12,757 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.9% since 2020)
375 square miles of land · 34 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.
5 active community water systems list Todd County in the area they serve, reporting 15,988 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TODD COUNTY WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · KY1100944 | 9,801 served |
| ELKTON WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · KY1100121 | 2,780 served |
| GUTHRIE WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · KY1100171 | 2,421 served |
| TRENTON WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · KY1100428 | 950 served |
| LOGAN-TODD REGIONAL WATER COMMISSION surface water · local government · KY1101005 | 36 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 103 people were held in Todd County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 127.
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.
1 school district has its office in Todd County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $30.1 million — $26.7 million to run schools, about $14,128 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.5 million local (mostly property tax), $16.4 million state, $4.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 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 Todd County about $9.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
79 bridges in Todd County: 14 in good condition, 59 fair, and 6 poor (7.6%). “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-848 over SPRING CREEK · built 1953 | 570 vehicles a day |
| KY-171 over E FK POND RIVER · built 1930 | 364 vehicles a day |
| KY-107 over HORSE CREEK · built 1933 | 190 vehicles a day |
| SHARON GROVE RD over TRIB. OF LITTLE CLIFFY C · built 1970 | 110 vehicles a day |
| JOE POTTER RD over BR OF WHIPPOORWILL CREEK · built 1965 | 97 vehicles a day |
| LESTER CHAPEL RD over SPRING CREEK · built 1992 | 40 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8 million of work in Todd County in fiscal 2025, about $650 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 Todd 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 Todd County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Logan County (17 mi) · Christian County (17 mi) · Montgomery County, TN (26 mi) · Muhlenberg County (26 mi) · Robertson County, TN (28 mi) · Simpson County (34 mi).