16,198 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.2% since 2020)
286 square miles of land · 57 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.
3 active community water systems list Henry County in the area they serve, reporting 22,370 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HENRY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #2 groundwater · local government · KY0520192 | 17,716 served |
| EMINENCE WATER WORKS buys groundwater · local government · KY0520122 | 2,554 served |
| NEW CASTLE WATER WORKS buys groundwater · local government · KY0520520 | 2,100 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 68 people were held in Henry County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 690 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 67.
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 Henry County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $32.2 million — $28.3 million to run schools, about $14,044 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $17.8 million state, $6.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.8 million.
Spent $18.9 million — $12.1 million to run schools, about $12,236 per student, plus $6.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.2 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.8 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Henry County about $6.2 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.
94 bridges in Henry County: 20 in good condition, 63 fair, and 11 poor (11.7%). “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.
| KY 146 over TRIB TO HARRODS CREEK · built 1929 | 3,116 vehicles a day |
| KY 157 over LITTLE KENTUCKY RIVER · built 1970 | 780 vehicles a day |
| KY 3322 over DRENNON CREEK · built 1980 | 591 vehicles a day |
| KY 3322 over TRIB TO DRENNON CREEK · built 1991 | 591 vehicles a day |
| KY 1861 over LITTLE KENTUCKY RIVER · built 1980 | 517 vehicles a day |
| KY 573 over TRIB TO TOWN CREEK · built 1978 | 507 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $-77,269 of work in Henry County in fiscal 2025, about $-5 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 Kentucky 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 Henry 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 Henry County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Kentucky: the state government and every county in Kentucky.
Nearby counties: Carroll County (15 mi) · Owen County (15 mi) · Shelby County (16 mi) · Trimble County (17 mi) · Oldham County (19 mi) · Franklin County (20 mi).