDE DRAIN · built 1930 | 470 vehicles a day |
| E SIXTH AVENUE over EAST SIDE DRAIN · built 1930 | 380 vehicles a day |
| ARLINGTON RD.19.68 over IRISH CREEK · built 1960 | 363 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.1 million of work in Reno County in fiscal 2025, about $227 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 Reno 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 Reno County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Kingman County (28 mi) · Rice County (28 mi) · Stafford County (35 mi) · Harvey County (36 mi) · Sedgwick County (38 mi) · McPherson County (39 mi).