147,936 people (2024 Census estimate, +9.6% since 2020)
542 square miles of land · 273 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.
2 active community water systems list Warren County in the area they serve, reporting 144,719 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WARREN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · KY1140487 | 91,118 served |
| BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPAL UTILITIES surface water · local government · KY1140038 | 53,601 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 586 people were held in Warren County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 613.
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 Warren County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $256.2 million — $214.5 million to run schools, about $12,051 per student, plus $33.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.9 million local (mostly property tax), $117.6 million state, $38.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $176.7 million.
Spent $88.3 million — $62.5 million to run schools, about $14,125 per student, plus $22.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.4 million local (mostly property tax), $46.9 million state, $14.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $59 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Warren County about $79.9 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.
106 bridges in Warren County: 20 in good condition, 82 fair, and 4 poor (3.8%). “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 3145 over Commonwealth Blvd. · built 2016 | 9,399 vehicles a day |
| US-231 over BR SALT LICK CRK · built 1928 | 2,399 vehicles a day |
| GREENCASTLE RD over TAYLOR BRANCH · built 1968 | 66 vehicles a day |
| KY-263 over CLAYLICK CREEK · built 1974 | 48 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $42.7 million of work in Warren County in fiscal 2025, about $318 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 Warren 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 Warren County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Kentucky: the state government and every county in Kentucky.
Nearby counties: Edmonson County (20 mi) · Simpson County (20 mi) · Butler County (20 mi) · Allen County (21 mi) · Logan County (27 mi) · Barren County (27 mi).